Community TV is regulated via public policy yet this does not mean it is the same from community to community. Your Town, Your Station for communities the size of Wallingford can … Continue reading CommunityTV, ACM and Public Policy
Gratitude Moments – #theGreatGive Thanks
WPAA-TV will not be participating in the #theGreatGive in 2018. We encourage you to support other local organizations this May. Thank you to all who participated in #TheGreatGive2017 on behalf … Continue reading Gratitude Moments – #theGreatGive Thanks
theGreatGive 2017
??? This is the first time in 24 years Wallingford Public Access (WPAA-TV and Community Media Center) is asking for direct $$$ contributions from the community. We are doing so through … Continue reading theGreatGive 2017
More Than A Name Change – More Than TV
What does it mean for a community television station to be MORE THAN TV? Ah, so many things. Many viewers think WPAA are call letters. In 2016, WPAA adopted new branding: WPAA … Continue reading More Than A Name Change – More Than TV
Beyond Anonymous in a Storied Place
Community memory can be created in the public exchange of story. Sharing. Listening. Asking Questions. Exploring a common bond. My first community overshadows my current community with memories more fragile … Continue reading Beyond Anonymous in a Storied Place
Question and Response: Free Speech
Q: What does Free Speech mean to you? Answers from Community TV Volunteers on Martin Luther King Day 2017: Ability to express who I am. Not a right, a need … Continue reading Question and Response: Free Speech
The Ghostlight Project Launch
Extending an invitation to friends of WPAA-TV that are committed to Safety of persons, regardless of race, class, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Diverse opinions, dissent, and argument are not … Continue reading The Ghostlight Project Launch
CommUnity #W06492
Community grows from knowing we are alive not for ourselves but for one another. The fruit of such knowing is a capacity to make the interests of others more important … Continue reading CommUnity #W06492
What are your filters?
How do you listen? What is in the media you select? Are you open to discovery, conversation, and engagement to be better informed, or have you set our own filters … Continue reading What are your filters?
Community Collaboration: Includes Businesses
As a nonprofit corporate entity, Wallingford Public Access Association, Inc. is dedicated to providing all manner of support for the creation and distribution of noncommercial community media. Noncommercial doesn’t mean … Continue reading Community Collaboration: Includes Businesses