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"Free 2014 Calendars!"
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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Orientation Class Tomorrow
Last Chance this Year!
Are you a Sacramento County resident who wants to share your thoughts, opinions, and ideas on local television or radio? Consider joining Access Sacramento! We are a free-speech forum that gets you 'access' to popular forms of media so you can do just that. We exist so that you can express yourself and share what you're passionate about on local television and radio. Did you know that as a member of Access Sacramento you get one hour of airtime each month? Did you know that members get to use most of our equipment for free? Want to know more? Come to our last orientation class of the year.
Access Sacramento's last Orientation class of 2013 meets Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m.
The class is free and open to the public. It will last a little over an hour. It is also a mandatory step in becoming an Access Sacramento member and should be taken at your earliest convenience.
Sign up now as classes fill up fast and our next orientation class will not take place until January 2014.
The Orientation Class will give you a chance to ask questions and learn about our services and what we provide to the community and its members. We also will go over the standard classes we offer and member benefits as well as getting a tour of the facility.
The class is taught by our Executive Director, Gary Martin and occasionally by staff persons Michelle Barbaria and Elizabeth Harrison.
All classes are provided on a first come, first serve basis, so take advantage before the classes fill up. You must be a member in order to take our standard classes, but orientation is open to everyone and is the first step in becoming a member of Access Sacramento.
We hope to see you there!
For more information on class availability contact Access Sacramento's Front Desk at:
(916) 456-8600 Ext: 0.
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Access Sacramento
(located inside of the Coloma Community Center)
4623 T Street, suite A
Sacramento, Ca. 95819
Our regular office hours are Monday through Friday 9-6. Memberships must be done in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
We are closed on City recognized Holidays.
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Amy Goodman on Media Edge Sunday 8pm on Channel 17
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This Sunday's broadcast of "Media Edge" on Access Sacramento features a 90-minute segment created here in Sacramento at St. Mark's United Methodist Church: "An Evening with Amy Goodman," featuring the nationally broadcast journalist, columnist, reporter and author.
Media Edge airs at 8 p.m. Sunday on Access Sacramento Comcast and SureWest Cable channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99. A repeat can be seen Monday, Dec. 23 at Noon.
A capacity crowd of 500 heard her take on the winds of change blowing across the globe. Her progressive broadcast style included stories of Tahrir in Egypt and the Occupy Movement.
Goodman is the principle host of Democracy Now!, an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio, television and the Internet. It is seen Monday-Thursday on Access Sacramento channel 17 at 6 p.m. and Friday at 5:30 p.m.
After graduating from Harvard in 1984 with a degree in anthropology, she spent 10 years as a producer of the evening news show a WBAI, Paficica Radio's station in New York City.
Democracy Now! began in 1996 and now airs on more than 225 stations across North America.
Media Edge is a video magazine series presented on many cable channels in the United States and provides two hours of in-depth, thought-provoking, progressive viewpoints every week since April, 2005.
For more information visit http://www.WeTheMedia.tv
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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman - Progressive news stories from around the world!!
Monday thru Thursday @ 6pm & 12am
Friday @ 5:30 pm and 11:30 pm
http://democracynow.org/
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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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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!
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Get the latest on programming, upcoming classes or services, and news about Access Sacramento in the community.
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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.
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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
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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
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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!"
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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.
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2014 Workshop Schedule
Click on the image above to view the Access Sacramento workshop schedule
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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 Program Schedule
(Click on the image above to view Access Sacramento programming schedules
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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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"Media Edge" is a video magazine series offering two hours of in-depth, thought-provoking, progressive viewpoints every week. The series features segments created by "Media Edge" producers, along with nationally distributed videos and documentaries.
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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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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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Early 2014
Workshop Schedule Announced
Now is the time to sign up for Access Sacramento's first round of production classes if you are interested in creating video programming with Access Sacramento. Whether you're interested in making projects using a single-camera Hollywood-style approach where you edit your film in a computer after grabbing the shots in the field, or whether you want to make a live-to-tape studio type production with limited editing, Access Sacramento can help. Radio Producers learn hands-on as well in our small two student training sessions.
Only members may sign up for the workshops though, so take the first step to a membership by attending a free orientation session. Executive Director Gary Martin typically does the introduction to Access Sacramento including its mission, funding, and history including a tour of the facilities and explanation of the benefits of a membership.
Martin is also there to answer any questions you may have.
Free orientations sessions are regularly scheduled from 6:00 to 7:15 p.m. on the second Tuesday and fourth Wednesday of every month. Call the main office at 916-456-8600 to make a reservation.
ORIENTATION SESSIONS
Tuesday, January 14
Wednesday, January 22
Tuesday, February 11
Wednesday, February 26
Membership is $30 annually.
The class that is most like making a Hollywood film is called the Basics of Digital Camera/Editing. Enrollment is limited to eight members. $50.
