We hope you enjoy a video-visit to wpaa.tv as you view our compilation reel: More.Than.TV about our 2016 year in community media. More.Than.TV emerged in an ‘ha-ha’ moment during a strategic planning session. Our Board … Continue reading 2016 was More.Than.TV
CommunityTV, ACM and Public Policy
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
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
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
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
When You Stop in to Complain …
When you stop in to complain … we first determine if you know anything about us. If you do not pass the quick assessment of knowing us, then you will … Continue reading When You Stop in to Complain …
The Flavors: Citizen Media
Citizen Media is not Public Affairs Programming, although it can be done in the interest of the public. Citizen Media can be raw or highly produced. It is often a … Continue reading The Flavors: Citizen Media
Community Collaboration
Does every idea need to be nurtured? Does every cause need brick & mortar? Does every suffering need a solution without regard for duration of effect? Can outcomes be made … Continue reading Community Collaboration
Noncommercial: includes charitable solicitation
The Court held that while communities were not free to arbitrarily restrict communication of ideas or information, no such protection was afforded to “commercial advertising.” Charitable solicitation: Can not ban. … Continue reading Noncommercial: includes charitable solicitation