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is graphics and words that fill the viewers' television screens for 15 seconds on a cycle that is never longer than 37 minutes. Color text, illustrations and full-color photos can be used in the ad, along with a suggested maximum of 45 words per screen. Animated text is available as an enhancement. CableOne's digital music plays on all channels.
News!
This 1/2-hour weekly “video magazine” will be televised in most areas(approx. 20,000 households in Sierra Vista, Ft. Huachuca, , Bensonand Bisbee on Cox Cable and Cable One, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 am, 2 pm & 8 pm. We’re negotiating to add Willcox, Douglas and the Sulphur Springs Valley and it will be broadcast (or streamed to anyone who has internet) on Livestream at www.cochisecounty.tv .
CCTV will not only provide local programming to the county, it will provide an outlet for residents’ talents. We are calling together videographers, photographers, video editors, voice-over talent and musicians to serve as correspondents/contributors so that the show will represent the diversity of the county, it’s people, history and activities.
CCTV will bring you an exciting variety of features including:
Activities Our area is alive with events! We know we won’t be able to feature them all, but we’ll let viewers know about everything we know about..
People This one is simple. We can all think of exciting, interesting individuals who live or work here. You’ll meet a few more while watching the show.
Suggested Views They may be about the area or they may be
filmed here. Rest assured they will be somehow connected to Cochise County.
Calendar We will close each show with previews of upcoming events.
Correspondent/Contributor Highlights We believe in giving credit where credit is due.
Business Highlights: You’ll be surprised at the ingenuity of our local
businesses, and we’ll introduce you to ones you never knew were right here!
Web-light: That ingenuity spills over into the world-wide-web. See how valuable the internet is to business today.
Learn more about Cochise County TV!a
Due to faulty equipment and budget constraints, Focus on Bisbee, our weekly magazine show is suspended.
We hope that the community will support our efforts to fund local television production by advertising on Channel 2 and commercials on the show.
For further information, call (520) 432-4901.Due to technical difficulties, gremlins in the studio, equipment failures and other stuff, Focus on Bisbee, our weekly magazine show about the good things happening in your community is on hold until after May 2009.
Thank you for your patients!With guest host and Bisbee Chamber of Commerce Director, Nancy Jacobsen and her guests:
8:00 Ilona Smerekanich - Bisbee visitor Center 8:15 David Greenberg - RE/MAX Home Stores and 2nd Amendment Family Gun Shop
8:30 Lloyd and Bonnie Trachtenberg - Leather and Lace Lodge, LLC
8:45 Steve Arndt - Sleepy Tortoise Guest House
Join us for this very special show dedicated to Veterans. Frank Martinez will remind you of the events surrounding the holiday.
We will have two video features. One, a music video from Nemra Rhoden, Margaret's sister-in-law. The other, a special message from Darrell Rhoden, Margaret's brother.
Dr. Theresa McEntee, Head of Telemedicine at Copper Queen Community Hospital and Dr. Bart Demaerschalk, Director of Cerebrovascular Diseases Center at the Mayo Clinic are pleased to introduce the telestroke program. Patients here will have access to Mayo Clinic expertise so that symptoms may be addressed earlier and damage prevented. Bisbee is a unique place, filled with unique and interesting people who devote their lives to interesting endeavors. Jess Hartley is a writer, editor and creator of gaming. We'll talk to her about her career.
Do you have questions about Bisbee Schools? Meet the BUSD Superintendent-Gayle Covington-McBride, and all of the Bisbee School Principals:
BHS Principal-Jim Phillips, Lowell Principal-Terri Romo, Bisbee Middle School Principal-Nancy Nicholson and Greenway Principal-Bruce Buffmire. Then staytuned for Episode 10 of "Bisbee Has Character(s).
It's time to think about school. Denise Merkel from Cochise College will let you know when classes start and tell you about new construction at the campuses.
Pete Campbell from Turquoise Valley Golf Course invites you to Friday Night Fish Fry with the award-winning Blues Band, Train Wreck, the Old-Time Music Festival and more. Gary and Margaret catch a rare opportunity to bring you "This Week in Arizona History.
We're honoring Father's Day and Flag Day!
John Drake, Jr. and John Drake Sr. will be on the show talking about their roles as fathers in Bisbee.
