Government

Bill in Legislature Would Improve Local Cable Quality, Make Listings Easier to Use

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The State Legislature is considering a bill to support community access television and provide high-definition programing and include detailed listings on the cable guides. 

The bill, known as “An Act supporting community access television,” is bill S.1857 in the Senate and H.2682 in the House of Representatives. Helen Chatel, executive director of Watertown Cable Access, said that currently when you look up WCA-TV’s three channels the cable guide programs are listed as “community, eduction or government access.” “This is useless to cable subscribers looking for the latest showing of town council or school committee,” Chatel said. “Imagine, how convenient it would be to know that your local cable access is airing a Special Town Council meeting, or a budget hearing live.” It would also be easier to find when a locally-produced show or a high school sporting event will air.

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Learn How to Make Television Shows Through Free Watertown Cable Classes

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Residents of Watertown are invited to sign up for Watertown Cable Access Television’s free summer workshops beginning on August 1, WCA-TV announced. Below you will find a list of the workshops and their descriptions. In order to participate, you must sign up to become a member of WCA-TV at https://myisaac.com/membersignup?loc_id=5863f8ad1e280. Once you have signed up and been approved by a staff member, login to myisaac.com to register for a workshop. Multi-Camera Studio Production

4 Tuesdays Aug.

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Cable Show Will Tell the Story of One of Watertown’s Fallen Veterans

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For years, Bob Kaprielian has been interviewing Watertown’s veterans to find out about the stories of serving in the United States military, but his latest episode of A Veteran’s Story will be different because it focuses on one of the town’s fallen heroes. Kaprielian interviewed family members, friends and those who were impacted by Lt. Paul Sullivan, who died in action in Vietnam on Aug. 9, 1968. Sullivan went into the Army Rangers and he trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, before being shipped to Vietnam. He arrived during some of the fiercest fighting of the Vietnam War.

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New Local Cable Show Puts Spotlight on Groups Making a Difference in Watertown

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A new show debuted on Watertown Cable on Thursday called Inside Watertown hosted by longtime local business and community leader Paul Airasian and your’s truly, Charlie Breitrose, editor of Watertown News. Paul and I have worked together a number of times beginning when I was editor of Watertown Patch and he was hosting Watertown Business Report on WCA-TV. That collaboration has continued, most recently when I helped in the offices of the Watertown-Belmont Chamber of Commerce during Paul’s time as executive director. When he moved on from the chamber, we looked around for other ways to work together and he came up with the idea of a local cable show. I had been a guest on Paul’s previous show, but we wanted to look at Watertown from a broader perspective.

Cable Access

Watertown Man Celebrates 25 Years Producing ‘Drawing With Fred’ on Cable

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Since 1992 Watertown resident, Fred M. Grandinetti, has been the producer, writer and host of the award winning cable access series Drawing With Fred, the producer said. The show’s format has remained pretty constant over the years. It begins with a drawing lesson followed by an animated cartoon featuring the object of instruction. The show is rounded off with more cartoons plus original water safety and fitness segments. Popeye, Betty Boop, Sinbad Jr., Snuffy Smith, Barney Google, Krazy Kat, Beetle Bailey and Cool McCool are among the animated favorites.

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Visit the Watertown Cable Studio, Learn About WCA-TV at the Open House

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Watertown Cable Access Corp. (WCA-TV) will be having an open house on Wednesday, October 26th from 6 to 9 p.m. at our station located inside Watertown High School. Residents of Watertown are invited to come check out Watertown’s own cable access station to take a tour of the studio, learn about workshops and volunteer opportunities, and learn about producing their very own radio or television program. The WCA-TV staff will be on hand to answer questions about workshops, programming, volunteering, internships, and more. We encourage organizations, businesses, non-profits, and all the people who live in Watertown to get involved at WCA-TV, so come learn what we’re all about! Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1800715510198183/

About WCA-TV

Since 2005, Watertown Cable Access Corp.

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Watertown Cable Offering Free News Production, Lighting Classes

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Watertown Cable Access Television has two free classes where Watertown residents can learn to put on a news show and light a location for filming. News Production Class

Residents of Watertown are invited to sign up for Watertown Cable Access Television’s free class in News Production beginning on Aug. 22. In this workshop, attendees can make their dreams of becoming a news reporter a reality! They will learn what makes a successful news story, including writing, shooting, editing and more. The prerequisite for this class is the Field Camera Workshop or special permission from instructor.

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Veteran Shares His Experiences in Vietnam on Watertown Cable Show

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A Watertown veteran shares his story of service in the Vietnam War and recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder on the latest episode of A Veteran’s Story, hosted by Bob Kaprielian. A Veteran’s Story featuring SP4 Bob Quimby, US Army, who served in the Vietnam War during TET offensive. Bob was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge as well as the Purple Heart. After returning home from Vietnam, Bob was diagnosed with PDSD. Bob shares his story about dealing with PDSD and his recovery.