CCTV Rewind

Remembering Chittenden Community Action Janitor Frank Peno 12/20/2010

Frank Peno, a veteran, logger, custodian and North Street fixture for many years, is remembered by several of the people who worked with him, and tells his story through interviews recorded in the 1980's.

CCTV Rewind: Voices of Dissent 06/02/2009

Voices of Dissent

CCTV Rewind: CCTV Looks Back at Washington 05/05/2009

CCTV visited Washington D.C. in 1986 and again in 1991 to follow Vermont's Congressional delegation, tour C-SPAN and interview members of the White House Press Corps.

CCTV 25th Anniversary Segment: Winooski by Dan Higgins 04/30/2009

Dan Higgins, a long time resident of Winooski, revisits the City's transformation from a tightly knit mill town to the most diverse community in Vermont.
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CCTV 1984 Premiere on Public Access Television 04/30/2009

CCTV Premieres in the Video Cafe on Cox Cable Channel 8 on June 12, 1984. Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian introduces public access television and the kinds of programs you will see "on your tv screens, even monitors in the University Square Mall!" Segment features The Battle of the Bands, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Henry's Cafe.
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CCTV Rewind: Stump the Chumps 04/07/2009

Stump the Chumps, Channel 17's most popular program, ran between 1991 and 2001. Hosted by Herb Bloomenthal, the program featured local personalities and historians and focused on the local history of Burlington neighborhoods, Winooski, Essex, Essex Junction, Colchester, Williston and South Burlington. With co-host Al Bernadina, Channel 17 looks back at program highlights.

CCTV Rewind: Burlington This Is You! 02/03/2009

Burlington This is YOU! was produced by Nat Ayer for CCTV in the mid-1980's. The one hour weekly program appeared on Cox Cable Channel 8 and then expanded to 2 1/2 hours every Friday night. Ultimately, the program expanded into the 24 hour government access Channel 17/ Town Meeting TV which launched on Adelphia Cable in 1991. Nat Ayer and Jess Wilson take a look back at the variety of programs.

CCTV Rewind: Legislature 01/06/2009

Since CCTV Goes to Montpelier, produced in 1986, CCTV has provided behind the scenes coverage of Vermont's Legislature, including Point CounterPoint with Peter Freyne. Jess Wilson and Lauren-Glenn Davitian take a look back at interviews and talks from Madeleine Kunin's Farewell Address, Live at 5.25pm with Governor Snelling (on the budget crisis of 1991), and Governor Dean's famous "la la land" statement about the Legislature in 2002.

CCTV Rewind: A Look Back at 25 Years of Community Media in Vermont 12/02/2008

Celebrating 25 Years of Public Access in Vermont, CCTV raids its archives to bring you great moments in our community history. In the first episode of the series, host Lauren-Glenn Davitian gives an overview of the series and a preview of 25th Anniversary Events, Screenings and Parties.

History of the Auer Family Boathouse 07/18/2004

History of the Auer Family Boathouse, with brother and sister Robert and Christine Auer.

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!