Our feature video, "A Bit of Cloth" comes to us from Bryan Mero. The voice is that of Del Abbott, a professional DJ from Colorado. Please refer to reelfans.com for more information.
Martha Matthewson will be here to talk about "Project Break the Silence (PBtS)" and is an awareness-building effort on behalf of abused/trafficked children in Cochise County and the borderland region.
Liz Lockwood will be here to talk about Bisbee's Obscure Production's Babe the Sheep Pig that will be held at City Park June 20th, 21st and 22nd at 7:30 pm. FREE!
Cynthia Conroy will start you thinking about the Bisbee 1000 Stair Climb coming September 2008.
The City of Bisbee is hosting a youth band fest, Saturday in City Park. Elaine Pilo will give you details.
It's the last visit this year we'll have from the Relay for Life folks, because their event is May 30th and 31st. Katie Howard and Tom Schelling announce the bank for the event registers $27,650!
Immediately following, Focus on Bisbee, we'll air the 2nd segment of Richard Mills new show, "Bisbee Has Characters." (You might want to dig your sense of humor our the the closet and give it a good dusting!)
Guest Host, Pete Campbell from Turquoise Valley Golf Course has a great show for you!
Guest include: Scott Jessee, Golf Pro will open the show and invite you to the upcoming Gold Jam, Tom Mosier, Mike Anderson and Tom Reardon will be here to tell you what the Bisbee Copper Kings Baseball Team has in store this summer, Katie Howard will remind you to mark your calendar for May 30th for Bisbee's Relay for Life and Richard Mills debuts his new show, "Bisbee Has Characters."
Well, I have neglected to keep up with posting about the show. It has been live each Friday morning but not rebroadcast on schedule. As some of you may know, we produce the Boys and Girls Club of Bisbee Telethon. May 3rd and 4th was our third and it is a very busy time! At last count, they collected approximately $33,000! Anyway, I'm back and now I'll tell you about Focus for May 16th:
Jim Dickson, CEO of Copper Queen Community Hospital is our first guest. Our little hospital and CQ Medical Associates has recently welcomed two doctors; Dr. Coglan in April and Dr. McEntee in mid-June. I believe Jim is bringing his own PowerPoint!
The VFW has been in transition. The builidng in Lowell was sold and plans are underway to build a new VFW. Commander Frank Martinez will give us the details. He says it will have a big dance floor.
It always amazes me that some of us will go to any length to help others. Dave McMullen, missionary to Mexico will tell you about his ventures and says he wants to give Bisbee Christians an uplifting message.
Meet Dr. Cogland, with Copper Queen Medical Associates.
Once again, the folks from the Boys & Girls Club of Bisbee will remind you to watch the 2008 "Invest in Kids" Telethon, scheduled May 3rd from 1-9 and May 4th from 2-6.
Perhaps, Margaret and Gary will bring you "This Week in Arizona History." Our show has been popular with those who wish to share with you, so we have missed chatting about Arizona's diverse and rich past.
Good News Jail and Prison Ministry serves in many facilities across the US and abroad. Chaplain Whitaker serves in Cochise County Jail and coordinates the Annual Fundraising Dinner scheduled April 12th in Sierra Vista.
Marisa Salazar and Susan Rohrbach are working hard to bring you the Boys & Girls Club Annual Telethon. It features a surprising array of local talent-there are names you know like The Bone Canyon Band and Train Wreck and Becky Reyes and Pat Gahn and the list goes on! Tune in to Channel 2 or watch it live here, at www.hometownchannel.tv May 3rd, 1-9 pm and May 4th, 2-6 pm.
Cochise College and the Small Business Development Center welcome three outstanding young entrepreneurs to the Sierra Vista Campus during the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour scheduled for 3 - 7 p.m. April 10. Mignonne Hollis from the Small Business Development Center will be on the show to give you details.
Maybe you'll even hear "This Week in Arizona History" if you're lucky!
This week's show is packed with entertainment and information.
Bake Sale, Yard, Sale, Carne Asada Dinner, Raffle; Relay for Life has is all at this weekend's event to be held at St. Pat's.
As many as 1 of 100 adults in the U.S. is currently in our prison system. Chris Dowling, founder of Loved Ones Incarcerated and her guest will bring enlightenment on this important subject.
