1,754,150 @ 12:30 am Dec 1, 2020
we get more page views than Pat Gordon's creepy "public access' that isn't.
12:15 AM December 11 - 244 views since 8 pm in 255 minutes, almost a view a minute
1,069 views in 28 hours!
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 MONIES OUT OF 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! INTEGRITY, BREANNA? DO YOU EVEN KNOW THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD!!!!
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 $75.00 to win via payment, not on merit. And you must pay a membership fee to not get socked with the 75$ fee.
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 (Academy of Country Music it is not!,) 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 the station 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
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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