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.   

The 2019 Best of the Northwest Awards are open for your entries!

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 watched and 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.

Best of the Northwest grants awards in eighteen categories, as well as our highest award for Overall Excellence in P.E.G. Programming. Award winners are presented with a plaque for their outstanding program!

Awards will be presented at the 2019 NW Media Summit on April 13, 2019. Entries are due by February 28.

https://filmfreeway.com/BestoftheNorthwestAwards

From the national Alliance for Community Media:

Summary: The FCC has issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Cable Franchising (https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-seeks-comment-lfas-regulation-cable-operators). There will be public comment and reply deadlines this Fall. The FCC may issue a ruling in 2019.

Impact on communities and PEG: The FCC is proposing to rule that all “In-Kind” cable franchise obligations other than PEG capital costs and build-out requirements are a “franchise fee” under the Cable Act and thus count against the 5% franchise fee cap. The FCC would define “In-Kind” contributions so broadly as to undermine the Cable Act’s intent to provide franchise fees to communities for use of public rights of way. Any non-monetary benefit could conceivably be charged back against franchise fees – from backhaul services, to electronic program guides, to the value of PEG channel capacity itself. The charge backs would be at fair market value as determined by the cable industry, so we believe in some areas franchise fees might be eliminated in their entirety.

Action: ACM will coordinate legal responses to the FNPRM and will work with national allies in the rulemaking. We will provide instructions to guide your communities so you can reply to the proceeding when deadlines are published.

You should do two things in this proceeding: You should set aside time to prepare comments later this fall about the importance of your work to the community. And you should contact political leaders at the local, state and federal level (on both sides of the aisle) to express their displeasure to the FCC at this action to undermine the Cable Act. We can supply materials to help with this action as well.

More info at: http://www.allcommunitymedia.org/latest-news/acm-public-policy-action-update-sept-2018 

The ACMNWR Board is pleased to welcome our latest addition to the board, Cheyenne (Shy) Allott!

About Shy:

Cheyenne (Shy) Allott is a veteran of the comic and pop culture industry, and has been serving in marketing and events roles for almost a decade. Currently a Senior Account Manager at Bonfire Marketing in Portland, Oregon, Shy brings a deep understanding of marketing, sales and event management to the Alliance for Community Media Northwest.

Passionate about inclusivity & representation, Shy has long advocated for social change and awareness in various mediums.

Recorded live at the “Access The Future” Summit held at the end of April in Portland, the Radio Survivor podcast was a great event.  From the Radio Survivor site:

Our first live episode might just blow your mind. Recorded at the Alliance for Community Media Northwest Summit, it’s time to break down barriers between media platforms. That’s we’re tackling podcasting and virtual reality, and how they relate to social justice and equity. Our guests are writer, artist, teacher and activist Reagan Jackson and Sandy …

Source: Podcast #140 – From Podcasting to Virtual Reality, with Reagan Jackson and Sandy Cioffi