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Kabutey Ocansey Board President
RCTV began its 20th Anniversary celebration in November 2012. It has been a banner year,
marked by growth, new endeavors and investment for the future.
Just three years ago, we began upgrading the station, creating a new sub-control room and
purchasing equipment to enhance the quality of programs produced at RCTV.
Over the past year, we’ve made additional investments that are the culmination of careful
thought, research, budgeting and work. They include paying off the mortgage on RCTV’s
building, installing new studio lights, purchasing three state-of-the-art JVC High Definition
studio cameras and adding advanced digital recording capabilities. Over recent months, we
have been working on a new website that will better serve our members, producers and
viewers. All these enhancements are designed to increase member and producer benefits
and to expand the ways in which we serve our community. The new and colorful window
décor on the front of the building is an external reflection of these many internal changes.
In the past 12 months, there have been expanding collaborations with community
organizations, such as the one with The College at Brockport SUNY. Through this
partnership, we are producing Pythodd Remix, to be broadcast in January, focusing on
music, the arts and jazz.
Beginning in early June, our 20th Anniversary Film Forum and Speaker Series, held at the
Cinema Theater, shed light on important topics of local and national concern. This series,
plus increased community outreach, connected us to fresh, receptive audiences who are
enthused about RCTV’s mission.
Increased membership has resulted in stronger demand for studio time, classes and
professional development workshops. To address that growth, we’ll be developing broader
offerings in a variety of media-related areas.
As we look forward to 2014, RCTV is poised to transition toward becoming RCTV Media
Center, a community-oriented resource that will maintain education and community service
at its core, and that will grow to meet the demands of Rochester, a community growing in
vibrancy.
Carvin Eison General Manager
REVENUE:
Fees for Service $ 493,803 Rental Income $ 20,482 Membership Contributions $ 6,626 Contributions $ 701 Grant revenue $ 46,901 Miscellaneous revenue $ 2,631 Donated services / goods $ 1,200 Total Support and Revenue: $ 572,344
EXPENDITURES:
Program salaries $ 265,875 Payroll taxes and benefits $ 70,521 Depreciation $ 53,673 Occupancy $ 22,420 Repairs and maintenance $ 18,695 Outside services $ 13,278 Training and conference $ 9,124 Office expenses $ 8,815 Youth stipends $ 470 Equipment $ 9,414 Insurance $ 9,665 Other $ 1,415 Advertising $ 2,274 Supplies $ 6,401 Supporting Services $ 64,082 (payroll, professional services, occupancy,
training, depreciation, insurance, etc.)
TOTAL EXPENDITURES:
$ 556,122
For year ending June 30, 2013
Rochester Community TV is proud to report its consistent record of exceeding benchmark standards for the ratio of program services to administrative expenses.
RCTV expends 86% of its income on program services and only 11% of its income on administrative (general and management) expenses. RCTV’s low overhead exceeds benchmarks set by the American Institute of Philanthropy, the Council of Better Business Bureaus and the US OPM Combined Federal Campaign.
Funding for RCTV15 comes from the 65,000 City of Rochester
residents who subscribe to Time-Warner Cable, per the franchise
agreement with the City of Rochester.
INCOME/EXPENDITURES
RCTV Board Members include, L. to R., Kabutey Ocansey, Jesse
Dudley, Zelda Artson Crichlow, Kimberly Roberson, Tremain Harris. Not shown: Keenan Allen, Beulah Patterson, Kathleen Washington, Rodney Allen Young.
FUNDERS AND PARTNERS
City of Rochester
Baden Street Settlement of Rochester, Inc.
The Coalition to Prevent Youth Violence
Community Place of Greater Rochester
The HEART Coalition
Metro Council for Teen Potential
Monroe County Access
Northeast Area Development
Planned Parenthood of Rochester/Syracuse Region
Rochester City School District
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester Movie Makers, Inc.