Eight three-hour hands-on classes are scheduled. The first four teach how to use Access Sacramento's high-definition portable check-out cameras. The last four sessions provide an introduction to editing video in a computer using Apple's Final Cut Pro software. Members who attend the class and receive a certification are allowed to schedule and check out the cameras and use the editing equipment free of charge for projects intended to air on Access Sacramento's channels.
Basic Camera & Editing (8 weeks) Begins:
Tuesdays, January 7
Wednesdays, February 12
Tuesdays, March 18
Wednesdays, April 23
The class that helps members create programs that are most like an interview public affairs show, game show, or news style program is TV Studio Operation/Production.
Six three-hour hands-on classes are scheduled and two follow up sessions working on programs in the Access Sacramento studio are required. Members learn the basics of working in a TV studio and control room. Basic Camera operation, audio set up, directing, switching and basic graphics are included. This is an excellent class to invite friends/family to take with you so you can create a show together.
TV Studio Operations/Production (6 weeks) Begins:
Tuesdays, January 7
Saturdays, February 1
Tuesdays, April 1
Saturdays, Mar. 29
Radio Production Workshop
Scheduled on a first come, first served basis for only two students at a time based on studio space. Learn how to be a DJ or host a radio interview show with our hands on training.
Visit the Access Sacramento website www.AccessSacramento.org for the latest details and scheduling information. Classes fill up quickly due to small class sizes. Already a member, make your reservations by phone with a credit card, call 916-456-8600 extension 0.
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Access Sacramento's Low Power FM Radio Application Advances
 | | Radio Coordinator Shane Carpenter (left) with Access Sacramento member James Allen, who produces "Blues and Barbecue" for community radio, "The Voice." |
Access Sacramento's request to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to open a new Low-Power FM radio station in midtown Sacramento was officially accepted for filing last Thursday, opening a 30-day comment period for those who might oppose a station at the 96.5 frequency.
Once the comment period has closed, the FCC would review comments, if any, and then determine whether to grant the license.
Access Sacramento is the lone applicant for the 96.5 FM frequency after 13 non-profit groups applied in November for six different frequencies during the FCC's first open application period in a decade.
Access Sacramento, which also operates two cable TV channels in Sacramento County, has also done radio broadcasting for 26 years as background audio while community messages aired on the cable channels and more recently on the internet. To hear "The Voice" radio broadcast push HERE.
Member-volunteers provide audio programming that represents the diversity of the community itself. Radio producers do music programming that ranges from oldies to hip/hop and Salsa, and public affairs programming that covers current topics from both conservative and progressive viewpoints.
"We're already an established non-profit, non-commercial broadcaster who focuses on helping community voices get heard," said Gary Martin, Access Sacramento Executive Director. "By putting our existing and new programming onto an over-the-air FM radio station, we're helping ensure those important messages that might not be heard on mainstream commercial stations will be broadcast."
If the FCC grants the license in early 2014, that would clear the way for Access Sacramento to apply for an FCC approved construction permit. That application would finalize details of the transmitter location and other operational details of setting up a new station.
"If all of the planning steps progress smoothly, the station could be broadcasting by late summer," predicted Shane Carpenter, Access Sacramento's Radio Coordinator.
As proposed, the low-power station would reach from the midtown area into a circle roughly covering West Sacramento on the west to Arden Arcade and Sacramento State on the east, and from Natomas on the north to Florid Road in the south.
Access Sacramento's television broadcasts cover all of Sacramento County on Comcast and SureWest Cable channels 17 and 18, and on AT&T U-verse channel 99.
For anyone interested in becoming a radio or television programmer/producer, contact Access Sacramento to become a member. A free orientation class is provided twice monthly, and low-cost training classes teach members how to create radio and television shows. Once training is complete, members use Access Sacramento's studios and check-out equipment free of charge.
Membership and class information is available on the Access Sacramento website at www.AccessSacramento.org and by calling the main office (916) 456-8600, ext. 0.
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State DMV Chief on TechLeader.tv
Second Chance to Watch
The state's Director for the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Jean Shiomoto discusses new licensing, identity theft and even driverless automobiles on Access Sacramento with Host, John Thomas Flynn's "TechLeader.TV" program.
Shiomoto, 57, of Sacramento, was appointed as DMV Director last month by Governor Jerry Brown after she had served in variety of DMV leadership positions since 1988 including Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer.
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TechLeader.TV's Flynn will is joined by the DMV's top technology advisor Bernard Soriano. The program can be seen on cable TV in Sacramento County and will also be streamed as part of TechLeader.TV's on-going commitment to providing information from the state's highest technology leaders.
The DMV's top two officials also answer questions about the DMV's huge billion dollars budget, cyber security and issues surrounding California's large population of undocumented residents.
