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<br />Our history. . . <br /> <br />In 1997, when the Cities assumed control of community programming from the <br />cable company, we had a staff of five whose job responsibilities were primarily to <br />assist the public with their programs and to schedule those programs for <br />playback on the public access channel. <br /> <br />During the past eight years, we have worked diligently to develop a community <br />television service that meets the needs of the member cities, viewers, and citizen <br />producers. We have expanded our staff to ten individuals and have created <br />several departments to address those needs. Over the years we have created <br />top- notch van production and news departments. Our recent emphasis has <br />been on developing an Educational liaison to work more closely with our school <br />districts and teachers. <br /> <br />Through hiring and training we have created a technical support system for our <br />cities that goes beyond the original scope of services the organization could <br />provide. Not only does staff offer complete video production services to the <br />cities, we also have a video engineer and a computer engineer available to assist <br />with ongoing equipment planning, construction and maintenance. <br /> <br />We have also positioned ourselves very well in the area of infrastructure. Our <br />production truck is new and we have moved to digital camcorders and non-linear <br />editing. Last, but certainly not least, we are the proud owners of an incredible <br />community television facility complete with a comprehensive new lighting system <br />and a state-of-the-art, server-based, master control. <br /> <br />The aforementioned master control system has made it possible for us to <br />assume programming responsibilities for our seven government channels. Not <br />only can we encode and play back city meetings, we are poised to schedule <br />additional programs on each channel as requested. This greatly reduces the <br />need for cities to invest in expensive playback systems and frees up city staff <br />time. <br /> <br />During the past years of growth and development, our goal was to produce an <br />informative, entertaining product for our viewers and to become a valuable asset <br />to our seven cities. I think that we have accomplished those goals. <br /> <br />.. .Our future <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />5() <br />