Celebrating 20 Years Same Day Sunday Community Media Collaboration

Celebrating 20 years of Same Day Sunday. The Board, staff & volunteers of WPAA - TV and Community Media Center are grateful for the video crews that produce content for their communities of faith AND continue to share with #wpaatv for those who find comfort watching TV.

Did U know? In 2005 #wpaatv was the 1st community media station in the 'nation' to cablecast church services on the same Sunday that services were recorded. #Innovators

Some community collaborations are decades old: St. Paul's Episcopal Church Wallingford, CT & First Congregational Church of Wallingford, CT before DVDs. New Life Church CT onboarded with DVDs and Church of the Resurrection joined us during the COVID pandemic. All content is replayed on a pre-arranged schedule weekly.

Others have come and gone. Reasons vary. Limited volunteers. Preference to driving traffic to their online communities. Relocation. (Please take a look at the 2020 lineup in comments.)

Walk-in-the-door (now file transfers) 'community media' is as important as what is produced in studio #wpaatv. #yourtownyourchannelyourvoice We appreciate the producers and the #wpaatv channel 18 (basic cable) 1070 HD viewers.

All of the participating faith communities use one or more social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook) to make their content available. Viewers can listen again to reflect, watch remotely because they cannot attend, or share the talents of the participants with family & friends who do not live locally. The TV option is a comfortable way to watch or listen for those who find newer platforms challenging.

More to know: During Covid Public Access everywhere had the reputation as the Church Channel from the 1960s until 2000. Content from churches is still anywhere from 15 to 70 % of the content based on duration as most submissions average one hour.

Thanks for producing, watching and believing.