Summer of Opportunity Program
(Rochester Works and City of Rochester)
The College at Brockport SUNY
Threshold/Community Place
Highlights of the Year
This year, RCTV increased its community outreach through presentations at meetings of organizations such as The Lions Club, Pinnacle Place and the HAM Radio Association. During July, RCTV sponsored and exhibited at the Corn Hill Arts Festival where it recorded and posted online video clips from a variety of attendees who shared messages ranging from song and words to balloon art.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
This past summer, RCTV had window treatments installed on the front façade of the building. The new décor, designed by Rajesh Barnabas and produced by Signazon, has made a noticeable impact. This exterior enhancement reflects the transformation going on inside the building that includes new lighting for the studio, new digital recording equipment, and three new JVC high definition cameras that have dramatically improved the image RCTV is able to broadcast. New membership procedures have also been put into place providing greater security.
STATION ENHANCEMENTS
20TH ANNIVERSARY FILM FESTIVAL AND SPEAKER SERIES
In celebration of its 20th Anniversary year, RCTV held a well-attended 3-part film festival and speaker series at the Cinema Theater on Clinton Avenue South. The first film, Drum Major for
Justice – the Franklin Florence Story featured the work of local
producer Chris Christopher and filmmaker Carvin Eison. In the documentary Comfort Zone, local producers Kate Kressmann-Kehoe, Sean P. Donnelly and Dave Danesh explored the regional implications of global warming. For the last film, Heist: Who Stole the American Dream, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston shared insights on the film and challenged the audience to become more engaged with local politics.
RCTV conducted well-attended spring and fall classes in TV Studio Production and editing. A variety of professional development workshops were also offered that included a class on Motion software by RCTV Producer/Director Rajesh Barnabas, a four-part workshop on Garage Band with musician and audio engineer Subhash Kulkarni, a
workshop on Making Movies on a Shoestring given by Rochester Movie Makers Founder Stanley Main, and a technology and procedures workshop demonstrating the new equipment in the sub-control room. A diverse schedule of workshops is planned for the upcoming year.
PRODUCERS’ WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
Verizon sponsored RCTV’s wireless connection at RCTV’s Corn Hill Arts Festival booth
Kate Kressman-Kehoe and Sean Donnelly join Warm 101.3’s Pat Rivers to discuss Comfort Zone and RCTV’s 20th Anniversary Film Festival.
KESSLER BURN AND TRAUMA CENTER
• Attendees at RCTV’s March Media Mashup had a look “behind the scenes” as we filmed live entertainment, and they also got a hands-on experience in the sound room, the studio and in front of the green screen.
• In April, RCTV presented OUTPUT, an annual film festival at which we screened a wide variety of genres created by local community producers and staff.
• This year’s Black Music Month Celebration, held in June, featured live and pre-recorded performances as well as a short documentary by Tina Chapman DaCosta called “Remembering the Pythodd,” about one of Rochester’s
1950’s-1960’s jazz clubs.
SPECIAL EVENTS
“Community Awards like this mean so much to me,” stated Grammy-nominated and Award-winning musician Jimmie Highsmith when he was given RCTV’s Third Annual Black Achievement Music Award at this year’s Black Music Month Celebration. Jimmie was awarded the BAMA plaque in recognition of both his musical excellence and his community contributions.
JIMMIE HIGHSMITH, JR. WINS 2013 RCTV BAMA
• Carvin Eison and Joshua Bloodworth received an award from the Alliance for Community Media in the professional category for their work in producing “AfterEffects,” an HIV prevention PSA, funded by the NYS Department of Health. • Carvin Eison was invited to screen July ’64 and
Shadows of the Lynching Tree at two different
events as part of the weeks-long exhibit and community discussion about race, sponsored by Rochester Museum & Science Center and Rochester Area Community Foundation.
AWARDS AND SPECIAL
SCREENINGS
At RCTV's March Media Mashup, attendees enjoyed watching live performances as they were filmed
Jimmy Highsmith, Jr. was awarded RCTV’s 2013 BAMA
Earlier this year, RCTV awarded a mini-grant to Saby Reyes-Kulkarni supporting his proposal to do a short documentary called Double Bind. The film is about current and former members of Rochester’s African
American church congregations who are gay. A segment of the documentary will be screened at RCTV’s annual meeting, and the entire film will be shown at OUTPUT in the spring.
