What
Is CTAM?
The Community Television Association of Maine is a nonprofit membership organization
that serves the interests of public access television operations across the state.
C-TAM can be an important resource for any Maine community interested in developing a
community television opportunity. C-TAM offers at least four meetings a year with a formal
workshop/training session as well as ample opportunity for informal exchanges of ideas and
information.
Before C-TAM was organized, there were no efficient means to "inventory" what
kinds of community television Maine had to offer or which communities were working on
franchising or re-franchising issues that affected their access provisions. Today, thanks
to C-TAM, we can identify dozens of P.E.G. access, local origination, leased
access and nonprofit television
operations statewide and dozens of professional, amateur, and volunteer staff members who
are making it happen here in Maine.
Through our affiliation with the Maine Municipal Association, presentations
at seminars for municipal officials, and through a constant exchange of ideas
with members of the State Legislature, CTAM is working to educate our leaders
about the benefits of local television and the importance of Media Education in
their communities.
We also welcome that participation of our commercial and public broadcasting
associates, the cable industry, and others who have an interest in community television. A
non-voting membership is available for this purpose.
The Community Television Association of Maine
