Rogue Valley Community Television

Erik Palmer of the Southern Oregon Digital Media Center, Charles Douglas of Rogue Valley Community Television and our partners from Rogue Valley Community Press and KSKQ community radio accepted the City of Ashland Oregon’s proclamation for the 9th annual Independent Media Week from Mayor John Stromberg on Tuesday.

INDEPENDENT MEDIA WEEK IS COMING TO THE ROGUE VALLEY!

As you might have caught word of by watching the Independent Media Week promos playing on Channel 15 this last week (also on our Public Access Archive as linked below), this 9^th Annual event is quickly approaching. RVTV has stepped up to provide support for celebrating the work we all do as indy media makers producing content of, by and for our community.

We want to invite everyone in the Public Access community to our next Digital Media Center Open House on Wednesday, April 17^th from 7 to 9 p.m. Christine Jackson from Heaven on Earth Catering has generously offered to provide refreshments for this event as we show off the latest developments both on the academic side of the DMC and with our thriving community access productions.

We are also hosting a panel discussion, “How To Access Local Indy Media” at 8 p.m. that night in Room 124 (the classroom) where representatives from KSKQ Community Radio, the Rogue Valley Community Press and the Rogue IMC will be on hand to lend a hand to local organizations and advocacy groups who want to get their message past the mainstream media blockade and out into the community-created forms of mass media. This is a great way for you to meet like-minded print, radio and television producers and exchange ideas to generate new programming of relevance to the people of the Rogue Valley!

A full list of events posted at rvtv.sou.edu and we certainly encourage you to support the work of our many local partners making this year’s IMW the biggest yet! RVTV is also hosting a “State of Independent Media 2013” LIVE 90-minute broadcast on Saturday, April 20 at 3:30 p.m. over Community Access Channel 15. Joining us at the studio will be Friday night’s keynote speaker, Mickey Huff, the director of Project Censored! He and a panel of local indy media makers will speak to the future of local journalism and how community anchor institutions like RVTV can play a vital role in bridging the digital divide and filling the gaps in local news, cultural and educational programming. Please spread the word!

NEW STUDIO PRODUCERS GRADUATED

All of us at RVTV congratulate the latest Studio Certified Producers in our Public Access program, Peggy Siders and Moon Dust. Along with Michael Ball and Bob Schropp — who took the workshops as a refresher course, as all of you who are already certified are welcome to do — they completed a several week course which included seminars held by RVTV staff and hands-on training on many of our Public Access studio programs on Saturdays.

Their final project on Mar. 22 served not only to demonstrate their talents, but helped a larger community effort RVTV is proud to continue its support for, the ninth annual Independent Media Week in the Rogue Valley, which will be from April 14-20 this year…because independent media is what Rogue Valley Community Television is all about! You’ll see the PSAs produced by the SPCW grads airing on Channel 15 for the next few weeks, and they’re also on our Public Access Archive for you to enjoy:

IMW 2013: Urban Kohler http://archive.org/details/PA45884

IMW 2013: Moon Dust http://archive.org/details/PA45885

IMW 2013: Charles Douglas http://archive.org/details/PA45886

IMW 2013: Jason Houk http://archive.org/details/PA45887

IMW 2013: Robert Schropp http://archive.org/details/PA45888

UPCOMING SCHEDULE NOTES

Equipment check-out is usually on Fridays from 3pm to 6pm – but due to set-up for the Pear Blossom Parade, equipment check-out will only be from 3-4pm on Friday, April 12. Producers are highly encouraged to reserve the equipment they need IN ADVANCE. To do so, please e-mail Charles Douglas at douglasc@sou.edu or call (541) 552-6898.

Due to increased demand, RVTV Public Access is running LIVE studio shows the first and third Fridays of the month between 6-8 p.m. (crew call at 5 p.m.). We will also now have THREE studio production timeslots between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the Saturdays we are open, these being 8-11 a.m., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 2-5 p.m.

Please get ahold of these producers IN ADVANCE if you would like to volunteer in the productions of their programs (and let RVTV staff know too). Here are the Spring Quarter studio production timeslots:

Fri.             6pm-8pm          CANCELLED – USE IT OR LOSE IT, FOLKS!
Apr. 5

Sat.            8am-11am        Oscar Rodriguez
Apr. 6        11am-2pm        Kumud Gokani
2pm-5pm          Gokul Gokani

Sat.            STUDIO CLOSED
Apr. 13      (Pear Blossom Parade)

Fri.             6pm-8pm          Corinne Vieville
Apr. 19     

Sat.            8am-11am        Oscar Rodriguez
Apr. 20      11am-2pm        Therese Swenson
2pm-5pm          Charles Douglas

Sat.            8am-11am        Craig Comstock
Apr. 27      11am-2pm        Kumud Gokani
2pm-5pm          Gokul Gokani

Fri.             6pm-8pm          OPEN – FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED
May 3

Sat.            8am-11am        Urban Kohler
May 4        11am-2pm        Gokul Gokani
2pm-5pm          Sheral Graham

Sat.            8am-11am        Bob Schropp
May 11      11am-2pm        Michael Fox
2pm-5pm          Dean Walker

Fri.             6pm-8pm          Corinne Vieville
May 17

Sat.            8am-11am        Bob Schropp
May 18      11am-2pm        Bob Schropp
2pm-5pm          Britt Ivy

Sat.            STUDIO CLOSED
May 25      (Memorial Day Holiday)

Sat.            8am-11am        Michael Fox
June 1       11am-2pm        Sheral Graham
2pm-5pm          Kumud Gokani

Fri.             6pm-8pm          Urban Kohler
June 7

Sat.            8am-11am        Therese Swenson
June 8       11am-2pm        Britt Ivy
2pm-5pm          Dean Walker

Sat.            STUDIO CLOSED
June 15     (SOU Commencement)

Fri.             6pm-8pm          Corinne Vieville
June 21

Sat.            8am-11am        Urban Kohler
June 22     11am-2pm        Pravina McClure
2pm-5pm          Dean Walker

Sat.            STUDIO CLOSED
June 29     (Summer Break)

News & schedules for studio production

Last week’s productions

Urban Kohler wrapped up a busy Winter Quarter of filming with a pair of episodes on economic and social justice issues. First up was round two with economist Wendell Fitzgerald discussing ‘The Ideas of Henry George;’ after which, local journalist Kristi Wright sat in with Urban to speak to Virginia Camberos about the struggles faced by immigrants.

http://archive.org/details/PA5345901

http://archive.org/details/PA5345902

Last but certainly not least in the first three months of 2013, our Top Volunteer winner Michael D. Fox knocked out two more fun-filled Mickey Balloonman Shows, sharing his fascination with computers in general and the new generation of stars on YouTube in particular.

http://archive.org/details/PA1495899

http://archive.org/details/PA1495900

As linked above, these studio shows are being shared on the new Public Access Archive at http://www.archive.org/details/roguetv and distributed widely, with 2,695 downloads in its first three months! Please e-mail these links to your friends, post these on the social media of your preference, and help us get the word out.

If you would like to be contacted to Direct or crew for any programs, please contact Brandon ( givensb@sou.edu ) or Charles ( douglasc@sou.edu ) so that we can put Producers in contact with you. We always need capable Directors and crew wanting to hone their skills!