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Office Telephone: 207.865.4743 | Fax: 207.865.0929
Mailing Address: 30 Main Street, Freeport, ME 04032
Station Manager: Rick Simard | rs@freeportmaine.com
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Freeport Community Television is a community access station located at the Freeport Town Hall in Freeport, Maine. Rick Simard is station manager. Freeport holds a Franchise Agreement with Comcast that provides a cable channel for its televising facilities.
FCTV is a Public Access and Governmental facility and covers many events that take place in the Town of Freeport. The core of our programming consists of local governmental meetings, special events, and a message board that runs community service announcements. FCTV also has a Remote Production Vehicle (RPV) for cablecasting and recording from remote sites.
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Q: What is the connection between Community Television 3 and Educational Channel 14?
A: FCTV 3 is based at Town Hall and was created years ago in an effort to bring awareness to the community of what events are going on and what the town government is doing. Educational Channel 14 is based at Freeport High School and was created to give students hands-on experience with audio/video equipment, and for presenting Freeport public school-related topics to the public.
Q: I can't find FCTV in my channel lineup. What gives?
A: FCTV is channel 3 for Comcast cable subscribers only. It does not come over the air nor will satellite subscribers be able to receive it.
Q: How can I get my community event recorded for television?
A: Sometimes someone from FCTV will be able to come to your location and record the event. However, often the case is that you must record the event yourself and submit it to us for it to go on the air.
Q: How can I get a show on FCTV?
A: Contact Rick Simard via email regarding the creation of a television program. Outlined in the FCTV policy manual (on the General Info page) are the guidelines for using town equipment.
Q: How can I get my announcement on the FCTV message board?
A: Look at the message board section of this website. It explains the correct format and font size, and how to send us your announcement.
Q: What programs are scheduled to play on FCTV at the moment?
A: On our message board a slide cycles through with the title "What's On." It is on this slide that you shall find your answer.
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Our message board is composed of slides, each playing for about ten to twenty seconds. The result is a slideshow on television that gives viewers an idea of what is going on around Freeport. The fastest way to get your slide on the message board is to attach the file or document as a .jpg image to an email and send it to us at FCTV. Be sure to use a minimum of 30 point font size.
A jpeg can be added to our television message board without any special formatting.
We can take text and make a slide for you, but unformatted text spends significantly more time in our "to-do" box than something ready for television. Paper copies of announcements for our message board should be mailed to:
FCTV Message Board
c/o Rick Simard
30 Main St
Freeport, Me 04032
When creating a slide keep in mind:
*All announcements must be laid out using landscape page formatting or setup
*Text should be large enough to be legible on television sets. 30 is the recommended minimum font size.
*The color red bleeds a lot on the television screen; only color text red if it is large.
*Edges of the slide may be cut off on television screens; give your slide 1 inch margin on each border and top/bottom to ensure that people will be able to read all of your text.
*Jpeg slides should not be any larger than 1024x768. 720x 540 is recommended.
Messages sent in as a jpeg slide usually end up on television in one or two business days.
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Click here to fill out the video request form.
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Digital Television is coming. As of February 17, 2009 all broadcast television will stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in digital, affecting all users in the United States.
Want to learn more about it?
Click on the link to see what is going to happen:
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