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Community access channel TV-36, operated by the Town of Westfield
and
the Board of Education, is exploring opportunities to increase
and enhance
programming on TV-36. The possibilities are limited only by
our imagination.
The priorities are determined by you. Help us understand your
needs and
interests by selecting or commenting on any item in this three-page
survey:
What school-oriented programs would you like to see broadcast
on TV-36?
School Board meetings PTA meetings talks
for parents
call-ins to administrators call-ins to guidance
call-ins to faculty
academic discussions student activities
school life features
student-produced videos student news shows student
projects
plays and concerts sports events
assemblies
art shows awards presentations
______________
What community-oriented programs would you like to see on
TV-36?
Town Council meetings call-ins to elected officials
and Town staff
talks and presentations community events
seniors issues community talk shows
youth issues shows featuring community
organizations
music and drama community sports
local celebrities
_______________________________
What kinds of programs are you most interested in seeing on
TV-36? What kinds of programs on TV-36 do you think might attract the
most viewers
among Westfield's 7000 cable subscribers?
The federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires that Comcast
provide
a community channel for use by Westfield. How would you suggest
spending programming dollars that might be available to TV-36 from a variety
of sources?
organizing volunteers
buying equipment
hiring camera people to record meetings and events
buying programs
building a community television studio
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Businesses, organizations and individuals can sponsor programs
they wish
to encourage, and get on-screen credit for their generous support.
Can you
make an offer of support for your program idea, or do you have
a suggestion
that would connect a business you patronize with TV-36?
What are your favorite sources of community life in
Westfield?
entertainment social gatherings
fliers
recreation peer discussions brochures
dining telephone to friends e-mail
stores/businesses telephone/business web sites
meetings face-to-face contact TV-36
bulletin board
organizations networking TV-36
programs
activities talks by experts
videotapes and films
schools newspapers library
religious institutions newsletters
_________________
How might you play a leadership role in community life in
Westfield?
Volunteers are the heart of community television. Would you
be willing to:
work behind the scenes to help build a TV-36 volunteer
organization
volunteer to be an on-camera expert or personality,
give presentations, etc.
volunteer to record school or community events you
attend
stake a piece of the 24-hour seven-day-per-week schedule
as a producer
would rather that TV-36 pay students and others to
record programs
_______________________________________
Which areas of new technology would you favor to improve
TV-36:
moderately-priced quality cameras for cinematography
and videojournalism
a proposed self-service, crew-less community television
studio
viewer e-mail and telephone call-ins live to TV-36
state-of-the-art business-style presentation
technology
stereo sound on TV-36
integrating the Internet and TV-36 to broadcast web
pages and web cam
digital video and audio editing on desktop
computers
Would you be interested in TV-36 training/orientation
workshops?
would participate would organize and/or lead not
interested
__________________________
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Would you suggest that local organizations produce:
electronic bulletin board messages one-minute
announcements
five-minute features fifteen-minute
programs
half-hour programs one-hour programs
live pre-recorded
When viewing a live TV-36 program, would you:
e-mail comments and questions to the studio call
in by telephone
send a letter discuss topic with friends wouldn't
participate
A schedule of TV-36 programs should appear:
in the newspaper on the Internet on TV-36's
bulletin board
If school and community events were available, possibly for
a fee, on videotape or DVD disk at the library, or viewable on the Internet,
would you be interested?
videotapes DVD's Internet would pay fee not
interested
Electronic bulletin board messages on TV-36 during non-program
times can be scheduled in a variety of ways. Please choose the options you
prefer:
keep the sequence of bulletin board messages as it
is now
play urgent messages mostly
play new messages mostly
play urgent or timely messages at scheduled times each
hour, like newsradio
play certain categories of messages at selected times
of the day only
____________________________
Messages on TV-36's electronic bulletin board should be composed
of
text graphic art photographs audio video
Would you look for messages on TV-36's electronic bulletin
board:
anytime at particular
time(s)_____________________
What generation of Westfielder are you?
senior middle 30-40's young adult teen
child
If you can volunteer, please give your name and telephone
number:
Thank you for helping TV-36 find ways to help our community.
Please send
completed questionnaire to TV-36, Westfield Town Hall, 425
East Broad Street,
Westfield NJ 07090, fax 908-233-3077, phone 908-789-4041
M-F 8:30a-4:30p.
or send it by e-mail to:
editor@westfieldnj.com