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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! #  #  #  # back to top

07.03.2008 ~ PLATINUM BEACH OVERLAY

Click on the above picture to learn about the Platinum Beach Overlay Zone in Oceanside     back to top

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 # # # # # back to top

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. # # # # # back to top