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Access Framingham-Beat Information Night

AF-TV, Public Access Television in Framingham

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Be a part of Framingham’s Own News Program! Find out about Framingham’s own news show — “The Framingham Beat”.

Access Framingham is looking for a few Framingham residents to be News Anchors, Reporters, or Segment Producers and help tell the stories of our neighborhoods.

On Wednesday, Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 from 7:00pm-8:30pm, Access Framingham will be having a Framingham Beat Information night. You can see the studio, practice reading a news script, and ask questions about the different roles needed to put together a news program. No experience is necessary, just a desire to help communicate all the great stories happening around Framingham. Please call to register at 508-875-5434 or email info@accessfram.tv

Access Framingham is a membership based organization which provides training with video recording and editing equipment as well as access to our cable television channel to show locally recorded programming.

AF-TV’s local production studio is located in the back of the Fuller Middle School, at 31 Flagg Drive, Framingham, MA.

AF-TV can be seen in the Town of Framingham on Comcast Channel 9, RCN Channel 3, and Verizon Channel 43. For more information about Access Framingham programming, training, and services, you can also visit us online at www.accessfram.tv

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News Staff

February 12, 2015

General Interest

cable tv, framingham news, public access, video editing, video production
March 2012 Filmmaking and Video Editing Classes at AF-TV

Access Framingham offers members classes in video production, video editing and more!

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Interested in video production? This month, (March 2012), Access Framingham will be offering two classes, one in Film-making and another on using Final Cut Pro editing software.

Film-making will be led by Access Framingham Operations Manager Melanie Hardy, who will draw on her experience in both film and single-camera video production to teach the best techniques in fictional storytelling and making entertaining and intriguing movies.

The Film-making Class will be held on three consecutive Thursday evenings: March 8th, 15th and 22nd, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Seats are still available!

Final Cut Pro. This popular class on how to use Apple’s software package to produce and edit great video. AF-TV will be holding a special afternoon workshop (more…)

News Staff

March 4, 2012

Arts & Culture, Schools & Education

Access Framingham, af-tv, cable tv, classes, education, FPAC-TV, framingham cable tv, local access, public access, television
Access Framingham Airs Trivia Shows In Remembrance of Ed Convery

Ed Convery

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Ed Convery passed away last week at the age of 83. Ed was a former teacher and principal in the Framingham Schools, served as president of the Framingham History Center and vice-chair of the Framingham Housing Authority, and he touched the lives of many folks in the Framingham community.

In remembrance of Ed, Access Framingham is honored to replay two episodes of Framingham Tales & Trivia, which Ed taped for our local channel. These are shows he helped produce as part of his own commitment to the Framingham History Center. The programs reflect Ed’s wit and wisdom, and his love for Framingham.

Each edition of Tales and Trivia is one hour in length. These two (more…)

News Staff

February 17, 2012

General Interest

Access Framingham, cable tv, Ed Convery, Framingham History Center, Framingham Trivia, local access
FPAC-TV Unveils New Name and Logo

FPAC-TV rebrands itself as ''Access Framingham'' and will use new logo (above) and new website address: www.accessfram.tv

FRAMINGHAM, MA – At Monday night’s Annual Meeting of Framingham Public Access Corporation, FPAC members heard about the successes of the past year and challenges to come for Framingham’s Community Media Center. Then the board and staff added a surprise announcement.

Beginning this week, FPAC will operate with a new name and logo, one that FPAC officials believe will reflect the organization’s mission to engage, serve, and enrich the community by developing programming by and for the people of Framingham, providing educational opportunities, and facilitating the exchange of information through traditional and new media.

The new name for the five-year-old organization will be “Access Framingham“.

Access Framingham will remain committed to the promise of (more…)

News Staff

September 19, 2011

Technology

Access Framingham, Bill McColgan, cable tv, fpac, FPAC-TV, framingham cable, Framingham Public Access TV
Fall Workshops at FPAC-TV
Watch Framingham Public Access TV!

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Framingham Public Access Corporation (FPAC) is pleased to announce its 2010 Fall Workshop Schedule for members of the Framingham Community. This season’s offering will include entry-level courses, as well as specialized offerings for people interested in non-linear, computer-based editing and in sports television production.

All courses are scheduled for Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. For multi-session workshops, please make sure to attend ALL nights.
- Camcorder – September 9, 16 & 23: Learn how to shoot great video with a digital camcorder.
- Final Cut Pro – September 30, October 7 & 14: Learn the basics of non-linear editing with (more…)
News Staff

September 2, 2010

General Interest

cable tv, FPAC-TV, local cable, public access tv, television
FPAC TV Names New Executive Director

Bill McColgan, FPAC-TV Executive Director

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Framingham Public Access Corporation has chosen Bill McColgan to lead Framingham’s non-profit public access cable station. McColgan brings over twenty years of broadcast journalism and management experience to FPAC. “I’m very excited by the potential for FPAC to be an outstanding resource to the Town of Framingham,” says McColgan. “At a time when most media are not able to devote a lot of resources to localism and covering the community, our role has never been more important. We give the community a voice and a way to communicate.”

