The Westside Cultural Connection, is a Washington County arts & culture television program jointly sponsored by the Westside Cultural Alliance (WCA) & Tualatin Valley Community TV (TVCTV). Washington County individuals and cultural organizations have a unique opportunity to televise their work. The purpose of this project is to provide a platform for the many cultural activities in our community through which they can reach their audiences.
- The program will be ½ hour in length and will run quarterly. It will be introduced and closed with the logo and a statement from the Westside Cultural Alliance.
- The format of the program is magazine style which means that there may be 3 segments at 5 minutes each, 2 segments at 12.5 minutes, or a full 25 minute segment.
- The program will be cablecast at least three times on TVCTV channels 11 and/or 23.
- The program will be professionally produced by TVCTV staff. To include pre-recorded footage, please contact
- Material supplied by the applicant will be screened for quality and content.
- Individuals and organizations working in the fields of arts, heritage or humanities are invited to submit program proposals using the WCA TV Magazine form. WCA and TVCTV will review applicants.
- For programs with an interview format, the host will be provided by the WCA.
- The fee for participants is $100 for the first five minute segment and $75 for each subsequent five minute segment. Pre-recorded footage not needing audio and/or graphics editing will be eligible for a 10% discount. Reproductions of the program will cost $10.00 per 120 minute VHS copy.
- Participants will be asked to sign a release form.
Tualatin Valley Community TV is a non-profit organization administering to the Public,
Educational and Government media access needs of Washington County and Lake Oswego. It
is a non-commercial format. TVCTV Has five channels on the Comcast Cable system with the potential to reach 118,000 locally and 400,000 households in the Metro area on channel 11.
For more information about Tualatin Valley Community TV go to their website at www.tvctv.org
Summer show -- now running through the first week of January:
- Channel 11 -- Thursdays 9:00 p.m.
- Channel 23 -- Thursdays 10:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.
- Channel 23 -- Saturdays 2:30 p.m.
- Channel 23 -- Tuesdays 9:00 a.m.
