WCCA TV offers and presents major community events daily and weekly on TV 13 and over the web. WCCA is a valuable way to promote any event or activity taking place in Worcester. Here is a short example:

EVERY Saturday and Sunday 9:30AM and 5:00 PM Watch COMMUNITY VISION NEWS. WCCA TV community correspondents bring you the latest listings of Cultural and on-profit events, interviews and more. Visit wccatv.com for listings.

EVERY SPRING: DATE TBA "WCCA TV 13's Annual Art ATTACK": An exciting and cool Film, Video and Music Festival. Each year has a special theme presents the finest work of local video artist, musicians, poets, film makers and more.Visit wccatv.com for listings.

WEEKLY: WCCA Offers "YOUNG VIEWS REAL NEWS" Worcester's paramount and longest running youth media program offering a unique global network of young journalist, year round, after school, experiential learning program for Worcester Youth. Visit wccatv.com for listings.

FALL 2008 date TBA: WCCA annual Community Auction to benefit WCCA programing and operations.

WEEKLY: WCCA TV's "Worcester Reading Journal" : Volunteer readers present this public service of local news from participating newspapers, news letters, poets, and more (Beginning January 2008 ).

MONTHLY: Television Production workshops ( Studio, Field, Adobe Premiere Editing, HTML, WCCA web navigation, advacned classes. Ongoing.

DAILY on WCCA TV 13 and streamed in real time over the Internet:
Visit WCCA TV 13's full schedule of programming including minority ( many diverse languages), cultural, educational, municipal, non-profit, electronic bulletin board, and business topics.

WCCA presents over 120 of community produced programming every week. Each production is a cultural activity in itself. A great way to display and promote the creative Worcester.

EVERY SUMMER: Date TBA, COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: Learning
opportunities for Worcester Worcester Youth.

EVERY SUMMER: Date TBA Operation Military Kids. Military personnel partner with WCCA TV to share video stories, to archive with their children before deployment.

Daily at WCCA TV 13: Media Partnerships, Worcester Windows display, Community Computer lab, Collage internships, youth media programs, and so much more.

THERE WILL BE MORE.

Building community through electronic media since 1986, WCCA TV 13 "The People's Channel", Worcester MA
www.wccatv.com

Look for two new great projects soon to be announced at WCCA.

contact: Mauro DePasquale, Executive Director 508-755-1880 ext. 11

WCCA TV 13, “the People’s Channel”, in Worcester, announces two great new programs soon to be on line and on cable. WCCA is currently seeking sponsors and volunteers to help create this win win production roster coming January.

Worcester Reading Journal: As an extension of it’s two weekly news programs “Community Vision News” and “Young Views Real News”, WCCA TV will be presenting a new public service reading program titled “WORCESTER READING JOURNAL”. This new television production will focus on bringing the latest of Worcester news and headlines read directly from participating local newspapers. The station also intends to include, as time allows, selections from corporate and non-profit newsletters, including various locally produced poetic works as well. The program will offer opportunities for volunteers and interns to practice their public speaking and reading skills while providing a useful service to benefit those who are challenged to read on their own. The program will be presented on WCCA TV 13 cable channel, and streamed in real time over the Internet as well as be available for downloading. This will be a great opportunity to promote local events, print media, and local poets.

For those interested in participating as a reader or to participate as a print media or poetry contributor, please contact Mauro DePasquale at 508-755-1880 .

City Council meetings: WCCA is also interested in streaming reruns of the weekly city council meeting starting January, pending approval from the city administration. WCCA Board of Directors have asked Executive Director, Mauro DePasquale, to ask the City Administration for permission to stream the council meetings each week. WCCA would be interested in doing this as a public service. It would be pretty simple for WCCA. All that is needed is for the city to forward a DVD or Video tape copy of the Tuesday Council meeting. WCCA will take care of the rest without cost to the city’s budget. WCCA has been on line for over the past two years connecting Worcester to the world on wccatv.com .

