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Access Sacramento's Main Office hours changed on Nov. 1, 2013.
The new hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. If you need to sign up or re-new your membership you must be in the office by 5:30 p.m. If you regularly drop off programs and/or need to upload your program after the 6 p.m. closing, you may do so in the Production Office.
The Production office will remain open until 9:00 p.m. Please allow enough time to upload your program and be completed by 8:45 p.m. since the building closes promptly at 9 p.m.
Media lab hours are currently the same, but look here for new extended Media Lab hours soon.
Thank you for supporting Access Sacramento!
In you have questions, please contact the
Office Manager, Michelle Barbaria at 916-456-8600 extension 0.
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Orientation Class Announcement
Access Sacramento's free Orientation class meets tonight, at 6pm. There is still time to sign up if you have done so already.
The Orientation class is mandatory for all new members of Access Sacramento and should be taken at your earliest convenience.
Prospective members who have not yet taken the Orientation are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this only listing in November since the next Orientation class is not scheduled until Wednesday, December 18th at 6pm.
The holidays conflict with other normally scheduled orientation classes so please mark your calendar if you are considering membership. All classes are provided on a first come, first served basis, so take advantage before the class you want fills.
For more information on class availability contact Access Sacramento's Front Desk at:
(916) 456-8600 Ext: 0.
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Place Called Sacramento Film Festival DVDs Available for Purchase
DVDs with all 10 films from the Place Called Sacramento Film Festival are available to purchase with a credit card by calling the Access Sacramento Front Office at 916-456-8600 extension 0.
Cash or check purchases can be made by coming into the Front Office and checks can be mailed to:
Access Sacramento
4623 T Street, Suite A
Sacramento, CA 95819-4743
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"Fall Classes Scheduled" 
Our newest schedule is out and classes have been added. If you are already a member of Access Sacramento and your membership is up to date you can call and sign up over the phone using your credit card. If you are interested in becoming a member of Access Sacramento and would like to take the classes you must come and sign up in person for your membership. Orientation happens once or twice each month and is a good place to start. It is mandatory to attend one and it is free. You do not need to be a member to attend Orientation. You must be a member of Access Sacramento in order to take the other classes.
Upcoming Classes:
Orientation
Tuesday, November 12th at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, December 18th at 6 p.m.
TV Studio Operation/Production
Saturday, December 7th at 9 a.m.
Basics of Digital Camera and Editing
TBA
*sign up is first come, first served. Classes fill up quickly and reservations are made only with payment.
Call the Access Sacramento office M-F between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. to sign up over the phone or drop by our offices located at 4623 T Street in Sacramento, 95819. We are located inside of the Coloma Community Center.
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Stay Connected with
Access Sacaramento!
You can get information about Access Sacramento in many ways. If you're away from home or cable TV, then watch us live from our main website!
Push Watch TV 17 for The Sacramento Channel
Push Watch TV 18 for Sacramento Public Access
Follow us on Twitter
@accesssac
General Information
Get the latest on programming, upcoming classes or services, and news about Access Sacramento in the community.
@SacGOTW
Hometown TV Game of the Week
Learn what's coming up on the schedule, the latest about this week's game, and get in-game updates. Plus, if you send us a tweet during the game, your comment may appear on the air LIVE, Fridays at 7pm on Comcast and SureWest Cable Ch. 17, and AT&T U-verse Ch. 99. Replays on Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Tuesdays and 7 p.m.
Like us on Facebook
Access Sacramento
https://www.facebook.com/pages/A
ccess-Sacramento/170587545355
Learn about Access Sacramento in the community, information about upcoming classes, and current news and information affecting public access cable.
A Place Called Sacramento Film Festival
https://www.facebook.com/
groups/343414605740324/
Find details about this year's 10 films, production news , and the crews, directors and stars. World Premiere Sunday Oct. 6 at 1pm at The Crest Theatre in Sacramento.
LiveWire
https://www.facebook.com/g
roups/133349386715657/
LiveWire is Sacramento's longest running LIVE weekly talk show and it can be seen every Wednesday at 5pm on Comcast/SureWest Cable Ch. 17 and AT&T U-Verse Ch. 99. Find out about current guests, topics and see highlights from shows.
Facebook Fan Sites
"Listen Up Sacramento!"
https://www.facebook.com/g
roups/108782482477651/
Fans of Access Sacramento's twice monthly music performance show "Listen Up Sacramento!" offer info about performers, singers, and bands that have appeared on the show including new performance announcements and news from the groups.
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Community reports from our
Neighborhood News Bureaus.
Click here.
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Next time you are in the office, ask to to join the Access Sacramento - SaveMart SHARES program. We will give you a plastic SHARES card. Hand the SHARES card to the checker each time you check-out at SaveMart and they will donate 3% of your total grocery bill to Access Sacramento.
This costs you nothing - the 3% comes from SaveMart as a supporter of our nonprofit organization. Once you get into the habit of remembering your SHARES card, the rest is simple. Thanks to you and SaveMart for supporting Access Sacramento.
