We are currently looking for community media leaders from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming to join the ACMNWR board. Do you have a passion for Community Television, Low Power FM Radio and local information? Please send an email of interest to acmnwr@gmail.com and let us know why you would be a good fit. We meet one hour each month on zoom (currently the 2nd Wednesday of each month 6-7pm PST). Must be a current ACM member to qualify.

OCTOBER 20TH 2023 (COMMUNITY MEDIA DAY)

Community Media Day is an annual celebration of the importance of free speech and accessible media for all individuals to have their voices heard. To celebrate, we’re hosting the ACM Northwest Regional Board for a conversation about the present and future of community media, the upcoming Best of the Northwest Awards (applications open September 15th!), and next year’s regional ACM conference in Olympia, Washington. 

The future of community media is you, and the Alliance for Community Media exists to support your work in a shifting landscape of cable franchises, FCC policies and emerging technologies. The ACM advocates on issues like net neutrality, broadband access and the distribution and protection/production of artists’ work everywhere. 

Meet the Northwest Regional Board and learn more about how you can get involved in the ACM’s network of creatives and activists in this important conversation! The ACM Northwest Region represents and advocates on behalf of all media creators and providers throughout Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Board Chair Chris Lawn will facilitate a panel of current Regional board members:

• Adam Carpinelli,
• Kelly Frank, 
• Jon Funfar,
• Robert Kam, 
• Luis Mendoza, 
• Candace Michel, 
• Jamie Plakos (Open Signal),
• Melissa Salazar (Open Signal),
• and national board representative KatMeow García (Open Signal).

This event will take place from 3pm to 4pm PST in Open Signal’s Studio A. Afterwards, join us to mingle and network with board members and community producers over light refreshments. Register to attend in person at the link below! 

Congratulations to the winners of the Northwest Region’s 2019 “Best of the Northwest Awards”! The Best of the Northwest Awards honors outstanding programs produced by community media/PEG (public, educational, government) access TV and other non-commercial media in the Northwest Region (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) of the ACM.  The 2019 winners are:

Community Involvement/Empowerment/ Making a Difference

Winner:

Our Voice, Our World, Our Future

Honorable Mention:

Poor People’s Campaign Kicks off in Olympia

Democracy in Action

Winner:

Pasco League of Women Voters Candidate Forum, October 17, 2018

Honorable Mention:

Pasco City Council Workshop, May 29, 2018

Documentary

Winner:

Escape from Eagle Creek

Honorable Mention:

Behind Bars – The Making of Letters & Numbers

Experimental/Artistic/Abstract

Winner:

Time-Lapse Experiments

Forums and Events

Winner:

Mister Gresham: Todd Kirnan

Honorable Mention:

Clackamas County Participates in Pride NW Festival and Parade

Informative Feature

Winner:

Santa’s Holiday Cookies         

Honorable Mention:

Behind the Blade

Inspirational and Religious

Winner:

Cha Cha the Clown Show

Honorable Mention:

Rex’s Recovery

Instructional, Training, and Educational

Winner:

I Am Native

Honorable Mention:

Take Action!

Local Performance

Winner:

SPARKY by molly BANG          

Honorable Mention:

SLAM Living Room Sessions – Rebecca McDade

Produced by Youth

Winner:

Youth Production: The Oddity

Honorable Mention:

East Metro STEAM Partnership Promo

PSAs, Promos, and Station IDs

Winner (Tie):

2019 WFMC

CCTV Volunteer & Producer Party PSA

Honorable Mention (Tie):

Seattle Public Schools Open Enrollment

KPU 30 Second Advertisement

Shorts

Winner:

Doomed to Repeat

Honorable Mention:

Rescue 3

Shows for Children

Winner:

Flyers – or How the Wright Brothers Invented the Airplane

Honorable Mention:

Passport to Nature     

Sports

Winner:

The Body*Smith Workout

Honorable Mention:

Mt. Hood Conference Basketball

Talk Show

Winner:

The Small Interview with Glamour Dave – Pilot Episode

Honorable Mention:

Behind the Curtain: Charlotte’s Web

Overall Excellence in PEG or Community Media Programming

Winner (Tie):

KPUtv Overall Excellence 2018

TCMedia Overall Excellence 2018

Honorable Mention:

CCTV 2018 Overall Excellence

Thank you to the judges from around the country who made the hard choices on just what programs were the Best of the Northwest!  Award plaques and Honorable Mention certificates will be sent in the coming weeks.  Thanks to all that submitted programs to the contest!

The Best of the Northwest Awards is a chance for you to showcase exceptional media programs. This prestigious awards contest honors outstanding programs produced by community media/PEG (public, educational, government) access TV and other non-commercial media in the Northwest region (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) of the Alliance for Community Media.

This contest is looking for programs that you take pride in! Programs that people appreciated, that made a difference in your community, and demonstrated all that community access has to offer.

For over 20 years, Best of the Northwest has supported programs that are made on a local level. With your entry, you’ll be joining a group of the Northwest’s most successful community and local access producers. You’ll also be supporting the Alliance for Community Media, an organization which works to preserve community access for future generations.

Entries will be judged at community media centers outside of the Northwest Region.

**PLEASE NOTE: Audio entries may be submitted by sharing a link to Soundcloud or another audio hosting site. Please do not use the upload feature.

The Best of the Northwest Awards will accept submissions until February 28th. Enter today. 

Luis works at Capital Community Television (CCTV) in Salem, OR as the Community Facilitator and loves helping people develop their ideas into programs. Video production started as a hobby for Luis, and has turned into his full time job.

He produces three different Spanish-language programs. CVEL PUNTO is a talk show that covers important information in the Spanish speaking community. The title of the show is a combination of the first letter of the hosts’ names, which combined with “Punto” means “We See the Point”.  His second program is called Conexión con la Salud (Health Connection) which is about eating healthy, staying fit and preventing illness. The third program is Mini Concierto de Studio 77 (Mini concerts of Spanish music). 

He is also the director for a monthly music series called Local Roots, where local bands perform 30 minutes of original music in CCTV’s studios.  English is his second language, which he continues to work hard to master. He likes new challenges, because that’s how you learn and grow.  In his free time, Luis enjoys spending time with family and friends, and working on cars, motorcycles, and electronics.