Posts by Erik Davis

TV Santa Barbara announces the addition of former City TV Production Supervisor Tony Ruggieri to their Board of Directors. SANTA BARBARA, CA – May 11, 2023 – TV Santa Barbara (TVSB), the region’s community media access center since 1975, welcomes former City TV Production Supervisor, Tony Ruggieri, to their Board of Directors. “We are thrilled…

Community television, also known as public access television, is a form of media that allows local residents to produce and broadcast their own content on television. While community television may not have the reach and resources of major television networks, it serves a vital role in promoting local voices and providing a platform for diverse…

By Carpinteria Coastal View TV Santa Barbara, Debbie and Wade Nomura, Tina Love and Erik Davis won a first-place award for their magazine show “Carpinteria Living” at last week’s Alliance for Community Media West Region’s annual conference and trade show. “Carpinteria Living,” which airs on Channels 17 and 71, highlights the Carpinteria Valley’s restaurants, stores,…

TV Santa Barbara (TVSB), the region’s community media access center since 1974, will serve as a host for the Alliance for Community Media Western Region (ACM West) Conference and Trade Show taking place from February 22-24, 2023 in Santa Barbara, CA. For more information, click here. “We are very excited to participate in this important…

TV Santa Barbara announces the addition of three new members to the Board of Directors and the continuation of Executive Council. TV Santa Barbara (TVSB), the region’s community media access center since 1975, welcomes James Joyce III, Justin Gunn and David Hefferman to their Board of Directors. In addition, TVSB announces the continuation of the…

Nearly 500 people attened the 63rd annual Santa barbara Community Prayer Breakfast held at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. President and CEO of the Turner Foundation, Dean Wilson was the keynote speaker. The prayer breakfast took place on Wednesday, Spetember 31 and was taped by TV Santa Barbara. Please enjoy the video below and watch…

TV Santa Barbara (TVSB), the region’s community media access center since 1975, has purchased a production vehicle that will be used to provide media literacy and video training programs for youth in Santa Barbara County thanks to the grant support of Montecito Bank & Trust. “We are thrilled to partner with TV Santa Barbara (TVSB)…

Thanks to a Media Grant provided by the Hutton Parker Foundation and the Santa Barbara Independent, TV Santa Barbara has a four-page color, tabloid size newspaper insert in this week’s (July 21, 2022) Independent. Pick up a copy today and learn more about the nearly 50-year history of community television in Santa Barbara. Discover the many…

TV Santa Barbara (TVSB), the region’s community media access center since 1975, is seeking to collect and preserve some broadcast and television footage from the station’s nearly 50-year history. “As TV Santa Barbara approaches its 50th-year anniversary, the station is working to locate some of the great material broadcast over the last several decades,” said…

TV Santa Barbara was priviledged to work with CommUnify and we received this wonderful feedback: TVSB’s creative services team helped our nonprofit create four short videos for our big annual fundraiser, and they were terrific to work with! Collaborative, responsive and efficient, and the end results were exactly what we’d hoped for. We had a…