TKPK Newsletter: City TV Wins Hometown Media Award

The Alliance for Community Media (ACM) announced its annual Hometown Media Awards at the end of March, with Takoma Park’s CityTV receiving the “Overall Excellence in Governmental Access” award from ACM in the $300,000–$650,000 budget division.

The awards celebrate and promote community media, community radio, and local cable programs distributed on Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) access cable television channels. Nearly one thousand entries are submitted every year from all across the country, with awards going to the most creative programs that address community needs, develop diverse community involvement, challenge conventional commercial television formats, and move viewers to experience television in a different way, according to the ACM website.

CityTV’s submission featured over 20 projects and programs, including its coverage of new businesses, Polar Bear Plunge, Takoma Park Community Band Concert, Takoma Park Softball, Montgomery Housing Partnership, the Independence Day Parade, Egg Hunt, and Community Kitchen Fair.

“We produce programs that represent the events and activities of the City, showcasing the character of Takoma Park. We are not just Takoma Park Television; we are Takoma Park on Television,” said Alvaro Calabia, CityTV Production Manager.

In addition, CityTV also recognized for its outstanding children’s programming for its coverage of the Takoma Park Children’s Business Fair as part of the “We Are Takoma Show.”

For more information on the Hometown Media Awards, visit allcommunitymedia.org. To check out CityTV’s past programming, visit youtube.com/@TakomaParkCityTV.

This article appeared in the July Edition of the Takoma Park Newsletter. Check out this article and more on the City webpage.