Past RCTV News

The public is invited to Hunt Memorial Park this Sunday evening, July 3 for an old fashioned celebration of Independence Day. Starting at dusk (sunset that day is at 8:24 p.m., so add a few minutes) "family friendly flicks" will be shown on an outdoor screen. There will be music starting at about 8 p.m.

Everyone is invited to this low-key, down-home community event, which is absolutely free. Bring a picnic dinner, bring your kids, and celebrate the night before the fourth with your neighbors.

Hunt Park, also called Little League Field, is located at the foot of Pleasant Street, at the corner of Eaton Street. The event is sponsored by the Night Before the Fourth Committee and Reading Community Television. For details contact The Hot Spot on Haven Street, or RCTV.

5/1/05 - Technology and Education Foundation Telethon

The Reading Advocate

The Reading Technology and Education Foundation (Reading Tech Fund) is running a town-wide telethon, to be broadcast by RCTV. The Tech Fund is hoping to replenish its accounts so it can underwrite new grant applications for Reading Public Schools. Many students from RMHS have volunteered their time to make calls during the telethon. We hope you will tune in and respond generously to their appeal on Sunday. The Reading Tech Fund's mission - to support Reading's educators who have innovative and creative ideas for motivating their students and improving learning - is only constrained by its financial resources. Since 2001, RTEF has provided $145,000 in technology funding to support innovative instruction in Reading's public schools. RTEF grants are supplemental to the town's school budget and are not intended to replace equipment or services cut from the district operating budget or to fund requests more typically funded by a school's PTO.

If your company has a matching gifts program, your donation can go further. Checks can be mailed to Reading Technology and Education Foundation, 62 Oakland Road, Reading, MA 01867. The foundation is also looking to expand its board and volunteer positions. Consider joining this worthwhile group. Contact Debbie Boschetti, 781-942-0369 or e-mail boschetti@comcast.net.

03/08/05 - National History Day Documentaries

Reading Community Television (RCTV) will begin airing the National History Day documentaries which have advanced in the contest over the last two years. The original program, which includes a selection of five of the recent year's advancing projects, also includes an interview with Mr. DeBenedictis, a judge at the RMHS level of the contest.

03/06/05 - Senior Slide Show Team-Up

In conjunction with Reading Community Television and the TV production class at the high school, the Slide Show will be produced by Seniors Shawn Callan and Dave Whittaker. "We've already put a lot of time into making it," Dave says, "but it's been really fun to do, and we hope it's just as much fun to watch! There are piles of pictures still to scan and we hope to get more so that everyone can be in it."

01/15/04 - RCTV @ RMHS

Of the many public access shows to air on channels 9, 10 and 22, one differs significanty from the rest. Returning from years of absence, “Inside RMHS”- a show by the students of Reading High is back on the air oin RCTV’s education channel, 10. From the school’s recently rehabilitated television production course, students in the class are weekly assigned segments for creation.

11/30/04 - Toys For Tots

The Reading Fire Department and RCTV's 5th Annual "Toys for Tots" Toy drive is scheduled for December 11th. Starting at 10 am, parents can bring their children to the fire department on Main Street to donate toys. Each child that donates a toy can sit on Santa's lap and tell him what they would like for Christmas. This program will air live on channel 9 until 2pm. The Fire Department has received a great turnout of support in previous years, and hopes for similar results again this year.

11/30/04 - Reading Pop Warner Football

Reading Pop Warner football has just wrapped up another incredible season. Producers Kevin Walsh, and Paul Redfearn have been diligently editing games each week to get them ready for the Reading audience by the following weekend. Reading had a great season, with three of seven teams beating Woburn, who had been undefeated against Reading for the previous seven years. The program has been taped by Dan Borque, Kevin Walsh, Paul Redfearn, Tom Bishop, Steve Pelland, Edie Kramer, and Ken Draper.

11/30/04 - UU Encore 2004 Revue

Producer John Surette, from the Unitarian Univeralist Church of Reading has completed work on his UU Encore 2004 Revue, a play put on by the church. The play, performed under the Direction of Ron Cavicchio, features music from the George White Band, and even includes performances from Reverend Doris Hunter, and Program Producer John Surette. John Surette continues to produce a weekly church service, and is currently in production of a Woburn Conservation video, featuring wildlife from the Woburn conservation area.

11/30/04 - Inside RMHS

A program produced by Reading Memorial High School TV Production Students for the Reading community. The class, under the instruction of RCTV, have learned the skills necessary to plan, shoot, edit and produce programs for television. The show features segments on a range of topics, everything from School Lunch to Movie Reviews. The students are working on their fifth episode, and plan to continue producing their show through January, when a new set of students will take over for the second semester.

11/26/04 - What's wrong with Channel 10?

RCTV is having a problem with Comcast's fiber modulator which controls broadcasting for one of RCTV's PEG channels. The modulator started to cut on and off last weekend and finally died on Tuesday night (Nov. 23). The failed modulator belongs to Comcast and not RCTV. The broadcast equipment is very old and hard to replace but RCTV is currently working with Comcast to resolve this problem.

In the meantime, all educational programming will be moved to public access channel 9 and school committee meetings will be moved to government channel 22. The RCTV program schedule will be updated online. As a result, the schedules published in the local papers this week may be inaccurate.

Sorry for the inconvenience. With a little luck, the failed broadcast modulator will be repaired or replaced by the end of next week.

The History of Public Access Television

Where did Public Access TV come from? Who invented it and why? Bill Olson of CVCTV answers these questions and more in his essay "The History of Public Access Television."

Charlie McDonald

Get to know Charlie McDonald, RCTV's new member of the Board of Directors.

John Surette, Community Producer

RCTV Producer's Corner with John Surette.

Ned Coltman, RCTV Member

RCTV Producer's Corner with Ned Coltman.

New series highlights astronomy, technology

Reading Advocate, Thursday, September 30, 2004

RCTV roundtable to feature 'greatest generation'

Reading Advocate, Thursday, September 30, 2004

Fall events in store at RCTV

Reading Advocate, Thursday, September 23, 2004

Mike's Animation Show

Hometown Video Festival 2004: Mike Moran placed 1st in the Computer / Video Art and Animation youth category.

Young Musicians

Local students provide score for RCTV program "A Beautiful Day for A Bike Ride".

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