Join in the community spirit, support local media. Become a station member, program underwriter and help make your voice heard. CCTV54 Board

CCTV54 is a Boulder County, Colorado, group of volunteers who produce original, local TV shows. We welcome new members from our viewing community of Louisville, Lafayette, Erie and Superior, Colorado. Our goal is to support independent, commercial-free, citizens TV. We believe free speech for everyone, is the basis for democracy!

Current shows include art, politics, music, culture and community activities  on the local, state, national, global levels.

What is the Community Access Channel? Run by volunteers like you, we're a local community-supported TV studio. Volunteers create and produce programs independent of big media corporations. We facilitate programming ranging from east Boulder County to the globe on news, people, issues, events, groups, music, poetry and the arts. We cablecast programs from independent media sources.

Dear CCTV54 members, volunteers, and supporters of independent media,

            Thank you for your continued support of CCTV54, Boulder County’s only Public Access TV channel.  If we are to become sustainable as a community, it will most certainly start at the grassroots level, and be driven by the media.  In this regard, CCTV54 is uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and call our community to action.  Public Access channels are closing their doors all over the country due to lack of funding and mismanagement.  Once they are gone, it is almost impossible to bring them back, and then corporate media takes control.  Let's not let this happen to us. 

            We live in a progressive area full of experts, educators and entertainers willing to share their arts and ideas.  With the appropriate resources, CCTV54 can provide an economical video platform for all citizens to communicate and collaborate.

            Some of the goals we have for CCTV54 in the coming year include: covering more community events, continued training of local youth and adults to produce quality TV shows, improve show content and technical reliability, and continue to improve internet streaming. 

            If you want to learn more about TV production or already have production skills, we welcome you.  Please send us an email to inquire about training and volunteer positions such as: producer, director, camera operator, graphic artist, web designers, set design, lighting, sound, programming, editing, fundraising, marketing, office management etc.  We also have student intern programs with credit hours available.

            During this Holiday season, we are asking for your contribution to help the station survive and serve as a beacon of information, entertainment and health for our community.  Our funding is in part provided by local city governments, with most resources coming from underwriters, memberships and volunteers.  In order to pay our operating costs, we require about $2,000 per month in donations.  Please donate what you can and volunteer often.  Our basic membership is only $40 per month, or any amount you can afford.  To make a donation or to renew your membership, simply log on to CCTV54.org, and follow the prompts. Your donations are tax deductible.

            In the coming year, and always, let’s collaborate as a community towards self reliance, sustainability, freedom and joy in our beautiful Boulder County, and beyond.

Happy Holidays,

The CCTV54 Board of Directors

1. Common Sense - The KnitWit discusses her sisters mission in Haiti. Hear the real deal about what makes Haiti tick. Latest on the Medical Marijuana Issues. Tune in for host Bo Shaffer and Guests. 6 p.m. Today and Friday; 8 a.m. Monday; 7 p.m. Thursday; 4 p.m. Saturday.

2. Business In Bloom - An interview-format television show featuring local individuals and businesses, hosted Tara Becker, Founder & Executive Director of Elle Group.Current guest is Ken Ludwig, Recovery Coach and speaker, www.makingitoutalive.com. 8 PM Monday; 2:30 PM Tuesday and Saturday; 1 PM Thursday and Friday.


3. Shifting Dimensions - guest Lydia Whitecalf returns to discuss the concept of The Psychoid Realm. 10 PM today and Friday; 2 PM Tuesday and Thursday.

4. Poets co-op - This week features nationally renowned poet, Lorna Dee Cervantes, performing live this Sunday night. 7 PM Today; 5:30 PM Monday and Wednesday; 1:30 PM Tuesday and Thursday

5. Indie Video - "Requiem for a Stream", an independent video produced by Frank Herman of Lafayette. It is the story of a citizen activist group who fights back successfully against a corporate giant that plans to dump toxic waste into Lake Michigan and poison the local water supply of Muskegon, Michigan. 3 PM Tuesday and Saturday ; 9 PM Wednesday.

Affordable live music demo-tape to DVD--limited time offer!

$150 gets you a professional-quality promotional DVD, great for YouTube, MySpace, press kits or auditions. Videotaped at the CCTV54 studio in Louisville, community producers, directors, graphic editors and sound engineers provide a showcase demo for your group or solo performance. Proceeds help support CCTV54, a local access station serving East Boulder County. For details, send inquiries to:
cctv54livemusic@gmail.com