Celebrating Methuen Community
Television
Kathleen
Corey Rahme
 Methuen Community Television
– Channel 22 on Comcast and Channel
33 on Verizon, is celebrating its 5th
anniversary of being located at 13 Branch
Street. Under the leadership of Karen
Hayden, Executive Director, the studio
has had quite a growth spurt. Many
changes have been made since the old days
when the station was using space at
Methuen High School.
The new facility offers a state of the
art television studio with three cameras,
an editing room as well as a control
room. MCTV offers training in all aspects
of television production including
hosting a show, producing, editing,
cameras, directing and much more.
These training programs have benefited
more than 150 members. Many of the
members have taken advantage of more than
one of the training programs and many can
claim certification in several. The
training is free and available to any
Methuen resident. Even if you do not
utilize it at the studio, you can take
what you learn and use it with your own
video productions. Two other full time
employees, Bill Wallace and Michelle
Houle are always on hand to assist.
The beauty of public access television is
that if you have an idea for programming,
you are able to express it by creating
your own show. There are several shows
that are produced at MCTV and two of them
are celebrating their 5th anniversary
this month.
One is the award winning show Methuen
Now. It is a good news program all about
Methuen. Another show celebrating five
years is Call to Serve. This show
involves recording oral histories of
Methuen veterans. It too is award
winning. These shows compete in the
Alliance for Community Media
competitions.
Having a community television station
like MCTV affords the citizens of Methuen
with the opportunity to watch hometown
sports, musical performances and live
political debates without leaving their
living rooms. Re-ligious services are
shown on Sundays. There are a vari-ety of
programs offered and they are quite
impressive.
You can find shows about the city council
agenda, health department news, police
department information, an award winning
comedy show called SNAFU, a reading show
for young people to encourage literacy,
sports shows galore, a show about
mortgages, an informational show about
what is happening at the Methuen Senior
Center, and even a show hosted by a radio
and television icon named Bruce Arnold
who lets you know what’s happening
around the Valley to name a few.
Being part of MCTV is free to any
resident age 16 and older. The
possibil-ities are endless. Not only do
you feel like you are contributing to
your commu-nity, you are able to satisfy
your own creative urges. You should visit
them at their website www.methuentv.org
to find out more. The folks at MCTV treat
everyone like they are family and believe
me, it is just plain fun.
Kathleen Corey Rahme is the former
Central District & At-Large Councilor
in Methuen, is the founder of the Methuen
Youth Corps., and hosts “Call to
Serve.” You can email her at
kcoreyrahme @comcast.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
All pictures and
material are
(C) copyright, Valley Patriot, Inc., 2008
|