Gary and Margaret are pleased to bring back "This Week in Arizona History."
Guest Co-hosts this week are Pete Campbell and Pete Lawson from Turquoise Valley Golf Course, that is celebrating 100 years of golf history next weekend. They will tell you about the festivities and invite you to join. Don't miss the fireworks!
Other guests are:
Jinx Schwartz, writer
Melanie Green, City of Bisbee
Tito Ross, Cochise County Library about the Annual Book Sale.
Pete and Pete will bring you "This Week in Arizona History."
Our guest host, Rachelle Madrigal will talk with Bisbee resident, Malcolm McDonald about his recent trip to Bolivia with Keulima Tourism Project. Malcolm is also an Adoption Specialist with Catholic Community Services.
Lela, from Cachet-the shop on Main Street with all the interesting things outside her door will be here. This store is a real treat!
Christina Riddle bought Rachelle's, clothing store and owns the building on Naco Road at the entrance to Old Bisbee.. She will be adding her own touch and reopening the shop as "Bisbee Bizarre.".
Rae Jones from Bisbee's Obscure Productions will tell you about "My Blue Heaven" and invite you to the performances Fridays, March 21st and 27th, Saturdays, March 22nd and 28th and Sunday, March 29th at the Bisbee Woman's Club..
Next week, our guest host will be Pete Campbell from Turquoise Valley Golf Course.
Harold the Dinosaur is a good role model for kids. He is the main character in Harold Hills book that teaches kids valuable lessons about being nice to others, learning the alphabet and much more. Harold Hill needs money to get his book published. He will be set up in front of Bisbee Breakfast Club next weekend.
Bisbee Chamber of Commerce is striving to accommodate business in our community. Hear Chamber Director, Nancy Jacobsen and host, Gary Dillard highlight a few of them including a "crawl line on Channel that will keep the community apprised of current events.
Once again, Margaret and Gary bring you "This Week in Arizona History."
Tune in Friday at 8 am, 2 pm, 8 pm and Saturday at 2 am, 8 am, 2 pm and 8 pm for our weekly magazine show about the good things happening in our community.
Review and get educated about City of Bisbee Charter changes on the March 11th ballot with Councilman Jack Porter.
The Bisbee Foundation offers grants. Learn more about them from Doug Dunn.
Chris Dowling, founder of Loved Ones Incarcerated will introduce Livingston Sutro, Chief Probation Officer at the County Level. They will talk about the challenges of reintering society after incarceration.
Judy Anderson from the county planning department will invite you to the last meeting of a series titled, Envision 2020, slated for Wednesday, March 5 in Bisbee.
Saturday, March 1 is the Bisbee Arts Commission Art Auction at Serbian Hall. Judy Perry will take a break from setting up the event to talk to you!
Join us for "Bisbee's weekend magazine show about the good things happening in your community" Friday at 8 am, 2 pm, 8 pm and Saturday at 2 am, 8 am, 2 pm and 8 pm.
There is a direct relationship between low literacy levels and unemployment and poverty. Over 80% of adultsenrolled in Arizona Adult Education read below the 9th grade level. Many parents lack the skills necessary to help their childrensucceed in school. The greatest predictor of a child’ssuccess in school is the education level of the parent.NANCY POTENZA will remind you about Adult Litercy Week and how you can help with this issue.
Casino Night at Turquoise Valley Golf Course is almost here! Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 23rd. Learn more from DAVE CARTUN.
Cochise College introduces their new online scholarship program. Tune in as DENISE MERKEL and Gary discuss it. Grab a pencil so that you can share the details with your favorite student!
We will broadcast this event live on Bisbee's CableONE Channel 2 and you can see it here at www.hometownchannel.tv.
Pete Campbell from TVGC will serve as auctioneer. You can call in to bid or drop in at any Bisbee Bank of America to donate to the family who's toddler died in a fire recently.
You can attend the event and eat your fill of chili at Warren Community Church, Arizona Street in Bisbee, Thursday, February 21 from 4-7 pm.
The Fundraiser for the Marquez Family raised more than $4500. Thank you to the Bisbee Chiliteers and everyone who participated.
