Study with intent to change the delivery of community media in CT Provide and discuss recommendations regarding how to effectuate the consolidations of community access operations to ensure that any recommended increase to the remaining community access organizations’ operational and capital budgets is at minimum net neutral to the average funding collected from the applicable … Continue reading Q & A | Question Four – Net Neutral Funding 2019 Levels in 2024
Q & A | Question Three – Statewide Consolidation
Study with intent to change the delivery of community media in CT Provide and discuss recommendations regarding the state-wide consolidation of community access operations, including any benefits or detriments, or both, associated with such recommendations; Special Act 22-23 mandates a study be conducted by PURA | NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ACCESS TELEVISION IN CT |3rd Question to … Continue reading Q & A | Question Three – Statewide Consolidation
Q & A | Question Two – Operational Modifications
Study with intent to change the delivery of community media in CT Discuss whether any modifications to the operations and funding of companies and organizations responsible for community access programming are needed and, if so, provide detailed descriptions of the suggested modifications. Special Act 22-23 mandates a study be conducted by PURA | NONPROFIT COMMUNITY … Continue reading Q & A | Question Two – Operational Modifications
Q & A | Question One – Compare nonprofit & profit
Study with intent to change the delivery of community media in CT Describe and discuss the current funding structures for both community access organizations’ operational and capital needs, including the similarities and differences in the operations and funding structures of non-profit and for-profit community access provide? Special Act 22-23 mandates a study be conducted by … Continue reading Q & A | Question One – Compare nonprofit & profit
What are we trying to solve? CT Community Media
What are we solving? A financial band-aide on an ineffective, broken system on behalf of the communities we serve is not a solution that serves all stakeholders… more dollars for CAPS does not directly address disparities in capacity, service, representation, competencies, complexity, accountability, or outdated language.
Youth Media Transforms to #TeenTigerTV
Who will join us on Sept. 21st in the WPAA-TV Community Room for pizza, kettle corn, and inspiration? Our local celebration is open to young people ages 11 to 25. No reservation is required.Starts at 6:30 | Ends at 8:30 pm, or until there is a consensus that it is time to go. Together we will … Continue reading Youth Media Transforms to #TeenTigerTV
SPECIAL ACT 22-23 | The Wrong Study
The Transformation of SB278 into SA 22-23 | A Study Special Act 22-23 authorizes a community media study. The study proposal first appeared as a full replacement amendment1 of Senate Bill 2782 on the last day3 of a robust 2022 Connecticut Legislative Session. The amendment substitutes immediate action, modifying regulations, with a study. A study can … Continue reading SPECIAL ACT 22-23 | The Wrong Study
The Bloom A Reflection
In the sharing, and promoting the sharing, of A thorny Journey Blooms in Story in the #MyGivingStory contest funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in partnership with Unleash Global Good LLC (dba GivingTuesday) there was much personal discovery. The premise of #MyGivingStory follows: By sharing our stories, we can inspire others to give. … Continue reading The Bloom A Reflection
2016 was More.Than.TV
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 realized “what we wanted to be” “greater than TV” was implied in the newly adopted logo. The logo is a play-button between the acronym WPAA … Continue reading 2016 was More.Than.TV
A Civic Conversation Program – A Gap Exists
Community Access TV is called vanity TV by some, the electronic soapbox by others and sometimes the ‘church channel’ given the predominance of religion-oriented programming. I like the change Wallingford’s Public Access Channel is trying to make to become WPAA Community Building TV. The Community Building theme evolved when the organization sought to find and … Continue reading A Civic Conversation Program – A Gap Exists