Old Rochester Community Television is pleased to announce that the organization has moved its studio and offices to Old Rochester Regional High School. Under the terms of a new 10-year lease agreement between the public access station and the Old Rochester School District, ORCTV’s facility will be located in the former first floor teacher’s lounge of the high school. ORCTV and ORRHS staffs have been working hard over the past several weeks to convert the lounge space into a state of the art public access television studio with new high definition cameras, control room and editing gear, along with updated lighting equipment, studio lighting and sound equipment.
The new studio is located at the front of the high school facing Route 6, at the west end of the high school building with its own entry way, door number 43. This location is not to be confused with ORCTV’s original studio location at the rear of the high school, which is still being used as the teaching studio for ORRHS. ORCTV has donated equipment that will be used to upgrade the student studio, giving ORRHS students a better video production learning experience.
“We look forward to working with Old Rochester Regional High School’s students and staff as well as our members from the Tri-Town Community,” said ORCTV’s director Robert Chiarito. He added, “We see this as a great opportunity to work more directly with both the towns and the school district in our beautiful new facility, and we invite the public to come to the studios and see what we have to share with the community.”
ORCTV’s new address is 135 Marion Rd (Rte. 6) Mattapoisett and the new phone number for the studio is 508-758-2300. The website is address is www.orctv.org and ORCTV is also on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Rochester-Community-TV. Business hours are 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Thursday and 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Friday.
To celebrate, the new ORCTV studio will hold its grand opening of the new facility on April 11 immediately following its annual meeting. The annual meeting will begin at 1:00 pm and will include the election of new officers to the Old Rochester Community Television Board of Directors. The nominees for 2015 are:
Patricia McCardle – Marion seat
Charles Radville – Mattapoisett seat
Michael Parker – Membership seat
Naida Parker – Rochester seat