For further information contact: Mauro DePasquale, WCCA TV 13, “The People’s Channel” 508-755-1880 ext. 11

Worcester musicians say it best on WCCA's Holiday Music Fest.

Community Shout outs

Secret Santa Spirit Meter

This is a very small sampling. Look for more only on WCCA TV 13, "The People's Channel"

Happy Holidays

Saturday, October 6, 2007
Candidates’ debate gets lively

Public access TV show today

By Lisa D. Welsh TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

District 5 Councilor Frederick C. Rushton, who is running for city councilor at-large and for mayor, and Mayor and City Councilor-at-large Konstantina B. Lukes had arranged to leave the forum early, but it might have appeared that their sparring was the reason for their departure.

After defining the mayor’s job as a mostly ceremonial position, Mrs. Lukes said she did not seek endorsements.

Mr. Rushton pointed out that Mrs. Lukes has appeared at AFL-CIO events and sought the union’s endorsement. “Say what you mean, and do what you say,” he said.

The two then traded comments, talking loudly over each other, before the moderator regained control and gave Mrs. Lukes 10 seconds to respond. “As mayor, I make appearances, but I do not seek endorsements, although I do occasionally receive them,” she said.

Mr. Rushton left the forum a few moments later, and Mrs. Lukes left soon afterward.
Read the entire article

Thanks Lisa. This is a must see program Worcester, only on WCCA TV 13, "The People's Channel".

I was surprised to see NBC's "ER", with all it's commercials, playing, at 10:35 PM, on the Worcester Public School Channel 11 in full sync with neighboring channel 10. So, Ch 10, on Charter cable in Worcester is taking up two spaces on the tier tonight. Has anyone else seen this in Worcester or other Charter Towns? I will call Charter or City Hall and try to find out. I'll keep you posted.

MD

IT IS Time to send in your photos to displayed during the month of December on WCCA TV 13!
Send in photos of your friends, family, co-workers and pets, by November 30th.

Email the jpeg images to tracy@wccatv.org
or mail them to :
WCCA TV 13
Tracy Foley
415 Main St.
Worcester, Mass. 01608
Send a self addressed stamped envelope if you would like them returned.

Happy Holidays !

Doug Grindle, one of WCCA's volunteer Community Producers (Government Issue, series on WCCA) is currently in north Afghanistan. I intentionally left out his location. Here is what he writes:

Hello All:

Here is the latest NewsNote.
It is in the form of a story. I'll be cutting them back in legnth for your reading ease next time. But this is the story of northern Afghanistan, so i figured it is worth the whole treatment.
The bottom line - it's working there all right but it is a snail-like progress.
And its' not guns, it's money that makes the difference.
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Combat Outpost Najil, Laghman Province, Afghanistan - Soldiers of 158th Infantry watch as mortar shells explode against a hillside about a half mile away. The sun beats down, the temperature is over 100 degrees on the soldiers who have walked over two miles from their base to get here. They are happy to take a break.

The soldiers are spotting for the mortar rounds after walking up to the edge of the impact zone to make sure it is clear of civilians. They shooed several herdsmen and their cows and sheep away. Now the mortars echo across the valley and the four villages near the base. A few minutes later the Afghan artillery soldiers fire their big guns from the base. The shells zip overhead and explode, sending more echoes across the valley.

Lobbing shells is good practice for the real thing. It is also a show of force designed to keep insurgents off the slopes near the base, and give them second thoughts about attacking. Insurgents favor attacking with mortars or rockets, but lately it’s an infrequent problem.

"It is pretty quiet around there," said Spc Chad Halstead, a National Guardsman from Honolulu. "I'm not worried about any big attacks. They do occasional hit and runs and we respond to that."

Soldiers are working to get the villagers on their side. That's why they carefully clear the area before firing. They are also pushing a slew of development projects in the province designed to win over the locals. They are also widening road between here and Methar Lam, the provincial capital. And just up the road from the base, civil affairs soldiers are paying to rebuild a river crossing. Lately the strategy of an iron fist in a velvet glove has been working as attacks drop off.