Our guests on this week's show are:
Nick Pavlovich and Dwight Wensel-Bisbee suffered the tragic loss of a toddler. These two gentlemen and many, many others have joined in a fundraising effort for the Marquez family to be held at Warren Community Church on the 21st. Watch for details.
Maggie Thurma and her son, Brian Berry have found a way for you to feel better. Change the water you drink! They will tell you about it this weekend on the show.
Margaret and Gary team up, once again to bring you This Week in Arizona History.
Focus on Bisbee is aired live at 8 am Fridays then replayed at 2 pm and 8 pm plus Saturdays at 2 am, 8 am 2 pm and 8 pm. Join us and tell your friends.
Join us Friday and Saturday 8 am/pm and 2 am/pm, for this week's show. Our guests include:
Amanda Lewis and Amanda Morris who are raising money to attend a People to People trip in Europe. Eat spaghetti at Gus the Greek's Pizzarama on Sunday and help them reach their goal!
Christine Dowling, coordinator of Loved Ones Incarcerated, a gruop formed to help families cope while a member is confined to prison and Charles Flanagan, Director of Correctional Education Division for Cochise County.
Also, tune in to watch another segment of "This Week in Arizona History."
- Carroll O'Connor
- David Letterman
- Groucho Marx
- Michael J. Fox
Join us for Focus on Bisbee Friday and Saturday, February 1st and 2nd, 8 am/pm and 2 am/pm. Our guests this week include:
Peg White, Librarian for Copper Queen Library reminding you to get your tickets for the 17th Annual, Friends of the Copper Queen Library. They are $12 and available at the library and the visitors' center. Mark your calendar for this sweet event!
Christine Rhodes and Pat Viverto will give you important information about the upcoming election. That is Tuesday!
Doug Graeme is proud of Bisbee's representation in the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.
It's an exciting show!
Join us Fridays and Saturdays, 8 am/pm & 2 am/pm for Focus on Bisbee. Our weekend magazine show about the good things happening in our community.
Our guests include Jim Dickson, CEO of Copper Queen Community Hospital talking about Mardi Gras, the fundraising event scheduled February 2nd.
It will fund home alert systems for homebound patients.
Tom Mosier talks with Gary about Copper Kings Baseball. Get ready for the 2008 season.
The two also discuss Freeport McMoran's earning's report that has just been released.
Join us on Focus on Bisbee Friday and Saturday (8 o'clock and 2 o'clock, around the clock).
Our guests will include Richard Armenta and Luis Pimber, Independent Associates for Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. who will be hosting a seminar about indentity theft, Saturday, January 26th. Stay tuned to Channel 2's billboard-style advertising for details. Rae Jones, founder of Bisbee's Obscure Productions and Liz Lockwood, American Sign Language Interpreter, talk with Gary about the upcoming play"Snapshots." Evan Waters, Chef at Copper Queen Community Hospital, invites you to Mardi Gras, the fundraiser for equipment at the hospital, to be held February 2nd. Margaret and Gary bring you "This Week in Arizona History."
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Join us on Focus on Bisbee Friday and Saturday (8 o'clock and 2 o'clock, around the clock).
Our guests will include Bob Barnes will act as Pack Leader of a new Cub Scout Pack with support from the Kiwanis Club of Bisbee. Nancy Jacobsen, Director of the Greater Bisbee Chamber of Commerce will tell you about how you can get paid to shop in Bisbee, introduce new board members, the new remodel of the Chamber Lobby and oh so many projects. Also, Ilona Smerkanich, City of Bisbee Visitor Center Director, will invite you to see the new remodel of the Visitor Center and invite you to participate in welcoming visitors to our town.
We're glad to be back in the swing of things! The show is always so much fun!
We invite you to visit our community channel pages Bisbee/Naco, The Gila Valley and Globe. You can discover a little more about those areas by visiting the Links (Bisbee, The Gila Valley and Globe.) pages or print brochures (Bisbee, The Gila Valley and Globe.) and coupons.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of our viewers on the internet as well as Channels in Bisbee, Safford and Globe, AZ.
Please join us for Focus on Bisbee the weekend of January 11, 2008!
Tell all of your friends who are not part of the Bisbee CableOne audience that they can see it here at hometownchannel.tv!
Click on the thumbnails at right to see past "Focus" features hosted by revver.com.
