Democracy Now To Air at 3:30 pm - Temporarily

Democracy Now, one of our popular imports, will move to a temporary new schedule starting Monday, October 5. Currently DN airs twice daily at 9 am and 4 pm on Channel 27. During Free Speech TV's Fall Pledge Drive, DN will only be carried on Channel 27 daily at 3:30 pm. Normal programming will resume on Monday October 26. For more information on FSTV you can visit their website.

MEDIA CENTER GARNERS 18 WAVE AWARD FINALISTS

The Western Region of the Alliance for Community Media (ACM) has announced the finalists in the 2009 Western Access Video Excellence (WAVE) Awards Competition. The Media Center boasts eighteen (18) finalists, five more than last year. In 2008, the Media Center had more finalists than any other access station. This year the Media Center is proud to "tie" with KMVT, our access friends in Mountain View. They also produced 18 finalists. This year, over half of the Media Center's submissions were selected as finalists compared to just under half selected last year. Our powerful showing demonstrates that the Media Center continues to be a leader in the 90 member strong Western Region of ACM.

The winners will be announced on October 17, 2009, in Reno, Nevada at the annual ACM Western Regional Conference.

The finalists by division and category are:

In the Community Producers Division

• Abilities United Presents Community Connections
  Programming by/for Differently Abled - Andrea Throndson
  
  
• Bite Size Green
  Informational/Lifestyle Programming - Mary Bell Austin
  
  
• Fredrico's Kitchen - Real Cooking
  Instructional Programming - Fred Williams
  
  
• Green Takes Action! - Green Schools
  Informational/Lifestyle Programming - Lorna Fear & Lauren Swezey
  
  
• Hale I Ho'Omana
  Inspirational/Religious Programming - Jim Seawright
  
  
• Jook Joint - Holiday Show
  Entertainment Variety - E.C. Scott and Gregg Mitchell
  
  
• Jook Joint - Holiday Show
  Music Programming - E.C. Scott and Gregg Mitchell
  
  
• Jook Joint - featuring Etta James
  Music Programming - E.C. Scott and Gregg Mitchell
  
  
• Jook Joint - Ronnie Baker Brooks Video "Love Again"
  Music Programming - E.C. Scott and Gregg Mitchell
  
  
• Nature Speaks for Itself
  PSA - Austin Tamaddon
  
  
• Peninsula Women's Chorus - Spring Concert 2009
  Performing Arts Coverage - Stanley Ng
  
  
• Pushpanjali
  Performing Arts Coverage - Suresh Kondapalli and Teja Kondapalli
  
  
• The Stephanie Herman Show - Dancing Behind the Scenes
  Performing Arts Coverage - Stephanie Herman
  
  
• Suicide PSA
  PSA - Edoardo De Armas
  
  
• Talking with Henrietta - Rehabilitating Parolees
  Talk Show/Issues - Henrietta Burroughs
  
  
• The Theatre Factory
  Informational/Culture - Patricia Neme and Patty Page

In the Professional Producers Division

• Media Center Studio Session: Fua Dia Congo
  Performing Arts Coverage - Karen Adams and Muisi-Kongo Malonga
  
  
• San Jose Makes A Difference
  Municipal Government Access - Nancy Brown and Leah Lowrie

The Media Center swept the Community Producer divisions of both the Performing Arts Coverage and the Music Programming categories. Furthermore, the Music Programming Category was swept by E.C. Scott and Gregg Mitchell for their ground-breaking Blues video show The Jook Joint. The Media Center had two finalists in the Community Producer PSA category. Both PSAs were produced by youth in our community. Edoardo De Armas is a member of the Media Center's Youth Advisory Council. Austin Tamaddon is a returning winning producer from last year.

Starting October 11, 2009, the Media Center will be replaying all its finalists on its three public access stations. Please check our schedule page for listings.

HIGH SPEED RAIL TEACH-IN AIRS TONIGHT!

