Saugus TV is operated and overseen by Saugus Community Television, Inc. (SCTV) and are the PEG (Public, Educational, and Government) access channels on the cable television system in Saugus, Massachusetts. Channel 8 is Public, 9 is Government and 22 is Educational. Saugus TV is located at 30 Main Street, Saugus, Massachusetts and provides our viewing public, our citizens, and institutions located in Saugus with the equipment, training, and cable broadcast time necessary to communicate programming of interest. 

Each week, the Saugus TV crew gives you a recap of everything Saugus TV does and informs the viewer of how to see it.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TO ALL CANDIDATES RUNNING IN THE 2021 SAUGUS LOCAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It is election time once again in the Town of Saugus, and Saugus TV offers a number of different ways for candidates to get information out to Saugus residents.

·       Campaign Slides:  Any candidate, for any Board or Seat, can place a campaign slide on Saugus TV, that can be seen on Comcast Channel 8, during scheduled and non-scheduled Community Bulletin Board times.

There is NO COST to place a Campaign Slide.

Campaign Slides will air in alphabetical order.

Campaign Slides will run until November 2^nd at 8PM.

·       Candidate Statement Program:  Saugus TV invites candidates for Saugus Board of Selectmen and Saugus School Committee to schedule a time to come to the studio, located at 30 Main St., to record their candidate statements. Each candidate is allowed three minutes of air time to let viewers know who they are and why they are running for office. This statement is intended to be shot in one take. We allow for on-site review of your take, and will reshoot if necessary. There will be no reshoots available thereafter.

There is no cost to the candidate for participating in this taping.

Starting September 1^st, candidates running for Saugus Board of Selectmen or Saugus School Committee that are interested in recording a statement should contact Saugus TV Executive Director Bryan Nadeau to schedule a date and time.

Deadline to record your statement is October 15^th at 5PM.

All candidate statements recorded will then be compiled into a single program that will air on Comcast Channel 8 starting October 19^th. This program will air three times a day, at random times in the morning, afternoon, and evening until the election is over on November 2^nd. Air date and times TBD. Saugus TV program schedules are available at www.saugustv.org . The program will also be available to view on our Vimeo page at www.vimeo.com/saugustelevision.    

·       Candidate Forums: Saugus TV may tape and cablecast other organization’s forums and/or debates, with notice at least 5 days prior to the event, subject to crew availability. 

·       Additional Political Programming: SCTV encourages all Saugus residents, persons associated with a businesses or organizations (whether for profit or non-profit), including candidates for any political office, to use the public access channel to communicate their political views.  Candidates and other providers of political programs, as well as the programs themselves, are subject to the same policies and procedures as any other user of SCTV, including with respect to the use of a bulletin board.

Saugus TV is non-partisan; therefore we do not produce programs/spot(s) endorsing specific candidates or ballot questions. We encourage residents, organizations, and businesses to become members of Saugus TV. If a candidate is a member, or becomes a member of Saugus TV, they may produce, create and submit a program/spot(s) that will air on Saugus TV.

These programs/spots will be shown on Comcast Channel 8 and will air 4 times a week (like any other member production), at random times, and will run up until 24 hours before the start of the November 2^nd election day.

Viewers will be able to find these airings on the Saugus TV Program Schedule as “Candidate Submitted Spot(s)”

We look forward to working with all of the candidates, and hope that you take advantage of everything Saugus TV has to offer.

Bryan Nadeau

Executive Director, Saugus TV

Saugus Community Television, Inc.

30 Main St.

Saugus, MA 01906

781-231-2883

www.saugustv.org