But it is not absolutely quiet here. Attacks do happen. A few days before, two men in a nearby village opened fire on a passing convoy of humvees. They soldiers caught one of the men. They say headman of the village decided to show the soldiers he does not approve of their presence. Luckily no one was hurt. But less than two months before, this unit, the 1-158th Infantry from Arizona, lost a soldier who died in an attack by a roadside bomb in Methar Lam.

"At first when it happened I was just really frustrated. We're out here trying to help them and they're trying to kill us," said Sgt Jose Rodriguez of Ewa Beach HI.

If this area is not completely pacified, the problem increases exponentially the farther north you go. The soldiers are forbidden to venture more than a few miles along the road past the base because it is deemed too dangerous.

But that is where they most need to go, soldiers say. Taliban and other insurgents - al Qaeda and a fundamentalist Afghan movement called the HiG - exist in strength in villages farther north. They also pay local fighters to attack the American and Afghan soldiers.

Combat Outpost Najil does not have enough soldiers to confront the nest of insurgents in the valleys further north. So the soldiers here try to extend government influence in their little valley, building roads and other projects.

The Americans have no plans to increase their troop numbers in this valley. Instead they are engaged in a two-pronged strategy to quell the violence.

They will wait for the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police to grow in numbers and effectiveness and eventually extend their influence north. "My battalion's main focus is the buildup of the capacity of the Afghan security forces," explained Ltc Alberto Gonzalez, commanding officer of the 1-158 Infantry battalion. "Ultimately it's their country and it's their responsibility to get into all those areas and provide the security people need in order to support the government."

And secondly, the soldiers will rely on development to tamp down the violence. Americans hope the locals will eventually turn away from insurgent money and toward regular commerce, as the number of jobs rises when new roads and development projects are finished.

Soldiers say this strategy is already working in the areas it has been tried. But it will take time. And with the limited number of troops here, it is the only one available.

We continue to pray for peace and Doug's safety.
MD

Live from the WCCA TV-13 studio (415 Main Street, Worcester, MA.

This program is a partnership between WCCA, WCRN radio, and the InCity Times.

Co-hosts: Mauro DePasquale (WCCA), Rosalie Tirella (InCity Times), Hank Stoltz and Peter Blute (WCRN).

Video downloads: Should be available sometime Thursday.

Live from the WCCA TV-13 studio (415 Main Street, Worcester, MA.

This program is a partnership between WCCA, WCRN radio, and the InCity Times.

Co-hosts: Mauro DePasquale (WCCA), Rosalie Tirella (InCity Times), Hank Stoltz and Peter Blute (WCRN).

Video downloads: Should be available sometime Thursday.

The Worcester Telegram reported incorrect local primary election results in this mornings news paper. They did correct it on the on line version. Less than 15% of the registered voters showed up to vote yesterday. That is a key issue.

With this story today we want your comments or theory why such a despicable low voter turn out.

Please note:
The T&G wrote;
WORCESTER— The following candidates for at-large city councilor finished in the top 12 in yesterday’s preliminary election and have advanced to the Nov. 6 general election: Gary Rosen, Konstantina B. Lukes, Kate Toomey, Frederick C. Rushton, Dennis L. Irish, Grace C. Ross, Michael J. Germain, Michael C. Perotto, Joseph M. Petty, Morris A. Bergman, William J. McCarthy and William S. Coleman.

Those eliminated are: John J. Mahoney, Maritza Cruz, Allison A. Alaimo, James M. Callahan, John L. Dellasanta and Michael Grandone Jr.

A chart on the front page of some editions of today’s Telegram & Gazette gave incorrect results.

WCCA TV in partnership with InCity Times will be conducting a candidate forum focusing on the the At Large and Mayoral Candidates. SAVE THE DATE October 3rd, 6:30 PM LIVE at WCCA TV 13, the People's Channel.