TV Santa Barbara Provides Video Services to Support C.A.R.E.4Paws’ Happy Tails Celebration & Fundraiser!

TV Santa Barbara produced this impact video for C.A.R.E.4Paws and their 2022 Happy Tails Celebration & Fundraiser! TVSB’s creative services department also edited three additional videos that aired at the C.A.R.E.4Paws fundraiser on Sunday, May 22 at the Music Academy of the West in Montecito. TV Santa Barbara works with nearly 200 non-profit organizations each…

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Congressman Salud Carbajal Backs H.R. 6219, the Protecting Community Television Act

Congressman Salud Carbajal, U.S. Representative for California’s 24th Congressional District, has announced that he is co-sponsoring the Protecting Community Television Act, H.R. 6219. The Protecting Community Television Act is legislation which will ensure that community television operations continue to receive the resources they need to educate and inform viewers in the cities and towns where…

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Santa Barbara Mayoral Debate Video Wins National Award

Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts’ Mayoral Debate program has won first place recognition for best Virtual Event video in the Hometown Media national contest sponsored by the Alliance for Community Media, the organization that encompasses cable access stations across the U. S.    The Mayoral Debate, recorded on August 27, 2021, was hosted by Jerry Roberts…

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TV Santa Barbara Partners with Healing Justice SB and Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara to Honor Black History Month

Every week in February, viewers of TV Santa Barbara Channel 17, can watch locally-produced, commercial-free programming that celebrates black history. TV Santa Barbara (TVSB), the region’s community media access center since 1974, is collaborating with Healing Justice SB and the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara to produce and air impactful local programming…

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New Carpinteria show to air on TVSB

Carpinteria’s newest TV show, “Carpinteria Living,” will begin airing in early 2022 on the local access channel, TV Santa Barbara. Hosted by Wade Nomura and Debbie Nomura, the program will highlight the unique offerings of the Carpinteria Valley, including tours of  local restaurants, retail stores, local attractions and interviews with people of interest.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

In light of the worsening Covid-19 infection rates, the Board of the MLK Committee of Santa Barbara has voted to postpone the MLK Day in-person event scheduled for Monday, January 17 in De La Guerra Plaza. Instead, you can find a virtual program honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. broadcast on TV Santa Barbara (TVSB)…

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Congratulations to Good Life TV on producing 140+ shows in 2021

Congratulations to Good Life TV on producing 140+ shows in partnership with the Creative Services department at TV Santa Barbara!  Founded by Dean Wilson, Good Life TV is dedicated to the promotion of Good News in the world. Coming from an ambitious and fulfilling background of leading both non-profit organizations and tech start-ups, along with…

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Milpas Holiday Parade 2021: Let It Glow!

TV Santa Barbara was third in line at the annual Milpas Holiday Parade, whose theme this year was “Neon Navidad: Let It Glow, Let It Glow” and featured an assortment of dancers, dignitaries, musicians, and lowrider cars, as well as special appearances from Santa Claus and The Grinch. After returning from a two-year hiatus due…

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UCSB’s Middle East Ensemble Returns In First Performance Since Lock-Downs

The UCSB Middle East Ensemble has been performing internationally since 1989 under the direction of MEE founder and UCSB ethnomusicology professor Scott Marcus. Their performances, which have spanned as far as Egypt to perform over a two-week period in a series of concerts sponsored by the Egyptian government’s Ministry of Culture, were forced to a halt…

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BASSH celebrated its 20th year at the Marjorie Luke Theater! ✨

Since 1998, BASSH has set the stage as one of Santa Barbara’s largest dance events, spreading awareness and newfound love of dances spanning the world and time periods. In 2020, however, tragedy struck: Not only did the show have to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but renowned BASSH producer, Derrick Curtis, was moving away,…

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