Old friend Robin Young of WBUR and NPR’s “Here & Now” and I were named honorary board members of Cambridge Community Television on Wednesday evening. The occasion was CCTV’s annual barbecue, held in the back lot at the Central Square facility. There’s more here (pdf).
The highlight of the evening came when Susan Fleischmann was honored for her 25 years at the helm of CCTV, which itself was celebrating its 25th anniversary. Local access cable operations are a key part of the independent media ecosystem.
I don’t live in Cambridge, so I don’t get to see CCTV. But it strikes me as an unusually rich and sophisticated operation, with three channels, lots of local programming and training sessions for youth and adults.
Many thanks to the folks at CCTV for their hospitality and their good work.
Photo by Wilder Bunke.
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Thanks for the shout out, Dan! BTW, CCTV’s channels are streamed at cctvcambridge.org/channel08,
/channel09 and /channel96. Welcome aboard! — Susan Fleischmann