Hello Everyone,
This is a blog devoted to discussing a new public-access cable station for College Park, MD. We don't actually have a station, yet, but it is my hope that there will be enough interest in the community to support one, in time.
I can't say where the idea first came to me to do this. It was probably after watching a telecast of one of the city council meetings on the College Park municipal channel. You can learn a lot about the city from watching council members discussing issues around town. But I also wondered what would happen if the residents could do the talking themselves? What if we had a place to vent our views on the Route 1 Sector Plan, or the traffic? What if we had some talented musicians in the area, and could offer a decent outlet for them to share their work with others? What if the Boys and Girls Club could show soccer or baseball games, and give overworked parents a way to see them on the weekends?
There are a lot of good reasons for College Park to have its own access television station. We have a lot of opinionated people. We have a lot of talented people. Our population is unique in the way it covers so many age, cultural, educational, religious and economic groups. There is a lot of room for understanding each of these groups, and there is a lot to be said by them all.
It is my hope that a public access television station could provide an outlet for us to share our ideas and talents with each other, in a way that might be difficult to do otherwise. I hope we can all learn things from each other, and maybe learn a few things about ourselves, in the process.
Most importantly, this is a forum to discuss the ways a community television station could be used to benefit the residents of College Park, MD. Please feel free to comment, and share your thoughts on what you'd like to see CPCAT (College Park Community Access Television) become, and what it might offer to the community.
Thank you,
-Matthew Byrd
Founder
College Park Community Access Television, Inc.
