2024 Alliance for Community Media New England Nor’Easter .
- We have 10 Finalists in the Nor’Easter. Placement will be announced December 9th in Mystic at the Festival
2023 Alliance for Community Media National Hometown & New England Nor’Easter & …
- Hometown Overall Excellence: Public Access Under $300,000 Overall Excellence Public Access <300,000: U, Unity, CommUnity 2022 Annual Report – Team Hercules, WPAA TV and Community Media Center
- Hometown Public Service Announcements Student It Is Never Too Late | by TeenTigerTV
- Hometown Community Event Activism/Rallies Student What’s In The Bag | Coalition For a Better Wallingford TeenTigerTV
- Nor’Easter 1st Place Informational Talk Show- Series MidLife Matters by Independent Producer Lussier Productions
- Nor’Easter 1st Place Children’s Programs Space Bear Friends Apple by Independent Producer Mike Schleif Space Cub Studios
- Nor’Easter 2nd Place Entertainment & Arts- Series MakingItArtisan$tories Adele Houston Productions
- Nor’Easter 2nd Place Local Performance Mike Casey Trio WPAA Sessions Aaron Stone & Tom Brady Team Hercules
- Nor’Easter 2nd Place Public Service Announcements Student It Is Never Too Late | by TeenTigerTV
When I Speak Freely is honored with an Official Selection for the WNET Inaugural Festival
at Lincoln Center NYC, on June 7th. Theme: DEMOCRACY
More about the Youth Collective HERE
2022 Alliance for Community Media National Hometown & New England Nor’Easter & …
- Hometown Overall Excellence: Public Access Under $300,000 Overall Excellence Public Access <300,000: Celebration of Voices 2021 Annual Report – Team Hercules, WPAA TV and Community Media Center
- About Access & Empowerment Student: When I Speak Freely by BennyFL- Team Hercules Youth, WPAA-TV
- Access Program Promo Student: No Need To Knock- Team Hercules Youth, WPAA-TV
Eight local productions were recognized in the ACM-NE Nor’Easter Festival. Taking top honors was Mike Schleif for animated cartoons in the categories Arts & Theater and Instructional & Training: Space Bears The Movie and Drawing with Mandy: Lantern. When I Speak Freely, the youth winner of the ‘Democracy 2022 Civic Life Project Film Challenge‘ and the National Hometown Festival was a 2nd place Finalist in the all-ages category in the Nor’easter: About Access. The MakingItArtisan$tories Crew was a Finalist in Diversity Empowerment & Artist Profile with How Love Begat a Book JoJo’s Tiny Ear Author Stephania and The Evolution of SUEÃNOS by Anatar Marmol-Gagne. Georgian Lussier was a finalist in Profile Talk for her show MidLife Matters featuring Nonprofit Leader Sandie Lavoy and as guest host in conversation with Matthew Bailey of B.C. Funeral Home in the category of Science, Health, and Spirituality. WPAA-TV’s 2021 Annual Report Celebration of Voices WPAA-TV was again recognized for overall excellence.
2021 Alliance for Community Media National Hometown & New England Nor’Easter
- Hometown Overall Excellence: Public Access Under $300,000 Winning Entry Citizen Media In A Virtual World – Annual Report
- Hometown Best in both Animation and Children’s Programming Independent Producer Mike Schleif and Madison Schleif of Space Cub Studio with Adventure #9 Space Bears: The Starpowder Space Gem
- A 3-minute movie advances to Best Nor’Easter Short Video Color of Hope by Andrew Horn
- Nor’Easter Finalist Community Impact What Musicians Do COVID Edition Fire Escape Sessions and Annual Report Overall Excellence
- Nor’Easter Finalist Arts & Drama No Turning Back by Walou Crew
2020 Alliance for Community Media National Hometown & New England Nor’Easter
1st Place Hometown Community Impact – Independent Producer Promotion Video for #StreetshotZ the Gallery Producer Adele Houston, Host Linda Marie Colon, Tech Director Tom Brady – Featuring Photographer Charles Buzinsky
The photo book is available to individuals showing proof of contributions of $250 or more to nonprofits helping local food or housing-insecure neighbors.
