Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:14 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAYOR
BREANNA LUNGO-KOEHN AND HER EXCLUSIONARY POLICIES NOW BRAGS ABOUT A
PAY-TO-PLAY AWARD THAT PURPORTEDLY COST THE CABLE TV SUBSCRIBERS THEIR
FRANCHISE FEE....BUT IF YOU LOOK AT PATRICK GORDON'S TWITTER ACCOUNT FOR
THE STATION YOU SEE GOVERNMENT CHANNEL ACTIVITY, AND HE RARELY HAS
CLASSES...NO OUTREACH, NO COMMUNITY ART, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PAYCHECK
FOR MR. GORDON...AND THE MAYOR WHO PROMISED 'INTEGRITY' RATHER BRAGS
ABOUT A PAID AWARD!
MEDFORD's
alleged "Director of Communications" failed to tell the citizenry that
the Alliance for Community Media award "won" by Medford is an
incidental "under 300k" award ...but that struggling artists have to pony up $50.00 or $75.00 to win via payment, not on merit.
Tons
of fantastic shows by students never get in the running because they
can't afford $40.00 for a student entry fee to this questionable award
system.
Now Ron Cox will
give a lot of hot air defending the ACM, as will many other station
managers, ostensibly because they use station funds to submit
shows...and Executive Directors SHOULD NOT be submitting their own shows
to go up against members. Mr. Cox, have you ever submitted your own
program, "Live on Tape?"
One
station informed me that I would win producer of the year for two years
in a row. It was a free system based on merit. My reply: "I won last
year, let the kids have a chance." A fifteen year old won the
award...I asked to be removed from all categories in the spirit of
fairness. At that station the Executive Director, who shared an office
with Mr. Cox in Salem, sucked up to the President of the station by
awarding her. How crass...she's a controversial figure with a penchant
for firing employees - purportedly to hold on to power...like Medford's
now defunct station did. She also told me that my show with a late,
legendary Medford sports host was "the worst access she had ever seen."
And that was AFTER I won "Producer of the Year."
So
when Ron Cox in Malden and that woman in another town want to be the
"stars" of access television, they fail to facilitate local programming
and foster membership. Indeed, at another station where I was music
director for Mr. Cox he asked me to vote for board members that he
wanted, not ones that I would choose, as he wanted to pick his own
bosses! Cox also protected a stalker - a former board member of MATV -
and harassed a host he was jealous of, failing to let Malden residents
join out of jealousy. How sick is that?
So
now that you know the "access landscape," let's get to issuing
authority Breanna Lungo-Koehn and her out-of-towner Director of
Communications Jackie Piques...with this pay-to-play award:
Payments & Fees
Important Notice: Film
Freeway is again being used for the 2021 Hometown Media Awards. Because
of this change, entrants will be required to pay for their entries when
they are submitted. Please plan accordingly and be prepared to use a credit or debit card or PayPal upon entering submissions.
Entry Fees
ACM Member** – $50 per entry
Non-Member – $75 per entry
Student – $40 per entry
Jackie Piques writes:
"The
award is the highest regional award bestowed on community media
centers, for which Medford topped other centers from the entire New
England region as well as New York state"
Ms
Piques should be the P.R. person for that lady hired at Medford High
School that ran around saying she won the teacher of the year award when
she didn't! Too funny...and you don't have to pay for the teacher of
the year award, you have to pay ACM to even be considered, with stations
that have far more merit and good, honest programming left in the
dust...because they didn't pony up the cash, Jackie!
Jackie doesn't note:
1)That
it was the "highest regional award" for the category allegedly with the
least submissions, stations under Three Hundred Thousand a year.
It's the award category sub-standard stations go for when they are desperate to win.
2)Ms.
Piques never mentioned that cable TV subscriber monies went for some
phony pay-to-play award rather than new electronics for the stations or
computer programs or things useful for the community
It is NOT an award you win on merit but on PAYMENT
3)This
journalist and veteran of access spanning forty-one years believes that
the city and Mr. Gordon fraudulently call the station "Under Three
Hundred Thousand" because - were they HONEST with the ACM, they would
note that it's a P/E/G station run by Medford City Government with
Gordon handling public, educational and government, and spending the
least amount of time on public access, in my opinion...based on
information and belief.
Can
Ms. Piques be fired for fraudulently bragging about a station that asks
for CORI checks on grandmas who want to bake cookies on the air? Or
grandpas who want to tape the North End like my dearly departed friend
Pat would do? Or a disabled person on a limited income not able to pay
the seventy-five dollars so that his show can be considered? A CORI check on your grandma does NOT make the station eligible for the "highest" award, AND IT WASN'T THE DAMN HIGHEST AWARD, MS JACKIE...CHECK YOUR FACTS...
ACM
WANTS MORE CASH BY FEBRUARY 7 AND THEY'LL PLAY WITH IT FOR A YEAR
BEFORE THEY ANNOUNCE WHO THE NEW 'WINNERS' WHO SENT CASH WITH THEIR
APPLICATION(S)
IT IS NOT ON MERIT, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. SHAME ON BREANNA AND JACKIE FOR THIS LUNACY
In
Medford you do not have real public access. It is GOVERNMENT ACCESS
TV and some HIGH SCHOOL ACCESS TV and policies and procedures that lock
people out...that scare residents from joining. Doesn't the high
school rent out the building (gun magazine found in the high school, one
of Breanna's big issues,) and even hire, allegedly, without doing CORI
CHECKS on ALL employees, yet your baby sister and your grandpa need a
CORI CHECK to run old public domain movies? Really? Shame on Breanna
AND Jackie Piques for deceiving the public that pays through the nose
for access TV Breanna fails to deliver.
Pat
Gordon is a joke, if you look at his "classes" and his "twitter" and a
horrible website. The station could ONLY "win" an award by submitting a
payment with the application. It simply cannot win on merit.
MORE TO COME
Regards,
Joe Viglione
Medford Community Media named top in category over other media centers across all of New England and New York for those with budgets under $300,000.
Medford
Community Media was presented with an “Overall Excellence Award” for a
Community Media Center with a budget less than $300,000 by the Alliance
for Community Media, Northeast Region this month. The award is the
highest regional award bestowed on community media centers, for which
Medford topped other centers from the entire New England region as well
as New York state. An awards ceremony was held virtually last week due
to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Mayor
Breanna Lungo-Koehn commented on the victory, stating, “I want to
extend congratulations and a thank to Medford Community Media, Patrick
Gordon, and Cat Darnell for all of their hard work to bring news and
programming to Medford residents. This is a huge honor for MCM and our
City. This award is the highest award a community media center in our
region and our budget can receive, something our city should be truly
proud of. It is organizations like MCM that make the City of Medford so
special and unique.”
In
addition to MCM, the other two finalists were Ipswich Community Access
Media, and Bedford TV. We offer our congratulations to them as well.
So, what set MCM apart from all the other community media centers in the region?
Medford
Community Media produced 204 programs, and 258 hours of content across
all channels, including public, educational, and government. They had
5,963 unique visitors views their website, as well as 8,565 visitors
view their demand and live streaming application.
Patrick
Gordon, the Station Manager at MCM expressed his gratitude, stating
“Medford Community Media is extremely thankful for this honor. We could
not have done it without the support from our community and city
officials. We take this win as a charge to work tirelessly in support of
our community goals and ambitions.”
Pandemic
or not, MCM provided services crucial to our community and we are so
thankful for their continued work in informing and uniting our City.
Medford
city services are available to all residents, regardless of race,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, language ability, economic
situation, or immigration status.
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