New Bedford Cable Access Wins 3 Top Awards in Competition Spanning New England and New York

NEW BEDFORD – New Bedford Cable Network won three first-place awards at the annual ceremony recently held by the Northeast Chapter of the Alliance for Community Media.

New Bedford’s team brought home top honors in the General Talk Show, Event Coverage, and Municipal/Government Programming categories.

“New Bedford Cable Network’s talented team continues to set the standard for excellence in local programming,” Mayor Jon Mitchell said. “This well-deserved recognition reflects the outstanding work New Bedford residents have enjoyed for years.”

The Northeast Region of the Alliance for Community Media held its annual awards ceremony in Mystic, Conn., recently. New Bedford Cable Network first-place winners included:

  • General Talk Show: Charlene Rocha Arruda, Matthew Arruda and Kevin Belli, “In the Toy Box.”
  • Event Coverage: Augusto Freitas, “Nao Trinidad & Ferdinand Magellan.”
  • Municipal/Government Programming: Suzanne Richard, Jim Marshall, and Ethan Lopez, “New Bedford’s Christmas Tree.”

About New Bedford Cable Network

The New Bedford Cable Network (NBCN) operates the City of New Bedford’s Public, Educational and Government Access television channels. For New Bedford residents, Government Access is Channel 18, Educational Access is Channel 9, and Public Access is Channel 95. Professional staff have been filming and producing original programming at NBCN for 20 years. The network has received national awards for several of its productions.

About the Alliance for Community Media National and Northeast Regional Awards

Each year, the Hometown Media Awards honors and promotes community media, and local cable programs that are distributed on Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access cable television channels. Awards are presented to creative programs that address community needs, develop diverse community involvement, challenge conventional commercial television formats, and move viewers to experience television in a different way. The mission of the Alliance for Community Media is to promote civic engagement through community media.