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2013 Workshop Schedule
Click on the image above to view the Access Sacramento workshop schedule
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2013 Program Schedule
(Click on the image above to view Access Sacramento programming schedules
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Latest Press
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Watch Access programming on Comcast OnDemand today!
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Click to listen to Access Sacramento's own locally produced radio station.
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DW-TV (Watch Deutsche-Welle TV in English) Daily News from the heart of Europe. Plus Arts, Travel, and Entertainment features. Weeknights 5:30 pm & 11:30 pm on Channel 17 and on Channel 18 every other hour.
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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman - Progressive news stories from around the world!!
Weeknights @ 6pm & 12am
http://democracynow.org/
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New T-shirts Available in Office
WWe are all about storytelling. Your stories- my stories-everyone. Check out our new t-shirt design now available in the office for only $12 each.
Remember the Story is You
check them out!
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Thank you for your support.
Gary Martin, Executive Director
Access Sacramento
4623 T Street
Sacramento, CA. 95819
(916) 456-8600 #100
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Website Changes Help Mobile Users
Sometimes when changes occur we all see the difference but at other times the changes are not always noticed or visible. If you haven't been to our website recently there are several of these changes we would like to share.
We created a new look more than a year ago which helped with the look and flow of our website. Banners on the homepage which help navigate as well as promote our Neighborhood News Bureau project, Place Called Sacramento Film Festival, Game of the Week sports broadcasts, Facebook and Twitter information and other events as needed. The homepage now has a 'Quick Links' tab which makes it easier to find things like our Training Workshop page, Event Calendar, The TV Show Connection, The Voice radio broadcasts among others.
Another issue that has been addressed is the channels were streamed as .wmv files which made it difficult for some of our viewers to watch. Now we are being streamed in FLASH. Please take a moment to click on the CHANNEL 17 or CHANNEL 18 buttons and check it out. The page also contains the daily schedule of our programs so you don't miss your favorite shows. Radio folks will also soon see a new page for Radio with their show schedules as well.
Now this does bring up one challenge but there is a solution for it. If you have a smartphone, iPad and want to watch your favorite shows from your mobile device, you will need to download an app. There may be others but below are two options for you to check out. The first is Puffin Browser which is a free app at the following:
Other changes to come so check back often and Thanks for watching. Have a suggestion or comment send it to us at Postmaster@AccessSacramento.org
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Public Access TV Centers Share Ideas To Help Communities Connect
By
Michelle Barbaria, Carlos Hernandez and Dev Singh
Contra Costa County Supervisor and former California State Assemblyman Joe Simidian used to host a public access television program and his support for community-based programming continues.
Simidian, while speaking to a conference sponsored by the Alliance for Community Media-Western Region two weeks ago in San Jose, noted that public access centers like Access Sacramento help communities connect.
He said communication is at the dawn of new opportunities for our communities through emerging technologies and the spirit and passion of public, educational and government access centers and their cable channel broadcasts.
Future Possibilities to Consider
"Too Cool for School" showed how to use stop frame animation to get kids involved in storytelling and video production. The use of iPads as a device to take the production from A to Z was very intriguing. There are some very inexpensive stop frame animation apps as well as simple editing software available to help the kids make their movies.
"Mobile Devices" brought to the table a variety of very portable cameras, some with WiFi capabilities. The ability to cover an event and upload videos from the event as it is happening is an exciting avenue to follow. Often we cover an event and take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to edit all the footage together. In turn, the event has become an afterthought. Sometimes going big requires going small and portable.
Keep Ahead of Equipment Problems
"How to Effectively Trouble-shoot your Systems" provided a simple, common sense approach to trouble shooting. Any installation of equipment requires 50 percent of the effort as pre-planning. The idea was to keep things as simple as possible. A schematic of the signal path should be posted at the location. When doing upgrades, converters and adapters should be avoided. When trouble shooting, one should start in the middle of the signal path. This will save time in the long run. In fiber optic connections, a dust- free clean environment is very important. A small speck of dust in the signal path could cause havoc and would cause loss of signal.
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"Wrapping up Football
on Game of the Week"
and
"How to Have Fun Outdoors!"
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GOTW Sports Announcers Will James and Jim Dimino
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Tomorrow at 5 p.m. Live on Access Sacramento Live Wire is welcoming back Will James and Jim Dimino to wrap up this season's high school football of Game of the Week. The regular season is over and we'll get an update on which teams are the best chance in the playoffs, and hear how another football season of Game of the Week went. We'll also get an early preview as the Game of the Week crew gets set for the start of basketball season in December.
For more details about Hometown Game of the Week log onto our website at AccessSacramento.org.
We are also happy to have guests from The Fregoso Outdoor Foundation, a non-profit organization that was created to encourage outdoor leisure time for veterans and their families. Their services are free to their members. Representatives will be on LiveWire to tell us all about their fundraiser "Warriors in Black Tie Inaugural Ball". The event is happening on November 23rd at 5:30 p.m. at the beautifully restored Elks Tower on 11th Street in Sacramento. It is a 1920's period themed event and period costumes are encouraged.
