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TPC & DCM18 – Closings!
May 26 & May 29
Please note that TPC & DCM18 will observe Memorial Day
on Saturday, May 26.
Both facilities will be closed.
We will also be closed on Tuesday, May 29 for Staff Development.
Members, volunteers, producers, please plan accordingly.
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DCM18 has moved into
the Cordoba Center of the Arts located at
923 Franklin Street in Durham
Click here to read important information regarding
Durham Community Media’s move.
Parking Details for
DCM18's New Location
Visitors to DCM18 must NOT park in unmarked spaces or spaces with a red “R” in the main, paved parking lot. You will get towed!
The safest place to park is the gravel lot at the end of Belt Street with the metal PARK sculpture at the entrance. If you do park in the central, paved parking lot, park only in spaces marked Reserved for CC&W.
Spaces with a red R and unmarked spaces in that lot belong to Golden Belt/Scientific Properties. These spaces are not to be used by DCM18 patrons, and Scientific Properties has begun towing cars.
Please don’t get towed!
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...To Better Serve You!
The Peoples Channel and Durham Community Media now accepts credit cards for all our goods and services!
Need to sign up for a class? Been to orientation and now want to become a member? Need some blank disks? Tshirts?
No cash; no checkbook, no problem! Bring your credit card!
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Did You Know?
DCM18 and TPC hold regularly scheduled classes! Once you’ve completed Orientation, why not consider taking the next step and take a class?
The next scheduled class will be Field/Edit Production. Learn planning for location shooting, lighting fundamentals, camera operation and positioning, sound and preparation for editing; then, a hands-on course that explains how to edit using iMovie. Learn how to capture, splice, manipulate and export video and sound for a television show, an independent movie and/or those home movies that clutter the shelves!
Field/Edit Production is taught at both locations. The next class will be held at DCM18 for 3 sessions.
The schedule is as follows:
Tues May 22: 6pm-9pm
Wed May 23: 6pm-9pm
Fri May 25: 6pm-9pm
Fee: $90 Durham resident; $100 non-resident
We accept cash, check or credit card.
Important Note:You must be a member in order to take classes. The membership fee is $25 annually, per station.
Learn more about our courses here.
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Volunteer Opportunities!
Have a little extra time on your hands? Looking for something to do with those free evenings? Need to work off some sweat equity hours? Why not support TPC/DCM18 with a little volunteer time! This week, we have the following items that we would love assistance with:
- Final Cut Pro Editing: If you’re certified in FCP and want to build up your chops or just get some practice time in, we have a myriad of projects that need some TLC. This work is based out of the Chapel Hill office.
- Flyering: Every now and again, it’s good for us to run a bunch of general flyers and leaflets around the area to let people know what we have to offer. If you have transportation and some free time, help us out!
- Data entry: Some of you have heard that we are transitioning to a new database so there are lots of things we need entered into our fancy new system. If you can type and enjoy detailed oriented work, this is the job for you!
Every week we have all kinds of opportunities just like this for people just like you! If you can help with any of the items listed above please give us a call. For DCM18, please call 688-0018. For TPC, please call 960-0088.
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Identification on File for All TPC/DCM18 Members
As many of you know, over the last year the organization has been working very hard to make sure our policies and procedures are followed through as written. Due to the rapid growth of the organization, it has become clear to staff that consistency is key to our ability to serve the community well.
As of the First of the year, The Peoples Channel and Durham Community Media will be implementing our residency policy that has been in place since 2009 but not enforced. Every member of TPC and/or DCM18 must have a valid identification and proof of residency on file.
This information is kept safe and secure and the organization values your privacy. Below is the text from our Policies and Procedures regarding acceptable forms of identification and proof of residency.
Members must prove residency within
Wake, Chatham, Durham, or Orange Counties with
one or more of the following documents:
1. NC photo driver’s license
2. NC photo non-driver’s license
3. Out-of-State photo driver’s license
4. U.S. Passport 5. Foreign Passport
6. Resident Alien Card (Green Card)
7. Major credit card with a photo along with original social security card
8. Welfare/Medicaid card with photo along with original social security card
Acceptable forms of proof of residency:
1. A recent utility bill in the applicant’s name with current address
2. A recent bank statement in the applicant’s name with current address
Thank you so much for your cooperation and if you have any questions, comments or concerns, don’t hesitate to ask any staff member or contact me directly at Johnston@thepeopleschannel.org.
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Consider making a tax
deductible contribution
to the Peoples Channel &
Durham Community Media!
Click on the image above for more information
on how you can
help sustain community media.
Call (919) 371-8788 or 371-URTV to make a pledge.
You can also donate online by clicking the link below.
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A Home-Grown, Home-Made
Thank You!
Thanks to all who came out & showed their support or DCM18.
