About WCTV
WCTV is all about fostering community, promoting education, and championing the art of storytelling. Our mission is to empower the people of Wareham with the means to share the stories of their community, local groups, and individual experiences through the dynamic medium of media.
Our Mission
Ensuring access to media-making technology for all Wareham residents, empowering them to amplify their voices, share their stories, foster media literacy, and cultivate new skills.
What We Do
WCTV is an integrated community media hub for Wareham and the surrounding areas. WCTV facilitates diverse community dialogue and incubates and funds local storytelling, arts, journalism, media literacy, and technology projects. This includes live streaming and serving youth and adults through innovative classes and partnerships.
WCTV offers extensive multimedia training, access to high-quality equipment, cohort programs, and partnerships. We provide low-cost professional media services to nonprofit organizations, education partners, businesses plus access to local government coverage.
Coverage
WCTV is dedicated to comprehensive video coverage of local events, including government meetings, youth sports, election forums, arts, and more. We aim to make these events accessible to Wareham citizens on television and online.
To request event coverage, please use the form below, ensuring it’s non-commercial and submitted at least three weeks in advance. While we aim to accommodate requests, we can’t guarantee coverage for all events. If we can’t cover your event, consider becoming a Wareham Media member, where you can take brief camera training, rent our equipment, and cover the event yourself.
Hours of Operation
MONDAY – FRIDAY | 10:00 AM – 5:00PM
SATURDAY and SUNDAY | Closed
Mission Statement
WCTV is 501c3 non-profit corporation founded to provide public and government access television to the Wareham community. We receive our funding from a variety of sources including franchise fees from Comcast cable, Verizon, government contracts, grants, sponsorships, membership fees, and donations from community members.
Meetings
Meetings take place on the third Tuesday of each month at 5 PM.
If you’d like to attend our in-person meeting, please email WCTVBOD@warehamtv.org a few days before, so that we can accommodate you in our space or add you to a zoom meeting.
Board Members
Kelly Churbuck • PRESIDENT
Kelly Knight Churbuck is a third generation “townie” (at least) and proud WHS A/V Club Alum.
Kelly graduated from Boston University’s College of Communications with a degree in film and television. She spent her professional career in television production and corporate relations, living in Los Angeles and the Greater NYC area, working at Dick Clark Productions and WWE… before returning to Wareham to raise a fourth generation close to family.
Kelly and her husband have three young children. She is also a member of the Vestry at The Church of the Good Shepherd. Kelly is excited to be able to give back to the Wareham community through her work at Wareham Media. She is so grateful for the caliber of talented and passionate individuals – board, staff, and members/volunteers – involved in this organization.
Cheryl Knapp • TREASURER
Cheryl Knapp has lived and worked in Wareham most of her life. She is a direct descendant of the Fearing family so her roots are steeped in Wareham History.
Cheryl first joined WCTV many years ago and took the classes they offered so she could learn what WCTV was all about. She enjoyed the classes and went with the “crew” to film a pet parade, a town meeting and some high school basketball games with Christian.
Cheryl is a volunteer on the Wareham Historical Commission and the Wareham Historical District Commission.
She joined the board of WCTV as their Treasurer a few years ago when Steve Ruiz told her they needed one. Cheryl went to WHS at the same time as Steve and she lives next door to WCTV so she wanted to help.
Dan Butler
Dan Butler has been a member of the WCTV Board of Directors since Jan 2024. Retired from 30+ years service as a naval officer and federal civil servant, Dan and his wife, Karen, settled in Wareham in 2017. Dan serves as the volunteer Chair of the Wareham Redevelopment Authority, and also served as Clerk for the town’s Cable Advisory Committee from 2021-24.
When they’re not kayaking, sailing, watching WCTV on YouTube, or hanging out at the YMCA, Dan and Karen can be found at the Hammond School pickleball courts in Onset.
Indiana Troupe
Indiana Troupe is one of the nation’s leading Generation-Z marketing specialists and student voice advocates. Through his 7 years of non-profit and business experience, he began consulting with companies on how best to target the Gen Z demographic, and how youth-led firms can continue to flourish.
He’s traveled the country speaking to different groups about the importance of targeting a new generation of consumers and the importance of student voice. He is a current Business Management and Marketing student at the University of New Hampshire’s Paul College – one of the top public business colleges in the country. In his free time, Indiana enjoys surfing, running, volunteering, and spending time with family and friends. He is passionate about making the world a better place and is excited to work on bringing WCTV to the next level.
Tobe Berkovitz
Tobe Berkovitz is an associate professor of advertising emeritus at Boston University. Tobe has a BFA and MA from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. He has a 30+ year career as a political media consultant, working on campaigns throughout America. Tobe was on The Town of Brookline, MA Cable TV Advisory Committee and then chaired the Cable TV Monitoring Committee. He is on the Board of The Gleason Family YMCA. Tobe lives in Mattapoisett with his wife and two golden retrievers.
WCTV broadcasts all programming on Comcast, Verizon, streams, and provides videos On Demand on YouTube. Programming includes public, educational, and local government.
Verizon
Public 30
Education 28
Government 29
Xfinity
Public 9
Education 8
Government 26