5 Hour Show to be Replayed Throughout October

The Peninsula Cities Consortium (PCC) is made up of official representatives from the cities of Atherton, Belmont, Burlingame, Menlo Park and Palo Alto. PCC was formed expressly to foster collaboration between the five cities and the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA). On Saturday, September 12, a HIGH SPEED RAIL TEACH-IN was held at the Cubberley Pavilion in Palo Alto from 9am-4:30pm. Five hours of video tape was shot by Ana Simoes, a member of the Media Center Community. The tape was edited at the Media Center by our own Nancy Brown and will play back as a 4 hour and 48 minute Crash Course on the High Speed Rail project. The program is comprised of two 1.5 hour panel discussions with Q&A Additionally there is an Open Space Technology Session. The Teach-In was organized by PCC and was hosted by the City of Palo Alto in cooperation with Caltrain and CHSRA. "This Teach-In" is guaranteed to do some myth busting.

The show debuts:
Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 9 pm on Channel 27
It replays:
Sunday morning, September 20, 2009 at 9 am
Saturday , October 3, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 9 am
Sunday, October 11, 18 and 25 at 9 am

Media Center to Carry Popular Local Sports Show

The Media Center has "negotiated" with PenTV in San Carlos to bring you HOOKED ON NINERS, the popular weekly half hour football show produced by PenTV. The negotiations took place between Liz LaPorte up at PenTV and me. She asked, "Would you like to run the program?" and I said, "You Bet". This is the beauty of public access, folks. We bring you commercial free, locally produced programming.

Hooked on Niners brings together local football experts and enthusiasts to roundtable the previous week's game. It is really fun to watch!

This week's show was taped Tuesday and we will be airing it tonight @ 10:30 pm, tomorrow at 9:30 pm and on Sunday at 6:30 am on Channel 28.

After this weekend's debut, the show will run regularly on Channel 28 on Saturday night at 7:00 pm and on Sunday mornings at 6:30 am.

Check out PenTV for more information about the show.

SUPPORTING OUR TEENS - Last Week's Community Event Debuts Tonight

Tonight Channel 27 at 9 pm don't miss "SUPPORTING OUR TEENS IN A HIGH PRESSURE ENVIRONMENT: A Multifaith Community Response. This two hour program was taped by Media Center staff live at Cubberley Theatre in Palo Alto Monday, August 31. The program consists of a six-member panel moderated by Palo Alto mayor Peter Drekmeier (pictured) and includes representatives of many faiths.

Our community has been left reeling by a series of suicides among our young people this summer. The program addresses possible reasons behind this tragic epidemic and what we can do to support our teens and address the issue. Because this is such an important topic we will be repeating this program on all the Channels and at many times throughout the month of Septemberl. For the current playback schedule, click here.

For more information about the event click here.

TIVO TIME - YOUTH VIDEO WEEK BEGINS FRIDAY, Sept 11, Channel 28

This year Youth Video Week is actually a week (Monday through Friday) and two weekends! Starting next Friday, September 11 at 3:30 pm until Sunday, September 20 at midnight, we are running Youth produced or Youth-involved videos 24/7. We are pre-empting all regular programming in order to honor the work of our young people on Channel 28, our Youth, Education and Sports- themed channel.

This year we are offering up some great shows produced by our summer campers at our DIGIQUEST video production camps and I am pulling some Digiquest shows from the archives as well. Also we have programs produced by our Interns and the kids on our Youth Advisory Council. Be on the look-out for the Middle School and High School Greenlight 2009 Finalists -- and there is so much more.

This has been a great year at the Media Center for Youth production. We have had two stellar youth coordinators - Danielle Fairbairn and Becca Fisher. They have inspired our kids to greatness. You can't watch non-stop but make sure you get the TIVO set up and get ready to have some fun.

You can find the schedule already up on the WEB. And remember once you are on the schedules page you can enter any part of the name of the show you're interested in seeing and the search will show you all the shows with that name in it.