Connecticut ACM

Connecticut Alliance for Community Media

A tour of Community Voice Channel

Nick Lavigne pointing out equipment to Jennifer Evans — After talking about the future of community access media in the conference/break room, Community Voice Channel’s executive director Nick Lavigne gave us all a tour of the facility, starting with the attic. Here he is showing transmission equipment to Jennifer Evans, West Hartford Community Interactive, who recorded this tour on her phone. All photos in this sequence were taken by Stephen Mindera, Skye Cable XIII.

Another rack of equipment. — Send-receive equipment in the attic of Community Voice Channel.

Three people in the studio's control room — Pua Ford (Woodbridge Govt. Access TV) and Jennifer Evans listen to Nick Lavigne explain how the studio’s control room equipment was put together.

A smiling young man — Chris Morgan (Valley Shore Community TV) was also there…

another woman in the control room — … as was Karen Handville, Simsbury Community TV. Jenny Hawran (Win-TV, Windsor) was also in this shot, but not in focus. The only reason to leave her out is because you would never have recognized her from the photo.

two women chatting in the back of the studio — Actually, here’s another blurry shot of Jenny talking to Karen.

plastic plants and other props in boxes on a desk crammed into a corner — Props–I forget where these are stored.

Part of a small television studio with blue curtain and hanging lights — A view of the CVC studio.

another view of the studio, showing more hanging lights

another view of the studio witj off-white curtains and a ladder

another view of the studio with more of the pipes where lights hang — How the lights are hung in the CVC studio. When we first walked into this space, Jenny remarked to Karen Handville, “How do you like these high ceilings?” Karen sighed with longing.

the ceiling of the studio, with lights and a small camera — Look for the BlackMagic camera, hung for shots from above.

another view of the studio ceiling and a small BlackMagic camera — Here it is….

Karen Handville walking toward a studio camera — Other people’s toys are always more interesting.

three studio camera on rolling stands with the control room window behind them — The three ground-level studio cameras, with all accessories. (I hope someone can remind me if they were JVC or Panasonics–or maybe they can just tell by looking.)

A studio camera, with Nick Lavigne's arms as he shows it off — Nick explained how he put each of these camera outfits together.

a light projection of Santa Claus, sleigh, and two reindeer on an off-white curtain of the studio — One more cool thing they can do in the studio, obviously seasonal.

the building lobby, with a Christmas tree, poinsettia on a table, as well as a widescreen TV on the wall — Behind that tree, you can see a TV screen with a four-way split for the P, E, and G channels plus (I think) the running notification of the Public channel’s new number as a high-definition channel.

Meet & Greet at Community Voice Channel

We have a date to get together in Bolton, where Community Voice Channel provides community access for the seven towns in the Comcast Vernon area. Thursday, December 5 1:00pm at 105 Notch Road We can tell you what more we heard about the national lawsuit against the FCC, what other states are doing with their […]