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'''Charlottesville Public Access Television''' (CPA-TV) provides three channels of government, education and community programming to [[Comcast]] subscribers in [[Charlottesville]] and [[Albemarle County]]. The entity is the successor to the [[Jefferson Cable Corporation]]. In 2019, the service will move into a studio at [[York Place]]. <ref name="york">{{cite web|title=Agenda (with background) for April 15, 2019 Charlottesville City Council Meeting|url=http://www.charlottesville.org/home/showdocument?id=65022|author=|work=City Council Agenda|publisher=City of Charlottesville|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=April 17, 2019}}</ref>  
'''CPA-TV''' is one of three PEG (Public, Education, and Government) television stations operated by the [[City of Charlottesville]] to Comcast subscribers in [[Charlottesville]] and [[Albemarle County]]. The entity is the successor to [[Jefferson Cable Corporation|Jefferson Cable]] and Adelphia Cable. In 2019, the station moved its production studio into the [http://www.cvillemedia.org/ Charlottesville Community Media Center] at [[York Place]]. <ref name="york">{{cite web|title=Agenda (with background) for April 15, 2019 Charlottesville City Council Meeting|url=http://www.charlottesville.org/home/showdocument?id=65022|author=|work=City Council Agenda|publisher=City of Charlottesville|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=April 17, 2019}}</ref>  


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==History==
==History==
Charlottesville Public Access Television's first location was at Adelphia Cable studios on West Main Street, followed by moved to the [[Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center]].The that lease ended in 2013.  
In 1970, Jefferson Cable began a local community access television channel in Charlottesville, WJCC Cablevision Channel 11, for both government and public interest programming. Ultimately making the move to channel 10, thousands of hours of local television would be produced over the next two decades.


The Charlottesville Fire Department agreed to allow CPA to operate out of space it leased from the Virginia Department of Forestry near the [[Fontaine Research Park]].  The city paid $18,900 in annual rent for two buildings and ashed at that location.  
In 1993, Adelphia Communications purchased the existing cable system.  The City and Adelphia Cable entered into a franchise agreement, providing for the addition of two stations on Channels 13 and 14.  Production resumed in the original studio facilities at 324 West Main Street in Charlottesville, and the three stations quickly grew with strong support from cable access advocates [[Meredith Richards]] and [[Mitch Van Yahres]].


In February 2019, The Ryal Thomas Show, LLC asked the city if it would consider a partnership for a new studio on the [[Downtown Mall]]. The city would lease the property, and Thomas would pay the rent in exchange for priority access to the city's space and broadcast equipment for a new commercial television show. Council approved the idea at its meeting on [[April 15]], 2019. <ref name="york" />
In 1998, Adelphia, the City and the [[CATEC|Charlottesville-Albemarle Technical Education Center]] reached an agreement to house the access facilities at CATEC as part of a five year lease, in exchange for educational use of all production equipment by the school and its video production students. As a result, all three stations made the move from Downtown to CATEC in the spring of 1999, and was fully functional that August. Following a fifteen year partnership, CPA-TV moved into City Hall in 2014.
 
In 2015, the [[Charlottesville Fire Department]] agreed to allow CPA-TV to operate out of space it leased from the Virginia Department of Forestry near the [[Fontaine Research Park]]. The City paid $18,900 in annual rent for two buildings and a shed at that location.
 
In February 2019, The Ryal Thomas Show, LLC asked the City if it would consider a partnership for a new studio on the [[Downtown Mall]]. The City would lease the property, and Thomas would pay the rent in exchange for priority access to the City's space and broadcast equipment for a new commercial television show. Council approved the idea at its meeting on [[April 15]], 2019. <ref name="york" />


==Awards==
==Awards==
2003: The city's communication department won the Savvy Award from the City-County Communications and Marketing Association for government access production <ref>{{minutes-citycouncil|when=November 17, 2003|id=195938}}</ref>
2003: The City's Office of Communications won the Savvy Award from the City-County Communications and Marketing Association for Government Access production.<ref>{{minutes-citycouncil|when=November 17, 2003|id=195938}}</ref>
<p>2012: Communications Specialist [[David Dillehunt]] was nominated for a regional Emmy Award for his interstitial promo showcasing The First Tee of Charlottesville.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828165939/http://www.capitalemmys.tv/sites/default/files/2012_Emmy_Recipients.pdf/|title=2012 National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter Emmy Awards|last=|first=|publishdate=|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref>


==Current Programs==
==Former programs==
*A DAY A Minute With Artist Robin Hoffman


==Former programs==
*Community History
*Community History
*The Trevor Moore Show
*The Trevor Moore Show
*Defying Belief
*Caught in the Act
*Evoking Positive Dreams
*Artistic Expressions
*VOICES with Ryal Thomas
*Speaking with Andrea
*A Day A Minute with Robin Hoffman
*Pigskin Pick'em


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
[http://www.cpatv.org/ Official site]
[http://www.cpatv.org/ Official site]


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Revision as of 16:54, 20 June 2019

CPA-TV is one of three PEG (Public, Education, and Government) television stations operated by the City of Charlottesville to Comcast subscribers in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. The entity is the successor to Jefferson Cable and Adelphia Cable. In 2019, the station moved its production studio into the Charlottesville Community Media Center at York Place. [1]


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History

In 1970, Jefferson Cable began a local community access television channel in Charlottesville, WJCC Cablevision Channel 11, for both government and public interest programming. Ultimately making the move to channel 10, thousands of hours of local television would be produced over the next two decades.

In 1993, Adelphia Communications purchased the existing cable system. The City and Adelphia Cable entered into a franchise agreement, providing for the addition of two stations on Channels 13 and 14. Production resumed in the original studio facilities at 324 West Main Street in Charlottesville, and the three stations quickly grew with strong support from cable access advocates Meredith Richards and Mitch Van Yahres.

In 1998, Adelphia, the City and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Technical Education Center reached an agreement to house the access facilities at CATEC as part of a five year lease, in exchange for educational use of all production equipment by the school and its video production students. As a result, all three stations made the move from Downtown to CATEC in the spring of 1999, and was fully functional that August. Following a fifteen year partnership, CPA-TV moved into City Hall in 2014.

In 2015, the Charlottesville Fire Department agreed to allow CPA-TV to operate out of space it leased from the Virginia Department of Forestry near the Fontaine Research Park. The City paid $18,900 in annual rent for two buildings and a shed at that location.

In February 2019, The Ryal Thomas Show, LLC asked the City if it would consider a partnership for a new studio on the Downtown Mall. The City would lease the property, and Thomas would pay the rent in exchange for priority access to the City's space and broadcast equipment for a new commercial television show. Council approved the idea at its meeting on April 15, 2019. [1]

Awards

2003: The City's Office of Communications won the Savvy Award from the City-County Communications and Marketing Association for Government Access production.[2]

2012: Communications Specialist David Dillehunt was nominated for a regional Emmy Award for his interstitial promo showcasing The First Tee of Charlottesville.[3]

Former programs

  • Community History
  • The Trevor Moore Show
  • Defying Belief
  • Caught in the Act
  • Evoking Positive Dreams
  • Artistic Expressions
  • VOICES with Ryal Thomas
  • Speaking with Andrea
  • A Day A Minute with Robin Hoffman
  • Pigskin Pick'em

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Web. Agenda (with background) for April 15, 2019 Charlottesville City Council Meeting, City Council Agenda, City of Charlottesville, retrieved April 17, 2019.
  2. Web. Charlottesville City Council meeting minutes, .pdf, Council Chambers, City of Charlottesville, November 17, 2003.
  3. Web. 2012 National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter Emmy Awards

External links

Official site