Treasure Valley Public Access Television finds new home

Following more than three years of hard work, public access television is a big step closer to reality for the Treasure Valley.

Treasure Valley Public Access Television (TVTV) has just signed a contract on a new site, which will house a community media center and broadcasting facility. TVTV Board Chairman and BSU Communications professor Peter Lutze is excited about the new facility.

” Almost everything has been on hold until we were able to finalize a site”, explains Lutze. ” Now that we have a site, we can schedule an on-air date as well as training classes and we can start shooting programs.”

TVTV is a volunteer-based, not for-profit cable television station formed to encourage community involvement by letting ordinary viewers become television producers. TVTV has the support of the faculty of the Communication, Sociology and History departments.

Presently TVTV plans to go on the air in December 2000. TVTV will be cablecast on AT&T cable channel 11 throughout the Treasure Valley.

The 2,700 sq. foot media center will be home to everything aspiring TV producers need to get their visions onto the airwaves. The site plans include a large studio for talk shows and other programs, editing suites, and an equipment checkout room. The building will also feature a meeting room and a playback facility to connect to AT&T cable.

`Located at 6225 Overland Rd., 3/4 of a mile east of Edwards Cinemas in Boise, the TVTV building is easily accessible via the Cole Rd./ Overland Rd./ I-84 interchange from virtually anywhere in the valley.

Programming generated at TVTV creates a forum for a free exchange of ideas, community dialogue, and artistic and cultural expression. Any citizen of the Treasure Valley will be able to use TVTV’s facilities to produce programs and air those programs on the public access channel.

TVTV is currently soliciting non-commercial video programming from individuals and organizations throughout the community. TVTV is especially interested in encouraging public affairs, religious, children’s, and sports shows and programs that give voice to the valley’s ethnic minorities, particularly Spanish language programming.

Arbiter Staff

For more information call (208) 343- 1100 or visit the TVTV website at www.tvpatv.org.

Information is also available trough e-mail correspondence at info@tvpatv.org.

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