A graduate of Stanford University with a BA in Communication and International Relations, McColgan earned an MBA from Boston College. His previous positions include Director of Programming Development and Executive Producer for (more…)

Randy Harris

July 23, 2010

General Interest

Bill McColgan, cable tv, fpac, FPAC-TV, Framingham Public Access TV, framingham tv studio, public access
Watch “TV” Online Instead of Cable

Watch full episodes of t.v. shows online!

FRAMINGHAM, MA – When Community Cabelvision first setup shop in Framingham it expanded our access to audio/video information — beyond channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 27, 38, 44 and 56.. (and the few fuzzy stations we could pick up from Providence, RI and other regional broadcast areas if you got the rabbit ears just right and the weather was clear).

Today we have three companies in Framingham, (Comcast, Verizon and RCN), all selling us more high-def, high-speed, high-priced t.v. programming than anyone could ever possibly consume — and a lot of it is bundled junk.

You have options. You can pull the plug on cable t.v. and watch an amazing amount of news, weather, sports, music videos and even (more…)

Randy Harris

July 13, 2010

General Interest

cable tv, free movies, free tv, online videos, watch tv online
Framingham Cable “Deals”

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Ever since Community Cablevision came to town in the 1970’s, one-by-one, most people took down the rabbit ears or roof-top antennae and ran coaxial cable into their homes instead.

Framingham Community Cablevision, logo, (1979).

Today there are several options available to Framingham residents in regard to how they obtain “tv signal”.

Choices range from using a digital converter box connected to those old rabbit ears or aerial antennae, by “cable”, by satellite — or a popular choice lately: foregoing traditional formal television programming and watching news, entertainment and other forms of video on an internet connected device.

Cable providers have long realized that improvements in speed and quality of online video transmission would make people less dependent on traditional television as a media source and today cable tv is usually bundled into some form of broadband cable access.

Framingham’s cable t.v., internet and residential phone needs are served primarily by three companies; Comcast, RCN and (more…)

Randy Harris

May 14, 2010

Technology

2010, cable tv, cablevision, comcast, fios, framingham cable, internet, pricing, rcn, verizon, xfinity
Peace Vigil on Cable TV
FRAMINGHAM,MA – A raw tape of the candlelight peace vigil held Wednesday evening, August 17th on the Framingham Centre Common will be shown on Framingham’s local cable station.

“Framingham Vigil 8-17-05” will be airing on Comcast Channel 9:
- Saturday, August 27 at 7pm
- Sunday, August 28 at 4am, 1pm & 7:30pm
- Monday, August 29 at 1:30am & 10 am
- Tuesday, August 30 at 8pm
- Wednesday, August 31 at 2am, 10am & 6:30pm
- Thursday, September 1 at 4am, Noon & 8pm
- Friday, September 2 at 5:30am, 11:30am & 10:30pm
The program is unedited, and 30 minutes long.

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Deb Cleveland

August 29, 2005

Politics

cable tv, peace vigil, public access
Framingham Election Programming on Channel 9
FRAMINGHAM, MA – The updated schedule for Framingham election programming on Comcast channel 9 is as follows:

Monday, March 28
- 12:00 pm – FIMBY Candidates Debate
- 2:00 pm – League of Women Voters Candidates Debate
- 7:00 pm – Jim Pillsbury Show LIVE (candidates)
Tuesday, March 29
- 10:00 am – Jim Pillsbury Show (replay)
- 7:30 pm – LWV Candidates Debate
- 10:00-midnight – Political Roundtable – Candidates
- 12:30 am – LWV Candidates Debate
- 3:00-6:00 am – Political Roundtable – Candidates
Wednesday, March 30
- 9:00 am – LWV Candidates Debate
- noon-3:00 pm – Political Roundtable – Candidates
Thursday, March 31
- noon – FIMBY Candidates Debate
Friday, April 1
- 1:30 pm – Community Connections Candidates Forum
- 4:00 pm – FIMBY Candidates Debate
Saturday, April 2
- 3:30 pm – FIMBY Candidates Debate
- 5:30 pm – LWV Candidates Debate
- 8:00 pm – Political Roundtable – Candidates
- Midnight – LWV Candidates Debate
- 5:30 am – FIMBY Candidates Debate
Sunday, April 3
- 8:00 am – Political Roundtable – Candidates
- 11:00 am – FIMBY Candidates Debate
- 1:00 pm – LWV Candidates Debate
- 3:00 pm – Community Connections Candidates Forum
- 8:00-10:00 pm – Political Roundtable – Candidates
- 11:00 pm – Political Roundtable – Candidates
- 2:00-5:00 am – Political Roundtable – Candidates
Monday, April 4
- 11:30 am – Political Roundtable – Candidates
- 12:30 pm – FIMBY Candidates Debate
- 2:30 pm – Community Connections Candidates Forum
- 6:00 pm – Political Roundtable – Candidates
- 7:00 pm – Jim Pillsbury Show LIVE
- 10:00 pm – LWV Candidates Debate
- Midnight – Jim Pillsbury show (replay)
- 4:00 am – LWV Candidates Debate
Tuesday, April 5 (ELECTION DAY!)
- 10:00 am – Jim Pillsbury Show (replay)
- 11:30 am – LWV Candidates Debate
RCN channel 3 will be showing FIMBY at 2 PM and League of Women Voters at 4 PM daily until the election.

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News Staff

March 28, 2005

General Interest

cable tv, FIMBY, Jim Pillsbury, League of Women Voters, Political Roundtable, public access