It's not too late to party with us!

Tickets are still available, and will be sold at the door ($10 each, cash or check only), so come on down to The Greenfield Grille Saturday night at 8:30PM. The Masquerade Party will start with hors'douvres and a cash bar set to the music of The Frugal Jazz Project. At 9PM they will turn the music over to J & M Entertainment who will help everyone dance the night away until 1AM. Prizes will be awarded throughout the evening for the best costumes, but costumes are not required. Finally, if you haven't watched our "Dancing with Drew" video, please do. It's quite entertaining.

More Reasons to Come Party with Us!

This video was originally conceived as a spoof of the "Where the Hell is Matt?" videos but took on a life of it's own. Our star, Drew Hutchison (producer & host of "Local Bias"), just couldn't stop playing with the costumes provided to him by producer and camera operator Alicia Brody (GCTV Technical Assistant). Even Scott MacPherson (GCTV Station Manager), who edited this promo, could tell that it was a lot of fun to make. Special thanks to Peter John Ross, of Monkeyboy Records, who made his music available online for anyone to use, free of charge, as long as he is given credit.

Special thanks also go to our producers, volunteers, and supporters who made cameo appearances in the video and/or let us film on their property. These people include: George Gohl (co-host of "Fat Guys on Film"), Greenfield Town Councilor Mark Maloney, GCTV intern Jal Kelley-Clark, Brent Eaton (producer of "Windchanger", "Dark Horse", "Silly Wizard", "Eaton do Ryu", and "Encore Body Art"), and Al & Wendell at Bart's Cafe in downtown Greenfield.

Here's another suggestion for getting yourself on the web,

courtesy of "Homegrown" Producer, & GCTV Board Member, Travis Roy:

"I know you all have been thinking of easy ways to facilitate the
production of individual producer webpages. It may be worth checking
into Wikipedia as a publisher for something like this. Wikipedia is
free, has the ability to host text, pics, MP3s, videos (through
youtube emdedding), etc.. Plus the best thing about it: it's extremely
well indexed for general searching and it's widely adopted by most web
users. It could be used as an easy quick site or as an incubator for
producers that might eventually like to have their own domain name,
etc...."

Paaaarrrrrrrrrty!!!!!!!!!

Come party with us! This exclusive event (only 120 tickets will be sold) is going to be a lot of fun. We'll have prizes for the best costumes, great music, and a wonderful atmosphere. Purchase your tickets to this fundraiser in advance, cash or check only, at our office. Also, keep your eye out for a promo spot for this event featuring "Local Bias" producer, and GCTV Board Member, Drew Hutchison. We promise laughter will ensue.

New Local Bias Promo

"Local Bias" Producer Drew Hutchison has been busy augmenting his Youtube.com offerings. In addition to this new promo you can watch all three parts of his interview with Eve Brown-Waite, author of "First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria", on our youtube channel.

Shelburne Falls Bridge Dinner Video on Youtube

Thanks to independent producer Don Wheeler you can get a glimpse of what it takes to feed a large number of people on a historic iron bridge.

2009 Franklin County Fair Parade Photos are Up!

Check out the right hand side of this blog (below the volunteer opportunities and our schedule) to see some nice pictures that volunteer camera operator Sam Pyfrom took while he was helping to record the parade. Sam got some good shots that take the viewer from set up to take down, with a good feel for the parade in between.

Thanks for Participating!

Thank you to everyone who attended the GCTV/WMCB fundraiser last night. We really appreciate the support of everyone who saw the film. In addition, we would once again like to thank Greenfield Garden Cinemas and the producers of "Touchstone: Dancing with Angels" for making this event possible.

Come to our FUNdraiser & bring your friends!

To raise money for GCTV & WMCB there will be a benefit screening of "Touchstone: Dancing with Angels" at Greenfield Garden Cinemas on Wednesday, September 23rd, at 7PM.
The suggested donation is $7, but no one will be turned away. You may also call 413-774-4288 for more information.

Special thanks to Greenfield Garden Cinemas and www.touchstonemovie.org for making this possible.

Were you watching the parade or was the parade watching you?

The new Fair content is up! Our coverage of the fair parade as well as a video shot by one of our producers who was marching is now available only at GCTV.org. Check it out by clicking the watch link at the top of the page, see if you made it in the video. (posted by Scott)

Franklin County Fair Parade Coverage

Don't forget to tune in on Thursday, September 10th, at 5:30PM for LIVE coverage of this year's Franklin County Fair Parade. Our usual hosts, Russ Brown ("Dukes of Sports") & Tom Dillon (Dillon Chevrolet), will be joined this year by Russ' new co-host on "Dukes of Sports", Marisa Dalmaso-Rode. Marisa adds her winning personality to the great commentary by Russ & Tom.

NEW THIS YEAR! Check back here tomorrow for EXCLUSIVE, WEB ONLY, CONTENT from the fair parade. "Local Bias" producer & host, Drew Hutchison, will be walking the parade route and bringing us interesting stories and pictures from inside the parade itself.

Finally, once the parade has concluded we will join the Greenfield School Committee Meeting, which starts at 6PM, live---already in progress.

At last, THE BIG REVEAL!

So, in less than one week, our control room went from this

to this

to this!

And of course, some close ups:
(For some reason the new switcher (above) reminds me of Darth Vader, but in a good way. The new control decks for the cameras are below.)

I Know You've all Been Waiting for Today's Post with Bated Breath

We were pretty busy in here so this is not the control room "before and after pictures with the amazing reveal" post I had planned. That will be up soon, never fear. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy these pics from the "Local Bias" shoot this morning. Richard Roy took the switcher and new monitors for a spin while Jimmie Bailey operated the new cameras. They gave us good feedback that helped Scott to make some changes this afternoon. We'll be open to more comments from the rest of you as you begin to use the new equipment.

All the Equipment is in...

now we just have to clean up! :)

The "Local Bias" crew will be the first to be trained on, and use, the new equipment. Independent producers Jimmie Bailey and Elijah Rottenberg, however, got a sneak peak at, and some information about, the cameras when they stopped by our studio late yesterday afternoon.
More photos will be posted tomorrow after "Local Bias" finishes.

Day 2 of the Upgrade

By the end of the day yesterday we had three new cameras installed in the studio and large program and preview monitors mounted in the control room.








Special thanks go to producer Jimmie Bailey who assisted Scott during the late afternoon and early evening. Scott said that, without the benefit of Jimmie's expertise, installing the monitors would have been very difficult.
This morning, Jal & Scott put together our new control desk and began placing equipment on it.
















Several volunteers, including "Local Bias" & "Homegrown" director Richard Roy, stopped by to check out our progress. Their comments echoed the ones some of you have left on prior posts; sentiments of being impressed and grateful. We appreciate all the compliments and good wishes. Keep 'em coming!