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| 07.15.2008
~ NEW KOCT WEB SURVEY WINNER |
Meet KOCT’s
latest viewer survey winner SYLVIA MARTINEZ, shown here
with her son Michael Martinez, Eagle Young Marines, receiving her prizes for filling
out the KOCT Viewer Survey. Winners
of the drawing receive: - KOCT
T-Shirt
- KOCT
Coffee Mug
- Video:
Learning to Surf With Surfer Joe, Parts 1 and 2
If
you’d like to be entered in the monthly drawing, click on What Are
You Watching? on KOCT’s homepage
and fill out the survey—it’s that easy! #
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| 07.03.2008
~ PLATINUM BEACH OVERLAY |
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Click on the above picture
to learn about the Platinum Beach Overlay Zone in Oceanside |
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| 06.17.2008
~ KOCT-TV WINS EMMY AWARD |
OCEANSIDE
– Russell Ferguson, KOCT television producer/director/editor, received an
Emmy Award on Saturday, June 14th for outstanding achievement in children’s
programming. KOCT won the gold statute for Climate TV – episodes 2 and 3
at the Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards 2007 which was held at the La Costa Resort
and Spa. KOCT production manager Jacob Rush attended the awards with Russell Ferguson
and described the Emmy win as a first for KOCT-the Oceanside Channels. “We
were nominated in 2000,” Rush said, “for a documentary about the Prince
of Peace Abbey but this is the first time we’ve brought home the gold.”
Climate TV is a television series that shows ‘tweens engaged in positive,
healthy and fun activities. It aims to inform, entertain and offer attractive
alternatives to the lure of gangs and destructive behavior. Production of the
Climate TV series is made possible by generous financial contributions from the
City of Oceanside , the Parker Foundation, the County of San Diego , Oceanside
Parks & Rec Dept., Oceanside Unified School District , and Soroptimist International
of Oceanside-Carlsbad. KOCT gratefully acknowledges these community partners and
Wendy Lam Endsley of Grant Writer Source for their support. Credits for
Climate TV: Episode 2 Producer/director/editor: Russell Ferguson;
Camera: Jeff Arballo, Jorge Marcial, John McGrath, Veronica Sanchez; Grip: Stephanie
Ramos;Theme song: Jason Jianuzzi; Field support: Shannon Sellinger, Chelsey Geddis,
Charles Price and the Melba Bishop Center ; Students: Gabbie, Sami, Simone, Simeon
, Jordan and Yahayra. Episode 3 Producer/director/editor: Russell
Ferguson; Camera: Jeff Arballo, Aaron Capehart, Ken DeWoody, Mike Holloway, Stephanie
Ramos, Jacob Rush, Justin Thatcher; Grip: Gary Koopsen, Veronica Sanchez; Line
producers: Peter Bonscher, Bobbie Pawelski; Offline editors: Christian Motos,
Crystal Chessher; Special thanks: Shannon Sellinger, Greg Milano, Daisy Tate,
Oceanside High School and the Universal Exchange Programs; Students: Salvador,
Celeste, Jake, Sidney, Rebecca, Lizbeth, Chasing Shadows (Eric, Angie and Mario)
To see Climate TV episodes 2 and 3 on demand, visit www.KOCT.org
or watch it on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ClimateTV
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| 06.03.2008
~ KOCT-TV WINS OVERALL EXCELLENCE AWARD |
OCEANSIDE
– Executive Director Tom Reeser is pleased to announce that the Alliance
for Community Media has awarded KOCT the 2008 Hometown Video Festival Award for
Overall Excellence. Reeser said that KOCT was judged the best overall in the category
of combined public, educational and government access stations nationwide with
a budget greater than $500,000. At the July 9-12 national conference
of the Alliance for Community Media in Washington , D.C. , Production Manager
Jacob Rush will represent KOCT and receive the Overall Excellence Award on behalf
of the station. Mr. Rush will be a presenter at a conference workshop about creative
fundraising for community television stations. Since its beginning in
1984, KOCT has evolved and embraced a form of public access different from the
national model — focusing on viewer needs rather than individual community
users. KOCT staff and volunteers document community events such as the Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, High School Sports, Amnesty International
Candlelight Walk for Human Rights, Freedom Days Parade, Election Forums and City
Council Meetings. KOCT is responsive to community concerns such as coverage of
the police officer Dan Bessant funeral, providing teleconferencing service for
military families whose loved ones are serving in Fallujah , Iraq , and emergency
information provided during the October 2007 firestorms. KOCT is one
of a handful of noncommercial television stations in the region and is seen in
53,000 homes by subscribers to Cox Communications cable. The City of Oceanside
and cable subscribers are the primary funding source for KOCT. Program underwriting
by individuals, families and businesses also helps KOCT provide the quality community
television that local viewers have come to enjoy. Oceanside Community
Service Television Corp (d.b.a. KOCT) is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization
governed by a volunteer Board of Directors: Chair Nancy Chadwick, Vice Chair Robert
Neal, Immediate Past Chair Tom Morrow, Secretary Kay Parker, Treasurer Al Myers
, Director and Chamber Rep Dick Coppens, Director and Education Rep Steve Lombard,
Members At Large: Director Michelle Bray Davis, Director Beverly Fisher , Director
Ann Haden Fraser, Director Tom Missett , Director Ken Ryan, and Director Gwen
Price. KOCT employs 10 full-time and 15 part-time staff and offers real world
television opportunities to student interns and volunteers. Visit www.KOCT.org
for a complete list of programs or to watch videos on demand. Both channels 18
and 19 are streamed live on KOCT’s website. #
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| 03.16.2006
~ Don't Throw Away That Empty Ink Cartridge |
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Don't
Throw Those Empty Ink Cartridges Away RECYCLE THEM! KOCT-Oceanside
Community Television is launching a fundraising project and you can help by recycling
your old printer cartridges. Most of us have inkjet printers at home or work.
Next time you have an empty inkjet cartridge, don’t throw it away. Simply
drop off your empty inkjet cartridges at KOCT-TV Besides
helping your local community television station, recycling also benefits the environment
by reducing pollution.
(Did you know . . . it takes 1000 years for a cartridge to decompose?)
For
questions, contact: KOCT-TV (760) 722-4433 3038 Industry St., Suite
101 Oceanside, CA 92054
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ALL CARTRIDGES MUST HAVE A
PRINT HEAD TO BE RECYCLED. EPSON, LASER TONERS AND CANON BCI CANNOT BE
ACCEPTED. Thank
you in advance for supporting KOCT and keeping millions of pounds of cartridges
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