URTV Gears Up

URTV, Asheville's public access television channel soon to debut on Charter Channel 20, is opening its doors to the public soon. You have a few opportunities to check it out in the near future.

URTV Mission Statement: "The mission of URTV is to empower every resident of our community by providing equal opportunities to create and present television programming in keeping with First Amendment principles of free speech."

This station has been years in the making. Conservatives all over the county have opposed it for years, fearing that the lesbian witches and the vegan anarchists would poison the minds of Buncombe County's youth. Well, it appears that there's room for every point of view at the station now, and they're planning a big open house for August 1st. Before then you have three opportunities to find out more:

Nonprofit INFO-Exchange at URTV Studio
June 20th at 6 pm

Learn how your nonprofit can reach 60,000 viewers by putting your message on URTV, Channel 20. This will be a sneak peak at the studio as we prepare for our August 1st Grand Opening.

We will provide a tour of the facility and give an overview of how to become a member. Information and forms for submitting programming and signing up for camera certification will also be available.

Open to nonprofit organizations only.

Seating is limited. Please email kurt@urtv.org with your RSVP.

URTV Annual Board Meeting

The Annual Membership Meeting of URTV will take place at 5PM on June 22, 2006. All members are invited and urged to attend and vote for the new Board position allocated to a membership representative. The 3 candidates are Linda Wells, Louise O'Conner and Peter Brezney. Each has written a paragraph about why they want to be on the board which was sent out to the membership on June 10th. Each member will have one vote. Please attend, meet the present Board members and VOTE! Click here for directions.

INFO-Exchange at URTV Studio
June 27th at 6 pm

Learn more about URTV, Channel 20 at our first public event June 27th at 6 pm. This will be a sneak peak at the studio as we prepare for our August 1st Grand Opening.

We will provide a tour of the facility and give an overview of how to become a member. Information and forms for submitting programming and signing up for camera certification will also be available.

Seating is limited. Please email kurt@urtv.org with your RSVP.

You can sign up for the URTV email newsletter here.