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History
- JULY 20, 1987 - The City of Salem negotiates a new 5 year cable franchise with Viacom Cable. The franchise includes two Public, Educational and Governmental Access channels and a $225,000 equipment fund.
- OCTOBER 1988 - The City of Salem and Marion County form the Cable Regulatory Commission and designate funding for community television.
- MAY 1989 - Consultants recommend forming a Public, Educational and governmental non-profit organization.
- AUGUST 4, 1989 - CCTV is incorporated by the Cable Regulatory Commission and appoints four board members: Jane Cummins, President; Dr. Charles Zawel; Greg Parker; and Tim Hendrix, Secretary. Added later were: JoAnn Runyon, Ernie Oakes and Richard Shipley, Treasurer.
- JANUARY 1990 - The Board approves a name change from Capital Community Access Television (CCAT) to Capital Community TV.
- MAY 1990 - Working out of Fire Station #6, using Salem Fire Dept. equipment and volunteer help, CCTV televises its first program, election returns on Salem City Council and Marion County Commission seats plus local bond issues.
- AUGUST 1990 - CCTV receives the production truck and trains volunteers.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 1990 - CCTV produces the first sports program with Salem-Keizer Schools: a football game between Corvallis and McKay at McKay. McKay defeats Corvallis 27 - 6.
- NOVEMBER 26 AND DECEMBER 12, 1990 - CCTV makes Salem history with the first LIVE telecasts of Salem City Council meetings and tape-delayed telecasts of Marion County Commission meetings.
- JANUARY 26, 1991 - CCTV opens its doors in the newly expanded Salem Public Library.
- APRIL 14, 1991 - CCTV opens the studio and launches public access television in Salem.
- JUNE 1991 - CCTV teaches first studio workshop.
- OCTOBER 31, 1991 - CCTV cablecasts first LIVE Halloween program, The Capital Crypt.
- MAY 19, 1992 - CCTV provides LIVE local election returns and interviews form the studio.
- DECEMBER 7, 1992 - CCTV places mini-mobile production unit in service for Salem City Council meetings, avoiding a set-up in four inches of snow.
- DECEMBER 22, 1992 - CCTV telecasts the first LIVE Christmas program, Talk to Santa.
- APRIL 7, 1993 - CCTV produces first Salem Heart and Soul, a community service project designed to help non-profits extend their limited outreach budgets, The first guest is the Garten Foundation.
- SEPTEMBER 1993 - CCTV installs automated playback equipment which increases channel time for producers.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 1993 - CCTV program schedule appears in the Sunday Statesman Journal Weekly TV guide. Daily listings follow two weeks later.
- MARCH 28, 1994 - CCTV’s channel number changes from 34 to 25.
- APRIL 6, 1994 - CCTV receives a donation of a van from Northwest Natural Gas.
- FEBRUARY 1996 - CCTV is turned into an emergency information center during the Flood of ‘96, interrupting regularly scheduled programs to televise LIVE half-hourly updates on weather and road conditions. CCTV televised the first day of Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) programming.
- FEBRUARY 1, 1996 - CCTV begins limited services to the City of Keizer in a pilot project.
- JULY 1996 - CCTV begins televising the Salem-Keizer School Board meetings.
- JULY-AUGUST 1996 - CCTV holds first two Summer Video Camps for students in grades 7-12 to help fill a gap left by unfunded Parks Dept. youth programs.
- OCTOBER 1996 - CCTV provides an in-service training for Salem-Keizer teachers on Beyond Channel One-Media Literacy Training for Teachers and Students.
- DECEMBER 1997 - JANUARY 1998 - CCTV undergoes major equipment upgrades, the first since CCTV began. CCTV installs digital equipment in the Truck, in the edit rooms, and playback in Master Control; and purchases the first digital camcorders.
- APRIL 1997 - CCTV hosts the Alliance for Community Media Northwest Regional Conference at the Salem Public Library.
- SEPTEMBER 1997 - CCTV partners with the Salem-Keizer School District to teach an Advanced TV Production Class to videotape School Board meetings.
- SEPTEMBER 1997 - The City of Keizer votes to become a full participating member of the Mid-Willamette Valley Cable Regulatory Comm.
- JANUARY 1998 - CCTV launches two new channels: 27 for Educational and Entertainment and 28 for Community Voices. CCTV designates channel 25 as Public Affairs and schedules the LIVE telecast of the Jan. 5th noon Salem City Council meeting as the first program.
- FEBRUARY 18, 1998 - CCTV televises the first LIVE coverage of the Marion County Commission meeting.
- NOVEMBER 1998 - CCTV, Oregon Migrant Education and Salem-Keizer Schools develop a pilot homework call-in program, Mathemagica, to provide math help in English and Spanish.
- JUNE 1999 - CCTV produces seven local high school graduations in an intense three day period, including all five Salem-Keizer high schools.
- JUNE 1999 - CCTV records the state high school championship game at Volcanco Stadium in Keizer. The game is televised into nearly 200,000 homes in Marion and Washington Counties,and is the first time this championship is shown on television.
- APRIL 2000 - CCTV receives the Alliance for Community Media regional Overall Excellence in Programming Award at the Seattle Conference.
- MAY 30, 2000 - CCTV moves to channels 21, 22 and 23.
- JULY 2000 - CCTV remodels studio and edit rooms, and install Inscriber software for character generation.
- JULY 6, 2000 - CCTV’s first use of robotic camera equipment to televise a Salem City Council meeting.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000 - CCTV televises first Marion County Commission meeting from the television equipped Senator Hearing Room at Courthouse Square.
- APRIL - MAY 2001 - CCTV televises ALL Salem Budget Committee meetings.
- APRIL 2001 - CCTV hosts the 2001 Spring Regional Conference of the Alliance for Community Media.
- MAY 9, 2001 - CCTV televises expanded coverage of the Marion County Budget Committee.
- JULY 2001 - CCTV adds Final Cut Pro non-linear editing software.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002 - CCTV televises the shortest Marion County Commission meeting ever at Courthouse Square: 4 minutes 49 seconds.
- JANUARY 6, 2003 - CCTV provides first web streaming ever, the noon Salem City Council meeting.
- JANUARY 8, 2003 - CCTV provides first web streaming of the Marion County Commission meeting at www.cctvsalem.org
- MARCH 19, 2003 - CCTV produces the 500th telecast of the Marion County Commission meeting.
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(503) 588-2288 | Fax: (503) 588-6424 | e-mail: cctv@cctvsalem.org
Winter Hours: Monday 9-5, Tuesday-Friday 9-9, Saturday 10-6, Sunday Closed Winter Closures
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