Alliance for Community Media Northeast Region

2010 New Bedford History /

Explore the rich whaling history of New Bedford — the City that lit the world. New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park includes the world’s pre-eminent whaling museum, authentic 19th Century architecture, whaleman’s chapel, whaling captain home filled with furniture and artifacts of the time, and the official tall ship of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Runtime: 00:05:07

2010 New Bedford Festivals

Discover the many feasts and festivals in the City of New Bedford year-round.
New Bedford has an event almost every weekend during the summer – many are free.  Ethnic food and music make these events unique and fun for the entire family.

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Runtime: 00:04:55

Taking Care of Business / Episode 2

This show is a production of the WIB (Workforce Investment Board) and the Greater New Bedford Career Center. It features a Hot Job Report of the available jobs in the area, as well as Interviews and features with local business owners.

File: Episode #2 Taking Care of Business.mpg
Runtime: 00:30:01

There are 2 new statewide programs now available for free downloading and programming in your community on the Mass Access Server. Both programs are timely and relevant to communities across the Commonwealth. Please take the time to download and program on your access channels. For more information about downloading, please email Matt Landry @ mymasstv@gmail.com “Senior Scene at the Carroll Center for the Blind” Senior Scene visits the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton and the topic is Adaptive Technology for the Sight and Hearing Impaired. Janet LaBreck of the MA Comm for the Blind talks with Mike Festa & Bryan Charlson. Senior Scene is produced by Martina Jackson of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services a department of the Commonwealth under the leadership of Dr. JudyAnn Bigbee. Production facilities were provided by New-TV. File Name: Senior Scene at Carroll Center.mpg  (4/6/10) – 26:40 “Massachusetts Immigrants by the Numbers: Demographic Characteristics and Economic Footprint” is a discussion between Dr. Westy Egmont and Dr. Paul Watanabe about a study commissioned by the Immigrant Learning Center in Malden, MA. The study looks across the contributions that immigrants make in all their roles as members of the Massachusetts community. It is groundbreaking research that provides basic and new data about Massachusetts immigrants including pioneering compilations of data about immigrants as tax payers and consumers. This one report provides a comprehensive picture of immigrants’ characteristics and their contributions as well as challenges to their effective integration into the economic and social life of the state. For more info, go tohttp://ilctr.org File Name: “2010_3_31_Mass_Immigrants_ByTheNumbers.mpeg” (3/10)  - 28:44

We have some new programming on the server! A new Senior Scene, a PSA from the Dept. of Public Health and Public Science.  More information below.

Science for the Public is a grassroots nonprofit organization, launched in 2009. Their mission is to improve understanding of and appreciation for science in the adult community.  Science for the Public will partner with WGBH/PBS Forum Network starting in late March, 2010.  As soon as the Partnership is in effect, Public Science programs will be accessible on the Forum Network (under science forums).

We also have the programs on our servers.  Thanks!  Check out the first episode!

Public Science Episode 1 – 12-16-09
Mpeg2: 2009_12-16_PublicScience.mpg
runtime: 30mins

Senior Scene 3-25-10 Elder Disperities
runtime: 30mins
mpeg2: 2010_3-25_SeniorScene_ElderDisperities.mpg

Dept. of Public Health PSA
runtime: 7mins
mpeg2: 2010_DeptPublicHealth_PSA.mpg

The Norfolk Registry of deeds gave us two programs on potential scams and declaring a homestead.  they are both very short
Mpeg2: 2010_norfolk-reg-deeds-declaration-homestead.mpg
Mpeg2: 2010_norfolk-reg-deeds-scam.mpg

We are back…with much new content and hopefully some new steam to power us into the summer.

New Programs include:

Senior scene, vision loss from March 10, 2010
runtime: 30 mins
mpeg2:  2010_3-10-10_SeniorScene_VisionLoss.mpg

Senior Scene, Mature Drivers
runtime: 30 min
mpeg2: 2009_11-09_SeniorScene_MatureDrivers.mpg

MBCR ( Massachusetts Bay  commuter railroad company) Salt Crossing PSA
runtime:5 min
mpeg2: 2010_MBCR_SaltCrossingPSA.mpg

Project Bread PSA
runtime: 7min
mpeg2: 2006_ProjectBreadPSA2006.mpg

MCAD ( Massachusetts commission against discrimination) PSA
runtime: 5min
mpeg2: 2010_mcad_psa.mpeg