- 1st Place Arts & Theater The Sparrow Falling Episode 4 – Sal DelGreco, Robert James, Ian Howard
- 1st Place Issues & Science, Health & Spirituality MidLife Matters Child Sex Trafficking – Georgian Lussier
- 2nd Place Issues and Political Process Bipartisan Get Out the Vote – Team Hercules
- 2nd Place Music & Performance Bharatanatyam – Ritesh Sekhar, Meera Nair, Jeevith Ishwarya
- 3rd Place Educational Program Making It Artisan Stories Tim & Vance and Homeschooling – Adele Houston
- 3rd Place Diversity Empowerment HumanKindBoth: What is our Purpose – Zahir Mannan, HumanKindBoth Contributors
- 3rd Place Instructional and Training BlueHills Crafters – Adele Houston, Tom Brady
- 3rd Place About Access and Community Media Time for a Story Places StudioW – Team Hercules
On display in our foyer | awards from 1993 to today. Among them is the Rika Welsh Community Impact Award (2016); winner, Georgian Lussier, for MidLife Matters, She was nominated by several of her guests. This award recognizes work that champions a cause or idea using community media resources.
2019 Alliance for Community Media National Hometown & New England Nor’Easter
- 1st Place Arts & Theater The Sparrow Falling Episode 3 – Sal DelGreco, Robert James
- 2nd Place Issues & Political Process CommUnity Conversations My Neighbor is Muslim – Miyan Zahir Muhammad, Ted Hakey, Jr
- 2nd Place Children & Youth Creation Station – Rain Sticks – AyLiz Boran
- 3rd Place General Talk Show Midlife Matters: Holocaust Special Edition – Georgian Lussier
- 3rd Place Music & Performance Music with Purpose: Blues Stew – Lisa Catherine, Tom Brady, Aaron Stone
- Single Camera – Event Coverage StandUp 4 Human Rights Rally – Adele Houston
- 2019 Overall Excellence National ACM Hometown Video Festival
- Budget Under 300K “BEST SMALL STATION in USA”
- WPAA-TV and Media Center ‘What We Do Together’
2011-2018 Alliance for Community Media National Hometown & New England Nor’Easter
- 2018 3rd Place About Access & Community Media The Sparrow Falling News Package Middlesex Community College Students
- 2016 Rika Welsh Community Impact Special Honors Georgian Lussier Mid-Life Matters
- 2015 17th Annual NE_ACM Video Festival Overall Excellence Budget Under 100K
- 2014 16th Annual NE_ACM Video FestivalOverall Excellence Budget Under 100K We Did It Together
- 2013 3rd Place ACM New England Diversity Empowerment Independent Producer Oral Ofori #TheAfricanDream Mandela Legacy
- 2012 1st Place ACM New England Diversity Empowerment Producers Dawn Aldrich & Camila Gabriel Penn’s Pals Episode Sophie Sign Language
- 2011 1st Place ACM New England Documentary Event Independent Producer Adele Houston Home Of Free Speech
Before 2010 Alliance for Community Media National Hometown & New England Video Festival
- 2009 1st Place ACM-NE Community Impact GS Troop #60794 Livin’ Life the Right Way
- 2009 2nd Place ACM-NE News & Magazine Series Independent Producer Kathryn Robinson Creature Theater III
- 2009 3rd Place ACM-NE Children and Youth GS Leader Karen Kennedy Be Smart, Don’t Start
- 2008 1st Place ACM-NE Original Teleplay Independent Producer Kathryn Robinson Deadly Access
- 2006 1st Place ACM-NE Issues Talk Show Independent Producer Tom Dacey Talking with Tom
- 2005 1st Place PSA WPAA Golden Ticket Hometown Video Awards
- 2004 7th Annual ACM-NE PEG PROMO Golden Ticket WPAA Team (David & Jason Burghardt, Kathryn M. Robinson, Sharon Kesilewski)
- 2003 6th Annual ACM-NE Cultural – Making a Difference Ordinary Citizens’ Everyday Doors Co-producers Cliff Huizenga, Adele Houston
- 2001 4th Annual ACM-NE Religious/Inspirational A Journey Stations of the Cross Innovative Wheelchairs Rolling Independent Producer Adele Houston
Cable Advisory Council South Central CT (signed June 24, 2006)
- Sustaining Community Access Award – Audience Planet Access Crew Wallingford Public Access Station
- Sustaining Community Access Award – Delivery Board of Directors Wallingford Public Access Station