Our History
Somerville
Television is the local cable television station serving the Somerville,
NJ community. We are a completely volunteer organization broadcasting
educational and governmental programs on Cablevision channel 15 and Verizon channel 30. Our first
day of Broadcasting was on October 18th, 2004. Almost 3 years later on October 1st, 2007, Somerville Television became the first station in NJ to broadcast on Verizon's FiOS on Channel 30.
As a newly
formed organization, we are looking for interested people to join our
team. There are several sub-committees and areas available for you to
gain experience. These include editing, video camera operating, writing,
on-camera interviewing, event announcing, and various other activities.
Mission
The Borough of Somerville, in cooperation with the Board of Education,
will operate an education and government cable channel which will feature
programming designed to celebrate the diversity of its residents and inform
and educate them on topics of local interest in order to help them identify
and bond with the community, its governing institutions and each other.
Objectives
In order to fulfill this mission, the following objectives are established
for SomervilleTV:
A. Develop educational and governmental programming to address the needs,
concerns and interests of Somerville residents;
B. Broadcast quality programs which are in conformance with community
standards;
C. Foster a cooperative effort between the Borough and the Board of Education
on a project serving the interests and needs of all Borough residents;
D. Stimulate residents and high school students to be involved in the
production and broadcasting of innovative community oriented programming;
E. Provide a bulletin board which airs notices from government agencies
and
non-profit organizations in the Borough and neighboring communities which
may be of interest or service to Borough residents;
F. Bring into the homes of persons with disabilities or shut-ins numerous
Borough and school activities in order to insure that they remain an integral
part of
our community; and
G. Create an interest in the future development of electronic media course
work or curricula for Somerville High School students.
Come Join Us
If you
are interested in volunteering or would like additional information, please
call:
Station Manager Herb Hall or
Assistant Station Manager Kenneth J. Cornell
