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History
Waterloo Public Access Television was launched
as
a means of expanding citizen participation in local government. Three cable
channels were made available for Public, Educational, and Government
Access. Cable Channel 15 is the Waterloo Government Access Channel;
Cable Channel 17 is the Waterloo Public Access Channel; and Cable Channel
19 is the Waterloo Educational Access Channel. WCTV and WGAT are supervised
by the City Clerk.
The first Cable Television Production
Coordinator was hired in March 1998, with the first Public Access Studio
located in two rooms at the Public Library. In July 2001, the Public
Access Studio was expanded and relocated to its current location at
Waterloo City Hall.
We have a fully equipped
television studio with three Digital-S television cameras, a switcher with
a character generator and mixing board for studio productions and live
broadcasts, an editing room with a Casablanca editor for use by the public,
field equipment available for checkout, and an array of DVD/VHS playback
decks for
the broadcasting of sponsored programs.
WCTV Staff
Department Head: Suzy Schares, City Clerk
Cable TV Production Coordinator:
Edward Stoffer
Production Assistant:
Marc Cashman
Telecommunications Commission
The City of Waterloo
Telecommunications Commission consists of seven citizens of Waterloo
appointed by the Mayor to observe the operations of cable television
operators and make recommendations to the city council. The Commission
also reviews and evaluates all programming provided by cable television
operators.
Current members of the Commission are:
Larry Herzog, Chair 
William Cody
Ed Hutchens
Jane Scott
Citizens interested in serving
on the Commission may apply at the City Clerk's office, 715 Mulberry
Street.
The Commission meets the first Thursday
every other month at 4
p.m. Citizens who wish to present their concerns to the Commission may do so
at this meeting or by leaving a message with the City Clerk at
291-4323.
Overview
of Services
Waterloo Community Television offers you a
wide variety of services.
1. We post announcements for area
organizations and individuals. Click here for more information.
2. We broadcast sponsored programming on a
wide variety of topics. All programming is subject to the provisions
of our Guidelines.
3. We provide training to help individuals
and groups to produce their own television show which we then broadcast for
free. For details, click here.
4. We provide video equipment for checkout
to produce programming for our channel. For details,
click here.
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