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RSS and Blogrolls

November 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

RSS feeds seem to sometimes be fickle and buggy. Can any one out there explain the following:
Things on our Drupal based website seem to be at the proper enabled and activated settings, to allow for RSS to be working properly. Yet, for example, when you visit Worcester blogroll, as well as other similarly purposed sites, in order to find WCCA’s or WCCA’sMauro’s Blog you have to scroll down to entries made about 4 weeks ago, to find what looks like an site with no recent activity. Clicking on the Link for it it takes you the most recent update which was made a couple of days ago. There are many entries each week.

How can we get it to update properly?

Any thoughts or advice, other than some sites are just buggy, on how to resolve that problem? I understand others have had similar experiences.

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VOTE TODAY

November 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Please vote today. Remember also to consider who of the council and candidates have spoken up and fought for WCCA TV during the cable franchise negotiations. As a window into our community, Public Access television contributes to the transparency of the city at large as it also nurtures the democratic process through a free speech medium where the community produces their on television programming to outreach, connect and impact and contributes to the free flow of news and information. Candidates that stand tall for public access stations such as WCCA TV, stand tall for your voice and your empowerment.

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Penny Dreadful TODAY at WCCA TV’s Spooktacular Shilling Shockers Marathon

October 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The TV marathon begins at noon time. Penny and her crew of horrifying characters will be in our studio live from 3-8PM. WCCA will be asking for donations to help fund our Youth Programming initiatives and community computer lab.
Happy Halloween !PennyDreadful

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Not really a TV quiz…. more of a learning op

October 27, 2009 · 1 Comment

Take this quiz, it is no gimmick, purley educational at wcca dot com
Enjoy

WCCA TV’s website provides some insight on how others have learned to better outreach, connect, impact and build community. Are you a WCCA member?

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WCCA TV 13 Halloween Spooktacular with Penny Dreadful

October 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

PennySoloThis Friday, October 30th, live and in person or shall we say in spookishness.
Penny Dreadful and her spooky crew will be live in WCCA TV 13’s studio this Friday, October 30, 2009, she is hosting a live “Shilling Shockers” Marathon that can be viewed on WCCA TV 13 or via WCCA’s webcast at wccatv.com , or you can come down to our studios at 415 Main street and meet her in person. Wear you spookiest costume and you may end up on the TV screen with Penny, ooooo scary ! WCCA TV will playing hours of Penny’s show Shilling Shockers from about 12 noon to 8 PM. Penny will be in our studio from 3:00 to 7PM. The event is in part a fun-d raiser for WCCA’s Youth Media programing, donations will be welcome but not mandatory. Just have fun. WCCA TV is celebrating it’s 25th Anniverary this year. So we are festive for sure.

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Public Access Television: A Community Anchor Institution

October 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Note to City, State and Federal legislators, national and community leaders:
Say YES to recognizing that Public Access Community Media Television stations such as WCCA TV 13, in Worcester, as Anchor Instituions. These intsitutions work to forster democracy through empowering citiznes with access to tools, information and education need to share and distribute news, information, civic/public awarness and more.
Take a look at WCCA TV 13’s latest post. Notice the programming creatived by people from our neighborhoods. Volumes of hours of candidate debates, public awarness, educational, shows, and news and information. WCCA TV holds classes and workshops and offers plenty of opprtunities for internshiop experiential learning as well as promoting Worcester in a uniquely local and grassroots way. Be sure to work to ensure future franchise funding provisions for this important and valuable resource and community anchor instituion is maintained and protected. Save public access TV BY, FOR and OF the PEOPLE.
Thanks for your support.

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Yes to WCCA TV 13 , celebrating 25 years of public access in Worcester

October 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Yes, to WCCA TV 13, “The People’s Channel”, celebrating 25 years of dedicated public access/community media public service in the city of Worcester, MA.

I want to invite you to please attend our party where there will be “dancing with the stars”. A Harvest Moon Dinner Dance. It’s a celebration you will not want to miss.
We are accepting support ads for our program booklet. Tickets are also available at WCCA TV. Call 508-755-1880 ext 11 for details or visit wccatv.com for more information.

HARVEST MOON DINNER DANCE
November 20, 2009 (Friday)
Joe DAngelo and JAZZED UP
Exhibition Ball room and latin dance presented by
Arthur Murray School of Dance and Ritmos Dance Acadamy
Dinner
at the Knights of Columbus Hall North Circut Ave, Worcester, MA
Cocktail Hour at 6PM ( with music ) Dinner at 7PM, Dance show at 8PM
Call 508-755-1880 ext 11 for tickets and information
visit wccatv[dot]com for further info.

The station has grown leaps and bounds over the past twenty five years. In every phase, the types of diverse community programming and topics topics covered, the levels of memberships, partner organizations, community collaboratives, professional services, public sevices, TV and computer technology and training, studio facilities, viewer ship, and more. All types of various programs are presented on channel 13, that are produced by your neighbors, the stars from your backyard. You don’t have to be spoon fed TV shows or watch TV made by those with a lot of money. You can make it yourself at WCCA TV. We provide the training, the facility and the staff to help encourage you along the way. It is YOUR VISION TELEVISION, we coined it, you made it a reality.

WCCA TV presents programing that reflects the interest of the citizens of Worcester. It is the only station in Worcester that is TV BY, FOR, and OF, the PEOPLE.

