BEN BROWN FAILED TO CONTROL FEEDBACK AT 9/19/17 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

HORRENDOUS SOUND AT 9/19/17 CITY COUNCIL 

NEW STATION MANAGER DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO CONTROL FEEDBACK...TELLS VETERAN HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO RUN BACK TO THE AUDIO AT THE STATION

WRONG ANSWER!

 

Residents - when you got FEEDBACK on 9/19/17 and "audio expert" Ben Brown (look at his linked in) didn't know what the heck to do, you have to ask yourself just because Brown calls himself an audio expert doesn't mean that he is when he can't control feedback. 

Ben Brown told me that he didn't have time to run back to the station to fix the audio. So I asked him a simple question "If all the speakers had feedback, and Joe Viglione spoke without feedback, why is that?" 

Ben Brown "I dunno." DUH 

Because, Ben, young man, you didn't have to go running back from the auditorium to the audio booth at the station --- all you had to do was to tell the speakers to stand eight inches away from the microphone as I did. 

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DO YOU REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH A KID WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL HE IS DOING RUNNING YOUR ACCESS STATION INTO THE GROUND. 

I told Ben I could have had this all up and running yesterday. 

The smug and antagonistic child said "I doubt that." 

Doubt all you want. Your resume', Ben, says that you spent two months doing lighting for a Jimmy Buffet tribute band. You are THAT DESPERATE for a resume' piece? 

I was putting PBS specials together as Director of Research for a national company after I was station manager of AM 1570 and before I was manager of AM 1670...but don't let facts, experience and age old wisdom get in the way of Stephanie Muccini-Burke's censorship scheme. 

THIS IS WHAT IS RUIINING YOUR ACCESS TV IN 2017, MEDFORD. HAVEN'T WE HAD ENOUGH OF THESE NOVICES LEARNING ON 

THE JOB AT OUR EXPENSE. 

IT IS TOO HIGH A PRICE TO PAY. 

Ben Brown's sad lack of qualifications to ruin - not run - but ruin our station withy 

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Ben Brown | Professional Profile - LinkedIn 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbrown87 
Brookline, Massachusetts - ‎Station Manager at Medford Community Media - City Of Medford - ‎Medford Community Media - City Of Medford 
View Ben Brown's professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is ... Brookline Interactive Group,; Northampton Community Television,; Changes in Latitude Band. 
Ben Brown 
Station Manager at Medford Community Media - City Of Medford 
Brookline, MassachusettsBroadcast Media 
Current 
Medford Community Media - City Of Medford, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 
Previous 
Brookline Interactive Group, Northampton Community Television, Changes in Latitude Band 
Education 
The New England Institute of Art 
Websites 
Personal Website 
Company Website 
Company Website 
Experience 
Station Manager 
Medford Community Media - City Of Medford 
July 2017 – Present (4 months) 
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 
Broadcast and Technology Consultant 
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 
May 2005 – Present (12 years 6 months)Springfield, Massachusetts Area 
- Act as primary contact for broadcasted events 
- Produce internal marketing videos of events 
- Serve as on-call emergency tech support for end users, as well as technical staff 
Brookline Interactive Group 
Technical Operations Manager 
Brookline Interactive Group 
November 2010 – July 2017 (6 years 9 months) 
- Manage two HD control rooms and two studios 
- Led the station’s transition from an SD to an HD playback server 
- Built and maintain a mobile HD production unit, including a Broadcast Pix switcher and tapeless recording formats 
- Provide operation and onsite support for all above projects as well as an Edit Share system 
- Teach multiple studio production adult education classes. 
Access Coordinator 
Northampton Community Television 
May 2009 – November 2010 (1 year 7 months) 
- Supervised all productions going through the station 
- Developed new programming 
- Managed station engineering 
- Acted as project leader for a transition from a Tricaster based control room to a Sony DVS-1000c Based control room 
Video/Lighting Director 
Changes in Latitude Band 
June 2010 – July 2010 (2 months) 
-Traveled with a nationally touring Jimmy Buffet tribute band to several shows and created an in arena video package as well as a standardized light show 
Video Production Coordinator 
Jesus Christ Superstar Production 
January 2010 – May 2010 (5 months) 
-Coordinated and produced a multi-camera production to go along with and be a part of the stage performance 
Certifications 
Certified Technology Specialist 
InfoComm International 
June 2013 – Present 
Summary 
I am an audio visual and broadcast design consultant/engineer. I have worked in public access since graduating from the New England Institute of Art in 2009. I am currently the technical operations manager at Brookline Interactive Group, formally BATV. I also have experience as a broadcast and technology consultant at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Please feel free to explore my resume and email me if you want to connect further. 
Specialties: Broadcast Engineering, Lighting, Directing Live to air and Live to Tape, Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, Grass Valley Kayak,

 
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Joe Viglione   
 
Donato said. “This is free speech. It’s the public’s right to listen to political speech. It’s the most protected right. I was just flabbergasted.”
http://medford.wickedlocal.com/x187558589



"I'm here to make sure that this TV station is the best it can be for
ourselves and for our children" Judge Marie O. Jackson-Thompson (retired)





City Solicitor Mark E. Rumley / Medford Daily Mercury on or about Nov. 16, 2008 (quoted from the 2nd Judge Jackson-Thompson hearing) saying:


“The one sentiment that I have heard that I take great exception to is that the city is trying to limit speech,” said Rumley. “The notion the city would censor or squelch free speech is baseless and as city solicitor I would find any such effort repugnant.”
 On Sept. 1, 2016 Medford Solicitor Rumley was removed from a witness stand by a judge for testimony deemed "irrelevant."  On September 28, 2017, 
Rumley admitted that he put the demand for a CORI check into the public 
access producer agreement.