For more information about The Fregoso Outdoor Foundation log on to FregosoFoundation.org
Tune into LiveWire on Live tomorrrow at 5 p.m. on Access Sacramento channel 17 or watch the simulcast online at AccessSacramento.org and click 'watch 17'.
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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
Game of the Week Finishes Football
#1 Folsom vs. #3 Pleasant Grove
Folsom Quarterback Jake Browning piled on 486 yards in passing to lead the Bulldogs to a 63-39 victory over the Pleasant Grove Eagles to remain undefeated and claim the Delta River League title.
Notably, according to MaxPreps.com, Browning also broke the state record for most scoring TD passes in a season, taking his total to 56 and eclipsing the old mark by four.
Hear Access Sacramento's Will James and Jim Dimino narrate the highlights in Access Sacramento's final football broadcast of the season HERE.
A replay of the game begins tonight at 7 p.m. on Access Sacramento. Tune in on Comcast or SureWest Cable Channel 17, or AT&T U-Verse Channel 99. See the game from anywhere from www.accesssacramento.org Push Watch TV 17.
The Folsom Bulldogs finish the regular season with a perfect 10-0 overall and 5-0 league record. Coaches Kris Richardson and Troy Taylor have been unstoppable, even against top notch teams like the #3 ranked Pleasant Grove Eagles.
Browning just may be the best passing quarterback in the nation. Against the Eagles he connected for seven TD's in the air, completing 34 of 43 passes (79%) for 486 yards. At one point, he had 21 consecutive completions before a dropped ball in the fourth quarter. The coaches are so confident in Browning's ability to pile on the yards, the team doesn't practice punting.
Coach Joe Cattolico's Pleasant Grove Eagles finish the regular season with an 8-2 overall record and a 3-2 Delta River League tally.
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The Internship Experience So Far
By David Stewart
Access Sacramento Intern
A journalist is always talking to people, whether they are the center of the story, they can be supportive with quotes and background information. Being a journalism major at American River College, any experience or internship where you are in constant contact with the public is a big benefit.
The internship experience so far at Access Sacramento has helped improve my communication with the public and co-workers, and helped develop a professional approach to being on the job.
Being a journalist also requires writing articles and stories. Access Sacramento provides me the opportunity to work on its newsletter by both writing articles and doing the layout. These skills are essential to being a journalist.
For more about David and the internship experience at Access Sacramento, read the full article at this link in AccessLocal.TV:
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Sacramento Delta Water Documentary airs Sunday Nov. 17
Two segments on "Media Edge" this Sunday Nov. 17 at 8-10 p.m. will directly feature Sacramento County.
"The Humor Times Presents Will Durst"
Media Edge presents excerpts from political comedian Will Durst's new
one-man show -- "BoomeRaging: From LSD to OMG" -- recorded at the 24th
Street Theatre in Sacramento on August 23, 2013. According to Durst, the
show is about the travails of being "chronologically gifted," or "what
happens when acid flashbacks meet dementia."
"Over Troubled Waters"
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the largest estuary on the west coast of
the Americas, is a national treasure being squandered by greed. In this
visually rich documentary, Ed Begley, Jr. narrates the story of the battle
being fought by the people of the Delta to protect the region they love and
encourage saner water policies for all of the people of California.
Media edge airs every Sunday from 8-10 pm on Access Sacramento. Comcast / SureWest Cable Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99.
Full episodes of "Media Edge" can be watched online, at any time! Links to
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"Barz"
Tuesday, November 19th
at 11 PM ON CH. 17
By Listen Up! Co-Producer, Michelle A. Barbaria
Listen Up! Sacramento is happy to present "Barz" otherwise known as Tavor Jackson. His rough, yet smooth voice will hypnotize you while he raps. His beats and lyrics are all original and reflect his laid back style. While he has laid back style he is definitely a hard-working man. He's got skills in entertainment and works hard every day to share them with you. We hope you will enjoy the chill vocals of Sacramento's own "Barz".
For more information on "Barz" like him at https://www.facebook.com/tavor.jackson
Listen Up! Sacramento featuring "Barz" airs on Tuesday, November 19th at 11 p.m. on channel 17 on Access Sacramento. You can also watch Listen Up! online the same time it airs on TV at AccessSacramento.org and click 'watch 17'.
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Listen Up! Sacramento features local musicians of all genres and languages. Opinions or statements made on the program do not reflect the opinions of Listen Up! Sacramento and the staff of Access Sacramento. If you are a musician in the Sacramento region and you'd like to be a guest on the show you can submit your information and include a sample of your music or a link to your music to: Listen.Up.Sacramento@gmail.com
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"2014 Calendars Are Here!"
We can hardly believe it! The Access Sacramento 2014 calendars are here. The New Year is around the corner and you can get your free calendar at Access Sacramento (limit one per person).
We have four styles to choose from including classic images from artist, Norman Rockwell. We also have beautiful images of "Celebration of African-American Art" by various artists, majestic images of America, and also lush scenes of California.
Items are limited and subject to a first come, first serve basis. Come into the Access Sacramento Main Office during our normal business hours, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m and 6 p.m. to pick up your copy.
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