It was a successful event showcasing all of
wonderful flavor that exists in our community. Here's a great article about the event & about DCM written
by our very own Executive Director, Chad Johnston.
Click HERE to read the article,
click HERE for a list of the participating vendors.
16 mini-docs we made to celebrate the event are edited an on the net for your viewing pleasure. Click here to see them.
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Producer Alert: Important Archived Show Information
Starting September 1, 2011, staff will no longer pull programs for broadcast that have been left in the archive.
Any Producer wishing to submit an older show will be required to come into DCM18 or TPC to re-submit the program with a NEW Request for Cablecast
form (found HERE)
and updated labeling.
Request for Cablecast forms legally hold the Producer responsible for the episode and date listed on the form. It will be up to Producers to treat the rebroadcast as a new submission, but we are happy to help you find your older shows in our archive.
If you have any questions, please give us a call at 919-960-0088 in
Chapel Hill, or 919-688-0018 in Durham.
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Producer Alert: Series Programs with
No New Submissions within Two Months are Being Pulled!
TPC/DCM18 will be adhering to the policy of pulling from the broadcast schedules series programs that have not submitted within 2 months
starting this month.
Per our Policies & Procedures -- "Series slots will be lost if no new programs are submitted within a two month period.”
These series producers will be notified via postcard. We encourage you to contact us to get more information on how you can keep your time slot.
For shows on TPC in Chapel Hill & Carrboro,
contact Jeremy at 919-960-0088.
For shows on DCM18 in Durham,
contact Monica at 919-688-0018.
To download a copy of our Policies & Procedures,
click HERE.
Thanks!
The Staff of TPC/DCM18
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TPC/DCM18 Executive Director Chad Johnston receives Featured Leader recognition from NAMAC
The National Alliance for Media Art & Culture (NAMAC) selected TPC/DCM18’s Executive Director, Chad Johnston,
for their Featured Leader series!
What is NAMAC, you ask? In their words:
“NAMAC was founded in 1980 by an eclectic group of media arts organization leaders who realized they could strengthen their social and cultural impact by working as a united force. Their idea was as bold as it was simple: to create a national organization that would provide support services to its institutional members, and advocate for the field as a whole. Since its founding, NAMAC has worked to raise the profile and influence of the media arts on behalf of its growing and changing membership. Our members offer a wide range of services in support of the independent media arts, including production, exhibition, distribution, education, research, preservation and archive development, and telecommunications and cultural policy advocacy.”
The Peoples Channel and Durham Community Media would like to thank NAMAC for this wonderful honor!
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New Cablecast Forms
Available for Download
These new forms will be required with each submission for broadcast
to both TPC & DCM18.
Download the form HERE.
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Become a fan of TPC/DCM18
on Facebook!
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Support Public Access Television while
Supporting Your Local Business with
Community Impressions!
We are reaching out to local businesses wishing to reach a
truly local audience, while at the same time
building a healthier community.
Click HERE to learn more.
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Courses at TPC/DCM
Have you ever wanted to learn to make your own media, but thought it was far to daunting a task to attempt? You’re not alone, but The Peoples Channel and Durham Community Media are here for you!
We offer courses in media production that are unlike any around!
For starters, we offer Field/Edit/Production; this is a basic overview of what it takes to make your own TV show. It covers all the basics from script to screen and it certifies you to use our cameras, lights and sound equipment to make your very own show to air on TPC, DCM or both!
We offer courses in Final Cut Pro or Ulead (Corel Video Studio Pro) editing software if you’d like to take your production’s look to the next level. These courses are often small in size and large on individual attention, so don’t worry if you’re not the most tech savvy.
We also offer Studio Production; which allows you to make a studio quality show right here in Chapel Hill. If you’ve ever said “Camera 1, Camera 2” while opening and closing your right and left eye, you have the basic idea.
Come down to The Peoples Channel to learn how our studio and control room can enhance the look of your show and give you the skills to make your production feel like the pros did it!
And we’ve added Advanced Workshops in Final Cut Pro
(Saturday Only workshops in Compressor and DVD Studio Pro, Motion and Soundtrack Pro,) and a three day
Intro to Podcasting Course!
Call to reserve your spot or for more information
919-960-0088.
For a Course Catalog, click here.
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TPC Co-Founder & Former Board President
Dr. Robert (Bob) Gwyn
Passes Away
January 23, 1928 - November 6, 2010
Dr. Gwyn's efforts helped make us the strong
organization we are now.
We extend our sincere condolences to his family.
Click here to read his obituary.
Click here to learn more about
Dr. Gwyn's involvment with TPC
& the Dr. Bob Gwyn Scholarship Fund.
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TPC is on in Carrboro!
If you're in Carrboro & have Time Warner Cable,
check out channel 4 to see
The Peoples Channel!
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