We are putting our marketing budget into our viewers’ pockets. We hope to do this again, but for right now, the deadline is Oct 10th. 📣 (Extended to Midnight October … Continue reading Viewer Rewards Campaign
Community Media Excellence—2026 Festival & Uplifiting Creators
More Than TV: Magic At WPAA-TV, we often say that community media is a stage, but the true magic lies in the storytellers who step onto it. Since our inception … Continue reading Community Media Excellence—2026 Festival & Uplifiting Creators
Your Vision, Our Community: The Power of Contributed Media
The cell phone, camera, or drone in your hand makes you our crew. #TeenTigerTV youth are the video producers and editors. No technical skills required – Just Love of Wallingford! … Continue reading Your Vision, Our Community: The Power of Contributed Media
The Road Taken: Community Media ‘Story vs. News’
Since reorganizing after the end of WPL-TV in 1993, community media in Wallingford has been part of something larger than itself: the democracy movement that has embraced storytelling, conversation & … Continue reading The Road Taken: Community Media ‘Story vs. News’
The Constants: Tech, Community, Media
Community media has evolved. 50 years ago, in Wallingford, it was a community bulletin board managed by the Wallingford Public Library. Ironically, centralizing event data and other community information is … Continue reading The Constants: Tech, Community, Media
Religion Trumps Truth
The Federal Office of Personnel Management issues a memo (7.28.25) allowing federal employees to pray publicly at work, as well as to try to “persuade others of the correctness of … Continue reading Religion Trumps Truth
All American Hot Dog Get Out The Vote
In a thriving democracy, community media’s existence would be joyful stories and transparency about incidentals in an imperfect union. Today, we need to be here for advocacy on a grand … Continue reading All American Hot Dog Get Out The Vote
What is Next?
Our situation: End-of-Life for Cable TV Our core function is ‘Make TV’ which is supporting the production of digital media content by, or for, the people for hyperlocal cable TV … Continue reading What is Next?
Same Day Sunday Celebrating 20 Years
Celebrating 20 years of Same Day Sunday. The Board, staff & volunteers of WPAA – TV and Community Media Center are grateful for the video crews that produce content for … Continue reading Same Day Sunday Celebrating 20 Years
Humanities, Community Media Manifest Destiny with AI
Manifest Destiny (Framing Words) 1845 | A Youth Work Project The framing words of the westward movement in the mid-1800s ‘Manifest Destiny’ were penned by a petticoat hustler, Jane Storm. … Continue reading Humanities, Community Media Manifest Destiny with AI