The ACM West Board of Directors has started a public policy committee. The committee will be exploring legislative and regulatory solutions to cable cord-cutting and working towards the long-term stabilization of our sector.
Meetings are on Wednesdays at 2pm on Zoom and are bimonthly and are open to all.
The next meeting is Wednesday April 23rd and you may register to attend at this link:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UDZ78e_aQKqCfg_6oq5oWA#/registration
We hope to see you there!
We are happy to announce the 2025 ACM West Region Conference, Trade Show and WAVE Awards Ceremony will take place March 5-7 in Fresno, California, at the DoubleTree by Hilton. Registration is now open. We hope to see you there. Continue reading
The 2025 WAVE Awards are now accepting submissions. The WAVE Awards recognizes excellence in community video programming in the west region – Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, and New Mexico. You could be honored as one of the best in the west! Submit before the final deadline on December 13. Visit filmfreeway.com/thewaveawards for details.
Residents, PEG Station Employees, Government Staff, Supporters… we need your voice!
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is holding public participation hearings in August and September 2024, to hear from communities about the performance of cable companies like Comcast Xfinity, Charter Spectrum, Cox, and others. A 2022 state law, known as SB 28, asked the agency to update the licensing of cable companies, a process known as franchising, and to adopt customer service standards. This is the first time cable franchising has been reviewed in more than fifteen years in California. It is an exciting opportunity to fight for community media, digital equity and consumer protections. Continue reading
Our wonderful community of producers has worked hard all year and now it is time to see the best of the west recognized. The winners for 2024 were announced and honored at an online awards ceremony on Friday, April 19 at 7pm Pacific. Click here to for a full list of winners and to watch the ceremony!
This year the national ACM conference will take place in San Jose, California, from June 25-27, 2024. We will not be holding a regional conference this year, so we encourage you to join us in San Jose! For more information visit allcommunitymedia.org.
If you haven’t already heard, the ACM National Conference will take place in San Jose, California, this summer. We’re excited to welcome ACM members from across the country to the West Region. We hope you’ll join us.
That means this year ACM West will not host a regional conference. Our regional conference will return in 2025, location to be announced.
However, in February, we are offering several meetup opportunities in Hawaii and California. These are free to attend. Our Hawaii members will gather on The Big Island from February 1-3. For more information email Kat Tracy at kat@akaku.org.
For our California members, there will be a meetup at Contra Costa TV in Martinez, CA, on Monday, February 5 – click here to register; and a meetup at Pasadena Media in Pasadena, CA, on Thursday, February 8 – click here to register.
ACM President & CEO Mike Wassenaar will be in attendance at all the meetups. This is a great opportunity to network with and learn from your community media colleagues. There is no cost to attend and you don’t need to be an ACM member (though we hope you’ll consider joining).
Kyle Lowe from CMAC in Fresno, CA, created this recap video of their team’s visit to the 2023 ACM West Conference in Santa Barbara.