On Public Access This Week:

Public Access - SPAC TV 28

• Spirit of Shrewsbury’s Oak Street Expo
  Saturdays at 12 noon, Sundays at 8 am & 10 pm, Mondays at 10 am
• Seniors for Responsible Taxation”
  Series with Ben Tartaglia new times:
  Thursdays at 2pm, 6pm, 9:30 pm & Fridays at 5:30 am & 10:30 am

Educational Access - SETV 29

• Superintendent's Forum
  Join your host Dr. Anthony Bent, as he discusses the School Calendar for the 2006-2007 school year.
  Tuesdays at 2pm, 6pm, 8:30pm, 10pm & midnight.
• SHS Football vs. St Johns "Homecoming"
  Friday at 6:30pm; Saturday at 6:30pm; Sunday at 6:30pm
• Volleyball Game SHS vs. Oak - Katrina Fundraiser
  Fridays at 12:30pm; Saturdays at 9am, 12:30pm; Sunday at 9am , 12:30pm
• SHS Girls Soccer vs. Doherty
  Friday at 4pm, 9:30pm; Saturday at 11am, 4pm, 9pm; Sunday at 11am, 4pm, 9pm
• School Committee Meeting
  Wednesday, 10/19 LIVE at 7pm; Thursday, 10/20 at 9pm; Friday, 10/21 at 9am

Government Access - SGTV-30

• Finance Committee Meeting 10/6
  Thursday 8pm; Friday 2am; Saturday 2pm; Sunday 10:30am
• Special Town Meeting (Night One) 10/11
  Friday 8:30am; Saturday 11pm; Sunday 7pm; Monday 2am
• Town Meeting Replay
  Friday 6pm; Saturday 5pm; Sunday 1:30pm

Shrewsbury Media Connection Wins Overall Excellence Award

Shrewsbury Media Connection has won a Hometown Video Award for Overall Excellence in P.E.G. Access (for budget under $200,000.)

The SMC Staff submitted documentation and a 30 minute video compiling the best of Public, Educational & Government programming produced this past year for the contest.

Maria Sheehan, Lori Bergman, and Marc Serra Accepting the Hometown Video Award

In 1997 SMC was a finalist in the Public Access category. SMC producer Monica Mansfield is no stranger to the Hometown Video Awards as she has won several over the years for her show Mostly Rock 'n' Roll.

If you go to the Alliance for Community Media website – Hometown Video Festival (http://www.alliancecm.org/index.php?page_id=184) you will see more on this.

Thanks to all of you who worked so hard this past year to make SMC the best. All of the programming that's on SPAC-TV28, SETV-29 and SGTV-30 contributed to our winning the Hometown Video Award for Overall Excellence in P.E.G. Access this year. Congratulations to all of our community producers!

Shrewsbury Electric (SELCO), a town-owned and operated electric utility, established Shrewsbury Cable as the cable department in 1983. As part of the cable franchise, SELCO provides Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) Access through Shrewsbury Media Connection (formerly Shrewsbury Public Access Connection - SPAC) by a staff dedicated to community programming. A portion of cable revenue provides funding for PEG access.

SMC is responsible for the administration of SPAC Channel 28 for PUBLIC ACCESS, SETV Channel 29 for EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, and SGTV Channel 30 for GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS. All PEG access programming is available exclusively through Shrewsbury Community Cablevision.

Public access programming is produced or sponsored by a Shrewsbury resident or person working in Shrewsbury on a non-discriminatory first-come, first-served basis. The programming on SPAC Channel 28 reflects the community of Shrewsbury on a broad range of topics including shows for all ages such as activism, politics, religion, sports, and community events. Public access enables ordinary citizens to exercise their First Amendment

Shrewsbury Media Connection's Studios

right to free speech on television.

In February of 2002, a separate access channel dedicated to governmental access was opened on SGTV 30. Governmental Access gives a media voice to municipal government and provides citizens with a window into the workings of our municipal (and, from time to time, state and federal) government. All meetings televised are Gavel-to-gavel.