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Saco River Community Television
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RC-TV has been helping the citizens of Buxton
access the powerful medium of television since the
year 2000. Today’s 21st Century communication
technologies allow the Town of Buxton to reach
a wider audience than ever before – on cable
and online. Saco River Community Television
is here to help the citizens of Buxton connect to
local information on cable and on the internet.
We’re proud of the role we play in facilitating the
exchange of ideas and information throughout the
villages. Today’s technologies are here to stay and a
town as large as Buxton is wise to support a regional
center devoted to the interests and concerns of the
citizenry.
Buxton is part of a six town service area that also
includes Hollis, Limerick, Limington, Standish
and Waterboro. The regional access center
functions as the electronic hub or central location
of our 6-town consortium. From this location, we
offer television production studio access and video
production training for citizens wishing to promote
and publicize local events. We also monitor
Buxton’s government access channel, schedule
meetings on cable and upload and archive Buxton’s
meetings onto our PEG TV (public, education &
government) service located at
www.src-tv.org.
Cable remains our primary focus and the
government access meetings can be seen at
regularly scheduled times on Channel 5 and, now,
Channel 121-2 for those watching the meetings on
a newer television set. We work closely with the
technology department at Bonny Eagle to ensure
a wide variety of events taking place in the SAD
6 school system gain the exposure they deserve
on local television. These events include, but
are not limited to basketball and football games,
graduation ceremonies, talent shows, interview
programs and human interest stories and regularly
scheduled school board meetings.
Additionally, a wide array of local churches, libraries
and non-profits throughout Buxton, including the
South Buxton Cemetery Association, the Buxton-
Hollis Historical Society, the Buxton Garden Club
and the Saco River Theater are free to use our
services to publicize and promote themselves on
the cable airwaves and on the internet as well.
We are always looking for new volunteers. Station
tours and production training are available on
request. Our mission is to encourage the people
of Buxton to empower themselves with free
production training and equipment loans so
they can exercise their 1st Amendment right to
free speech or simply to promote community
fundraisers and other events taking place in Buxton.
We’re proud of the work we do on behalf of the
citizens of Buxton and look forward to another
productive partnership with the Town of Buxton
in 2015-16.
Respectfully submitted,
Patrick Bonsant
Manager, Saco River Community Television