Contact:        Mary T. Prenon, Chairman                                                                       Posted: 07/30/2004

                        (914) 923-7745

 

For Immediate Release

 

GO-TV Forms Advisory Board of Local Business, Community and Political Leaders

 

New Board to Serve as Consultant to Public Access Station As It Continues to Struggle for Survival

 

Ossining, NY  (July 2004) Greater Ossining Television (GO-TV), a non-profit organization, has formed an Advisory Board consisting of local business, community and political leaders who live in, work, or represent the Town and Village of Ossining. 

 

Currently, the Advisory Board consists of six people including: New York State Assemblywoman Sandy Galef; Westchester County Legislator Richard Wishnie;

Dr. Gordon Anderson, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Ossining; Lisa LaRocca, an Ossining resident and reporter with News 12 Westchester; Steve Worthy, a member of the Cedar Lane Parks Committee; and Estelle Dashman, long-time Ossining resident and wife of the late Frank Dashman, the founder of GO-TV.

 

The role of the new Advisory Board will be to act as a springboard for ideas and recommendations for keeping the public access station alive, as it faces a $30,000 deficit for 2005.    A petition urging the Village and Town of Ossining to share its Cablevision Franchise Fees with GO-TV is now available online at www.greaterossiningtv.org .  GO-TV supporters can simply log on, click “Sign Our Petition,” and add their name to the growing list of people who value public access television and want to see it continue.

 

 

“Community programming is the most effective way to bring the community together in our homes and on television, “ said Sandy Galef.  “It is important to let all people know what is happening in the community, what activities will take place, and what issues are being discussed in our government, our schools, our organizations, and our neighborhoods.    GO-TV is the only way they have of staying informed on issues that affect them directly as residents of the community.”

 

“Our prayers to out to you as you work to bring happiness and information to the greater Ossining area,” added Dr. Gordon Anderson.  “We at First Baptist count it as a blessing that we are able to telecast our Sunday morning services through your community station.”

 

GO-TV broadcasts public access on Channel 18, and government access on Channel 78.  Now in its 9th year of operation, GO-TV serves the Village and Town of Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, and parts of Chappaqua, Pleasantville, Valhalla and Mount Pleasant.  GO-TV televises a growing number of community activities and provides a variety of original programs, in addition to broadcasting regular and special meetings of the Ossining Town and Village Boards.   The public studio hours are Tuesdays through Fridays, from 6:00 p. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

 

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