Excerpt from new Mid-week Music

Producer and musician Laura Siersema put together a half-hour GCTV show after she performed recently at All Souls Church as part of their Mid-week Music series. Here is an excerpt from that show.

It's campaign season!

GCTV would like to remind candidates for political office that we are a great resource for imparting your views to the electorate. Producer Drew Hutchison ("Local Bias") is available to consult any candidate wishing to utilize GCTV in this manner. Please call our office for more information.

Busy, busy, busy!

You can tell just from our list of upcoming events that this Spring is going to be very busy here at GCTV. In addition to all our volunteer opportunities, there are a lot of interesting events that will be held at GCTV starting with the Greening Greenfield Energy Committee's "Biomass 101" lecture on Tuesday April 7th. Stay tuned to this blog for more information.

Spring is also meeting season, and GCTV will be covering as many of them as we can, so our schedule is filling up. Make sure you plan well in advance to reserve any equipment, studio, staff, or computer time that you need.

New programming has also arrived: David Arfa's "Jar of Tears" (a Holocaust memorial project), a brand new "All Souls Mid-week Music" concert (featuring Laura Siersema & Gary Snedeker), "Northern Star Radio presents Musician John McHugh", and "Mayor Forgey's 2010 Budget Proposal Press Conference" have all joined our line-up so keep an eye out for them.

30th Annual Telly Awards

This national contest honoring the very best local, regional, & cable TV commercials, programs, and segments has extended its deadline. You can now enter until April 24th. Please go to www.tellyawards.com for more information or to enter your program.

Rogue Reporter has youtube channel!

Reba Razz, GCTV's Rogue Reporter, has created her own youtube channel. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/user/rebarazz. She has lots of great short videos there and adds new ones regularly. As usual, you can also see great shorts here on our blog, on GCTV's own youtube channel (see link on the right hand side of this page), and on Channel 15 as part of Short Attention Span Television. Oh, and here's one more from Reba to wet your appetite. Enjoy!

Country Players to present "Moon Over Buffalo" at the Shea Theater

Courtesy of Dave Peck (Producer & Co-host of "Fat Guys on Film") here's a sneak peek at The Country Players' upcoming production in Turners Falls.

More new video from our Rogue Reporter.

Ever wonder what would happen if a dog tried to vacuum your house?

School Committee

Tonights School Committee meeting has been moved to GCTV Studio at 393 Main St. We will be providing live coverage beginning at 6pm.

Greenfield High School Music Parents Telethon Tuesday!

This coming Tuesday, March 3rd, from 6PM to 9PM, Greenfield High School music students and their parents will be taking over our airwaves to raise money for the GHS music program. This telecast will feature live performances by GHS soloists, choirs, and bands under the direction of Paul Calcari. As in years past, the only way to see this concert is to watch it on GCTV. We will post the phone numbers you can use to call in a pledge soon.

Change of Time & Location for School Committee Meeting!

Tomorrow (Thursday, 2/26) night's Greenfield School Committee Meeting has been changed to a Public Forum followed by a School Committee Meeting. The event will begin at 7PM (instead of 6PM) and take place at Greenfield Middle School (not at GCTV).

Alliance for Community Media 2009 Hometown Video Awards

CALL FOR ENTRIES! The Alliance for Community Media, of which GCTV is a member, is looking for submissions for this year's contest. Your TV program, short, or website may be eligible. You can check out all the details by going to www.acmhometown.org. Entries must be received by March 14th. Good luck!

Even more new video content!

This wave of new shorts is awesome you guys! Please keep them coming.

Here's a brand new video, completed Wednesday night on one of our PCs, by independent producer Frank Grindrod of Earthwork Programs. You can see more of Frank's videos by clicking on the Earthwork Programs link on the right hand side of this blog (in the Producers Pages section). Enjoy!

MDA pic & video!

Thanks again to everyone who helped me to represent GCTV at this year's Muscular Dystrophy Association Fundraiser. As promised, here is my "mugshot" and a short video I created about my experience. I really did have a lot of fun.

Greening Greenfield Event held at GCTV

On Tuesday night the Greening Greenfield Energy Committee presented their workshop "How to Save Money on your Heating Bills". Our studio was packed with about 100 people and we'll be broadcasting the session tomorrow (Friday, February 20th) at 5PM. In addition, WWLPTV22 covered the event and you can check out a bit of their coverage at
http://www.wwlp.com/subindex/news/Ways_To_Save

New video content from one of our producers.

This interesting video, filmed last year, is from Don Wheeler. He was across the river with his son, Otis---GCTV's former Technical Assistant, the night the Shelburne Falls Coffee Roasters caught fire.