Cable Committee Report
Gray Community Television provides a wide variety of services and programming to the People of Gray.
During fiscal year 2004-05 the Cable Committee upgraded some of its current equipment, bringing the Committee into the modern age. SVHS cameras were replaced with new digital camcorders and a new digital editing system was purchased. These purchases allow GCTV to reduce editing time of local origination programming and improve upon the quality of video materials produced.
2004-05 also saw GCTV moving into a cooperative video training program with M.S.A.D. 15. This program allowed for students and staff to use GCTV’s portable recording equipment, cameras and digital editing equipment. MSAD 15 students were also required to provide 10 hours of local origination programming to GCTV that would be of interest to the citizens of Gray and New Gloucester. Although there were some glitches in the start up phase of this program, GCTV is committed to providing educational opportunities in New Medias Studies for students in MSAD 15.
GCTV also provides limited funding to help support the technology needs of the Gray Historical Society. In order to insure that we maintain our mission statement, the Gray Historical Society provides us with programming or a historical interest to the People of Gray, which is broadcast on a weekly basis.
Local origination programming includes, Town Council Meetings, School Board Meetings, WMSJ Music Videos, and Army Newswatch. During the winter of 2005-2006 programs will include stories on the Shakers of New Gloucester, The Maine Wildlife Park, skateboarding and local musical performances.
Gray Community Television also provides a community bulletin board service on channel two. Any citizen with cable TV can turn to channel two and learn of current events, and suppers. This channel also broadcasts local weather information and has recently started broadcasting NOAA five day weather information for the local area.
Currently the Cable TV Committee includes three volunteers and has two vacancies. The Committee members, Brad Fogg, Paul Proudian and Ryan Peary have provided approximately 300 hours of volunteer time during the year with additional volunteer time given by Bill Getz, Craig Clark; and Rob Mancini and several students from Gray-New Gloucester High School.
GCTV is looking to increase the availability of local origination programming and invites interested parties to contact us with their ideas or provide us with programming they may already have completed. Volunteers are, of course, the key to our ability to serve the community and provide local programming. People with programming ideas or who would like to volunteer some time, be you young or old, should contact us at 657-5898 or email us at GCTV2@graymaine.org
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