ORCA Media is is making a big to-do about the fact that Community Access Media has been around in the Central Vermont area for 25 years.

in 1985, funds were initially granted by Cox Cable, the local cable company at the time, to buy some cameras and playback equipment as well as hire a coordinator. That person was Tom Cheney, who began creating content and offering classes at the Cox office. The facility at the cable office in Berlin opened up with three playback decks, a 3/4" tape edit system, a couple of titanic-sized "portable" cameras and a bare-bones studio.

Conclusion

This conference is about media education, media literacy, about how a literate population is empowered to affect local, state, national, even international policy. It is a conference in which some 3000 people from all over the world have come together to engage in open, thoughtful dialogue, hear some great pep talks, and become motivated to bring civic action back to their own communities.
In the past three days, I have attended panel discussions and workshops on understanding policy process, creating your own community radio station and media literacy/education.

Bill Moyers & Rev. Jesse Jackson