TechLeader.TV has aired regularly on Access Sacramento since September, 2008 and has featured the top personnel of many of the State of California's largest departments.
TechLeader.TV's interview will repeat today,Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 11 a.m. and Wednesday Dec. 18 at 3 a.m. on Comcast and SureWest Cable channel 17 and on AT&T U-Verse Channel 99. The program is also streamed from the Access Sacramento Homepage at those same times.
For more information about TechLeader.TV and for regular news briefings about technology in California visit http://techleader.tv/.
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"Santa Claus Visits LiveWire"
One-Hour Special
Encore Presentation
Wed. December 25th at 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 25th is the encore presentation of the Live Wire Holiday Special featuring Santa Claus and the Tiny Tots. Santa visited the children of Sacramento County and listened to what they had to say about the Holiday season.
There is a special story written and read by our Host, "Elf Ray" Tatar and "Mary Christmas". We also got a special greeting from "Mary Christmas" the Christmas Fairy.
Miss Becky and Miss Acacia from Tiny Tots lead the children in a sing-a-long. Our featured musical guest, Julianna Zachariou sings a few tunes for us, too.
Join us on Live Wire for some heart-warming holiday fun!
Tune in on Wednesday, December 25th at 5 p.m. on Access Sacramento Channel 17 to see Santa Claus and his friends on the Live Wire 2013 Holiday Special.
*LiveWire! is on a Holiday break until Wednesday, January 8th when we return 'live'. Look for a special episode of "LiveWire Memories and Community Outreach" over the Holiday break.
Times will be posted here next week.
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"The Bell Boys"
Tonight!
at 11 pm on Channel 17
By Listen Up! Co-Producer, Michelle A. Barbaria
One of Sacramento's best up and coming bands "The Bell Boys" are featured on this episode of Listen Up! Sacramento. With influences from their multi-cultural heritage and genres such as indie-pop, hip-hop and rock they have created a sound all their own. This 3 piece band is made of 3 brothers who have been playing music since a young age officially formed "The Bell Boys" three years ago. They perform several of their original songs for us including "Lights & Movement", "All We Are" and "Ticket Stub".
To find out more about "The Bell Boys" you can log on to their website at BellBoysMusic.wix.com
This episode of Listen Up! Sacramento featuring "The Bell Boys" airs tonight, Tuesday, December 17th at 11 p.m. on Access Sacramento channel 17. You can also watch the simulcast online 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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Local Teen Bands Air in TV Start-Up Concert
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Young non-professional musicians perform in a televised Hometown TV rock concert on Access Sacramento, Comcast & SureWest channel 17 and AT&T U-verse channel 99.
The broadcast documents the finale of the annual Skip's Music 2013 "Stairway to Stardom" youth training and performance summer program.
Fourteen new bands consisting of vocalists, guitar and keyboard players, and drummers are assembled in early summer and then grouped into performance groups. After eight weeks of training, they performed in a concert at the Crest Theater.
Access Sacramento presents the best of that concert with one song per group in a TV program that will air through the rest of this month.
All of the songs were written by these newly formed music groups under the guidance of music coaches provided by Skip's Music.
When you watch the program look for the top three bands selected on the day of the concert: 1st Place - War Paint; 2nd Place - Contrast; and 3rd Place - Failed Diplomacy.
Air Dates on Channel 17
Saturday, December 28th @ 10:00pm
Sunday, December 29th @ 2:00pm
Monday, December 30th @ 6:00am
Tuesday, December 31st @ 10:00pm
The program can be seen on Comcast and SureWest Cable Channel 17 or AT&T U-verse Channel 99. It can also be seen on the Internet from the Access Sacramento Homepage.
Funding for Hometown TV events is provided under a special grant from the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission.
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Get your Stairway to Stardom
DVD today!
The Access Sacramento Hometown TV crew documented top beginner rock bands at the 33rd annual Skip's Music "Stairway to Stardom" competition at the downtown Crest Theatre earlier this year.
All 11 competing bands perform and are interviewed on the program. Judges selected "War Paint" for first place, "Contrast" for second place, and "Failed Diplomacy" for 3rd place.
The competition began when musicians were auditioned, placed with other beginners, and then challenged to collaborate, write their own songs, and prepare three original compositions to present on stage in front of judges, fans and TV cameras.
The 2-part DVD showcases each band's performance and features exclusive interviews with the performers and their coach. The program includes at least one song from each band and features many musical styles.
Enjoy the Stairway to Stardom experience now! Buy the 2-part DVD at Access Sacramento for only $30. You can place an order over the phone by calling the Front Office at (916) 456-8600 Ext: 0.
Cash or check purchases may be made by coming into the Front Office and checks can be mailed to:
Access Sacramento
4623 T Street, Suite A
Sacramento, CA 95819-4700
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