PCTA Wins Another Award for Excellence

Public Cable Television Authority

A Joint Powers Agency

Serving the Cities of Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Stanton and Westminster

10200 Slater Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA  92708

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 24, 2017

PUBLIC CABLE TELEVISION AUTHORITY WINS FIRST-PLACE AWARD

FOR LOCAL TELEVISION  PROGRAMMING EXCELLENCE

Program discussing transparency in city government features former Fountain Valley City Manager Bob Hall

Fountain Valley, CA – A local television program detailing the various efforts local cities are undertaking to increase transparency in city operations and finances has been honored by the Alliance for Community Media Western Region (ACM).

Produced by the Pubic Cable Television Authority (PCTA), the half-hour talk show “CityWORKS” features an in-depth interview with former Fountain Valley City Manager Bob Hall and took first-place honors in the “Best Talk Show” category at the ACM’s annual Western Access Video Excellence (WAVE) Awards. On the program, Hall discussed the City of Fountain Valley’s financial challenges and what was being done to address them. The program aired on the city’s government access television station, FVTV.

The Western Access Video Excellence (WAVE) Awards recognize outstanding local television programming produced in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, and New Mexico.  PCTA’s “CityWORKS” program was produced by Danny Hitt, with John Borack and Louis Rocha serving as executive producers.

Located in Orange County, the Public Cable Television Authority is a joint powers agency representing the cities of Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Westminster, and Stanton and produces exclusive local television programming for each of its member cities.

For more information on the Public Cable Television Authority and to view clips of PCTA-produced local television programming, visit www.pcta.tv and www.youtube.com/pctatv.

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