Our mission is to provide community information through television and to teach people how to make their own television messages.

Towards those ends CCTV provides:

• Community Billboard for local groups and non-profit organizations to publicize meetings and events.
• Live coverage of Salem City Council and Marion County Commissioners' meetings.
• Coverage of Salem-Keizer School Board meetings.
• Coverage of Salem-Keizer Schools sports and music programs.
• Classes in Camcorder/Editing and Studio production.
• Equipment and facilities for certified producers.
• Channels 21, 22 and 23 to air television messages.

Democracy and the First Amendment:

All people in a democracy have the right and responsibility to take part in the decisions that affect them and their communities. Freedom of speech is vital to a healthy democracy and is guaranteed in the First Amendment. CCTV provides the community with the opportunity for political, cultural, artistic, spiritual, and individual expression on television.

Community Decision-making:

Freedom of expression alone is not enough to ensure a healthy democracy. Citizens must also enter into active discussion and debate in order to participate in solving problems for the common good. CCTV promotes the use of non-commercial channels 21, 22 and 23 and production facilities as an electronic forum for discussing issues and solving problems.

Access to Information:

A well informed, actively involved citizenry makes more responsible decisions. CCTV televises local government meetings, activities of local schools and service-related information to stimulate an active dialogue among elected officials, schools and local citizens.

Diversity and Inclusiveness:

Democracy is most effective in a society in which all members can participate. CCTV encourages understanding and collaboration across barriers of race, culture, language, class, gender and age.

Media Literacy:

Community TV offers an alternative to commercial television. CCTV provides the training and tools necessary for people to become knowledgeable and effective communicators, able to view television critically and to use television to tell their stories.