“Jacobs Live” Celebrates 500 shows!
On Monday, April 27th, 2009, “Jacobs Live” made history by becoming TCAM TV’s first studio program ever to hit 500 shows! Hosted by Taunton resident Bob Jacobs, the very popular and at times, controversial, weekly, hour long call-in program has been on the air since January of 1998. The platform for the program is Taunton city politics and current issues that affect the city. Many politicians, including Governor Deval Patrick, Taunton Mayor Charles Crowley and Bristol County D.A. Sam Sutter have appeared as guests on the show. A forum unlike any other, “Jacobs Live” has brought many important issues to the forefront on a weekly basis over the past 11 years.
The 90 minute, 500th episode special began with a skit of “Bob Jacobs” talking to his alter ego “Angry Bob Jacobs”.
“Angry Bob Jacobs” then stormed off the set and sadly, suffered a mild heart attack in the TCAM TV studio hallway. He is doing okay, and we hear the he will most likely make future appearances on the show.
The episode continued with appearances by Bob’s wife, son, daughter, daughter-in-law and grandson, friends Donna Colajezzi, Mike Kerr (both TCAM TV Board Members), and Joanne & Rick Weldon. Local politicians including Mayor Charles Crowley, City Councilors David Pottier and Dan Barbour and School Committee Member Barry Cooperstein were also guests on the show. The program also included an 11 minute retrospective video of “Jacobs Live” highlights from 1998 until the present.
We would like to congratulate Bob on his 500th show and a job well done!
(Picture above) Bob Jacobs, his family, friends, local politicians and the TCAM TV staff celebrate the 500th episode of "Jacobs Live".
“The Dessert Club” celebrates its 100th Episode on TCAM TV.
Article by Kimberly Matthews
On Thursday, March 20th, 2008, Steve Toli reached a landmark when he produced and hosted the 100th episode of his musical program, “The Dessert Club”at the Taunton Community Access & Media, Inc. studio on Main Street in Taunton.
Toli, whose passion for music motivated him to start the program four and half years ago, has highlighted dozens of folk/acoustic musicians on his program. The half hour show consists of Toli interviewing musical talents interspersed with songs from the guests. His hour long 100th episode includes musical clips from many local artists, such as Kerri Powers, Maria Ventura and Mike Higgins.
When asked how it felt to do 100 shows Steve said “It feels awesome. It’s hard to believe I could bring that much music to our community. Not to mention the singer/songwriter competition we had (a separate series Toli hosted in 2004) – that was a blast.”
Cub Scout Pack 29, Annawon Council of Taunton recently visited the studio for a tour and produced their very own Public Service Announcement that played on TCAM.
Great job guys!
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Students and mentors recently visited the TCAM studio for a tour and green screen demonstration.
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Youth Video Camp Week
TCAM TV held its first Youth Video Camp Week in August of 2008. Participants learned the concept of storyboarding and were trained on our mini dv remote cameras and
Final Cut Pro editing systems. Each student worked with their group to produce a thirty second music video.
If you are interested in signing up your child for our next Youth Video Camp, please contact Executive Director Kimberly Matthews at 508-824-2207 or kmatthews@tcamtv.com. Your child must be between the ages of 12 and 17.
100th Episode of Roll Call
On Thursday, June 5th, 2008, Taunton police officers Steve Crowninshield and Mike Bonenfant celebrated the 100th taping of “Roll Call”, a bi-weekly program that includes current community safety information and police stories taken from actual police reports.
In addition to co-hosting the show since March of 2004, Officer Mike Bonenfant is a 22 year veteran of the Taunton Police Department. He has been a community police officer for 9 years in the Whittenton area of Taunton, organized several Safety Days and ran a successful Neighborhood Watch Program. He holds two Associates degrees, one of which is in Law Enforcement. Mike is also a certified police motorcycle instructor and an FBI trained Hostage Negotiator.
Co-host and Taunton Police Officer Steve Crowninshield has been a member of the TPD since 1983.He has been assigned to the Taunton Community Policing Unit for the past 9 years and is responsible for running the Neighborhood Watch programs for the Taunton Housing Authority. Steve has his Associates Degree in Law Enforcement and is currently working towards his Bachelor Degree. He is a certified police motorcycle instructor and he is on the Taunton Police Department Dive Team, where he holds a Dive Master Rating
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Tune in to “Roll Call” on TCAM TV on Fridays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 9:00 pm.