A cutting edge pioneer in the industry, WCCA TV was one of the very first TV stations in Massachusetts to upload full length video on line and to place that technology in the hands of Worcester citiznes who participate. In fact, WCCA TV has one the largest on-line archived community pages containing full length video works in the nation.

During my ninteen plus years at WCCA, I have seen many WCCA interns, students and volunteers develop career skills and move on to work as professionals in the TV or movie industry in Massachusetts, New York, Hollywood and other creative centers. Today I see quite a few heading in those same directions who involved at WCCA TV.

Each day, I am pleased to continue to see and work with organizations who full advantage of WCCA cable and webcast services that helped them achieve valuable outreach. Many individuals, artist, religious, activist, politicos, municipal leaders, business interest, educators, and cutural and social service institutions utilize the station’s facility to promote events, causes, or share cultural experiences and more. Seriously watch for a week and you will be amazed at what the people of Worcester are doing at WCCA TV.

Each day WCCA TV is elevating someone or some cause or program. While offering a window in Worcester. That all translates to economic impact and community development. The work accomplished at WCCA every day is one that nurtures democracy, at a grass roots and organic level, through a free flow of news and information coming directly from the people, the true source, the heart and fiber of this city our communities and neighborhoods.

Even though WCCA communty programs just won three new Pegasus awards, in 2009, two for community productions and one for our website. We are not without challenges.

In order to meet community media needs at large, WCCA intends to renovate it’s Youth Prodcution Studios in the basement of our building and to also improve our computer and digital technology resources which will enable us to help more community memebrs while keeping staff levels at a minimal. This is where your help and support means so much to us. We need your help to continue. When you purchase just a couple of tickets for our Harvest Moon Dinner Dance, or a page in the event’s program book you will help make that possible. Plus we’ll be celebrating with YOU. We are most gratful to you for your participation, viewership, support.

I really hope you will celebrate this mile stone for WCCA ,as an anchor instituion in Worcester celebrating 25 years as a community resource, by attending our “HARVEST MOON DINNER DANCE” fund rasier. Proceeds will benefit our Youth and Web technology programming. There will be a fantastic dinner, live world class music, and exhibition dancing presented by the Arthur Murray Dance Studios, and the Ritmos Dance Acadamy.

It’s a celebration you will not want to miss.
We are accepting support ads for our program booklet. Tickets are also available at WCCA TV. Call 508-755-1880 ext 11 for details or visit wccatv.com for more information.

Stand tall and show your support for WCCA TV, public access / community media, in Worcester, by being a part of this fabulous celebration.

HARVEST MOON DINNER DANCE
November 20, 2009 (Friday)
Legendary Joe DAngelo and JAZZED UP
Exhibition Ball room and latin dance presented by
Arthur Murray School of Dance and Ritmos Dance Acadamy
Dinner
at the Knights of Columbus Hall North Circut Ave, Worcester, MA
Cocktail Hour at 6PM ( with music ) Dinner at 7PM, Dance show at 8PM
Call 508-755-1880 ext 11 for tickets and information
visit wccatv[dot]com for further info.
SAVE THE DATE !

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Marcello Luciano DePasquale

October 16, 2009 · 1 Comment

Welcome and honored to announce the newest member of the family:
Marcello Luciano DePasquale, new son to Mauro ii and Maria-Haydee DePasquale.

My third beautiful grandchild God Bless.

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Some cool tonight: Jazz at the Art Museum

October 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

That’s the “Worcester Art Museum” on Salisbury Street.

Jazz revisionist, “Johnny Dollar Experiment” performs it’s unique blend of vintage 60 and 70’s hits reconstructed as revisioned jazz lyrics and all.
We may squeeze in some American Songbook classics as well.

Come enjoy the wine, a gallery tour, and fine JAZZ
Tonight , Thursday, 5:30 -8PM

The perfect primer for this beautiful fall weekend.

Johnny Dollar Experiment
or AKA
JAZZED UP

Guitar/Vocal:Joe D’Angelo, Drums:John -Johnny Dollar-Murzycki, Bass:Vic Helenic, Keyboard: Mauro DePasquale

BTW: first person who shows our keyboard player their WOO card gets a free Johnny Dollar Experiment CD.

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WRCC Mayoral Debates now on line at wccatv.com

October 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Worcester Mayoral debate, facilitated by the Worcester Regional Chamber of commerce, has been posted on the
WCCA TV 13 website.

The video has been broken into 4 thirty minute videos.

Part 1 of 4
2009 Worcester Mayoral Debate October, 2009 Part 1 of 4 (31 minutes) **Introduction **Opening Statements **How do you envision the role of the Mayor? **Do you support a phasing in of a single tax rate?

Part 2 of 4
2009 Worcester Mayoral Debate October, 2009 Part 2 of 4 (27 minutes) **Why would your opponent not be a good Mayor? **Address the school department deficit. **Where should the city make municipal services cuts? **Is it a good use of money to withhold public documents from the public?

Part 3 of 4
2009 Worcester Mayoral Debate October, 2009 Part 3 of 4 (20 minutes) **Should school principals have more authority over the hiring and firing of teachers? **What are the highest priorities with the city budget? **Is it true that Joe O’Brien is a member of the “Old Boys” network? **

Part 4 of 4
2009 Worcester Mayoral Debate October, 2009 Part 4 of 4 (30 minutes) **A Lincoln/Douglas style debate where the candidates ask their opponents questions.

Enjoy and don’t forget to VOTE.

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