Calling All Content Creators in the New Year!

TVSB is looking for fresh, exciting and locally focused content in 2023. For all of those who are currently members, submit a video or come into the studio to film a show in the new year. If you are not a member sign up for a membership here https://tvsb.tv/member-benefits/. We are Santa Barbara’s only full…

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TVSB Rings in the Holiday Season with a Festive Party!

On Wednesday night TV Santa Barbara was thrilled to throw a holiday party for our members and friends. Food and drinks were provided by Catering Connection and our wonderful board members Rebecca Brand and Tracy Beard! While usually our studios are a place to create media, it was great seeing them transformed into a place…

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The Mystic Whaler Has completed its’ journey to Santa Barbara

TV Santa Barbara was happy to be in attendance at this past weeks lecture at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum about the story of the Mystic Whaler. The Mystic Whaler is a tall ship originally from Mystic, Connecticut. Acquired by Central Coast Ocean Adventures, which is a local non-profit with the educational philosophy: “To adventure…

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TVSB Was on Hand for the 21st Annual St. Vincent’s Golf Classic

This Monday, October 10th. TV Santa Barbara was there to take pictures and videos of the 21st Annual St. Vincent’s Golf Classic at the Montecito Country Club. St Vincents’s is a local charity. Founded in 1858, it’s mission is to strengthen low-income families and seniors through programs rooted in the Social Teachings of the Catholic…

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TV Santa Barbara Welcomes Creative Community Back Into the Studio

TV Santa Barbara was very happy to welcome back host DavidStarkey and his show Creative Community, to Studio A after a two and ahalf year Covid hiatus.  David invites local artists onto the show todiscuss their art work and showcase some of the best creative minds inSanta Barbara. During this week’s taping David sat down…

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63rd annual Santa barbara Community Prayer Breakfast

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…

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TV Santa Barbara is Taking Media Literacy and Video Training Programs to Locals Schools Thanks in Part to the Generosity of Montecito Bank & Trust

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)…

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TVSB Insert in the Santa Barbara Independent

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…

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SBMM features former World Surfing Champion Shaun Tomson and Poet-Philosopher Noah benShea in lecture “The Surfer and the Sage: A Guide to Survive and Ride Life’s Waves”

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s most recent lecture, “The Surfer and the Sage: A Guide to Survive and Ride Life’s Waves,” featured former World Surfing Champion and amongst the top surfers of the century, Shaun Tomson, and Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet-philosopher Noah benShea. They met through a mutual friend, and five minutes into a lunch together…

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TV Santa Barbara Launches “History Harvest” Initiative to Gather and Archive Videos and Shows from 47 Years of Community Television

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…

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CommUnify Testimonial: TVSB’s Creative Services

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…

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