RCTV PRODUCER MINI-GRANT
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, who gave the Garage Band Workshop earlier this year, is producing Double Blind
Abdalla Abdalla
Yahya Abdullah
Anthony Anderson
Tim Bates
Eugene Beaumont
Mike Boas
Robert Brooks
Charles Burkes
Gwendolyn Butts
Will Butts
Jaquetta Calhoun
Will Cannon
Martin Coker
Pastor Rosetta Coker
Laura Colbert
Wayne Coughlin
Samantha Cox
Paul Crowell
Montrelle Curry
Adrienne Davis
Judith Davis
Alterique Day
Daniel Delehanty
Chris Edes
Alfred English
Carolyn Falligan
Ana Fermin
Navidad Fermin
Bill Flynn
Rev. Dr. Dwight Fowler
John Franklin
Travon Golden
Sam Green
Tina Greene
Jerry Hines
James Hunter
Eddie Irby, Sr.
Kenny Johnson
Levon Jones
Minister Lellean Jones
Sirena Jones
Laurie Kash
Max Kessler
Donovan Knight
Katie Kruetter
Subhash Kulkarni
Pacho Lane
Golden B. Lewis
Joe Lewis, Jr.
Michael Litterio
Adams Street Church of God by Faith
Bethany Spiritual Church of God
Christ Temple Apostolic Faith Church
Church of God by Faith, Inc
Cristo Es El Camino
Emmanuel Church of Jesus
First Church of God
Get Involved In Your Community, Inc.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
Living Church of God
M.K. Gandhi Institute
New Beginnings Apostolic Faith Church
New Day Global Mission
New Destiny Baptist Church
Christopher Lofton
Robert Lovett
Stanley Main
Robert Lorenzo Maldonado
Malik Manon
Ronald Mathis
Mary McCloud
Michael McCourt
Brent Merritt
Abdirashid Mohamud
Peter Morgan
André Morrison
Joyce Nakada
Terry Nasca
John Ornelas
Anna Kristina Pfeifer
Gerald Phipps
Gary Picariello
Brian Pomeroy
Reginald Prior
Paul Rapalee
Debra Rhoten
Hector Rosado
David C. Rourk
Ali Sharif
Shakierah Smith
Jim Strauss
Ebony Sylvester
Fred Tanksley
Gabriele Tanksley
Iyanna Tanksley
Curtis Taylor
Tiffiny Taylor
Malik Thompson
Mark Toker
Paul Tracy
Pastor Clarence Turner
Philomina Uzoamaka
Emeka-Iheukwu
Linda Webb
Zachary Welch
Joseph C. Whitt
Lorenzo Williams
Pastor Wanda Wilson
James Wooden, Jr.
James Wooden, Sr.
Open Arms Christian Fellowship Ministries
Rochester Movie Makers, Inc.
Education Partners
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY, CHARLOTTE
HIGH SCHOOL AND RCTV
Rajesh Barnabas worked with the HEART Coalition to create a 20 minute program about youth leaders in the Rochester City School District. The film is being shared with RCSD administrators and City Recreation staff and other youth-oriented organizations.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays during the school year, Shabaka Collier worked with students from RCSD School #58 to teach media literacy and production through an after-school program which RCTV oversaw.
This year, the RCTV/ Writers & Books Media Camps were filled to capacity with both new and returning participants. In addition to producing a program live for their parents, the students created shorts that will be submitted to the KidLitFoundation’s 90-Second Newbery Awards Film Festival, founded by author James Kennedy. One of last year’s submissions, based on the book My
Father’s Dragon, is listed among the
25 all-time favorite submissions to the festival.
WRITERS & BOOKS SUMMER CAMP
YOUTH LEADERS AND ROCHESTER
CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT –
BRIDGING THE GAP
ROCHESTER CITY
SCHOOL
DISTRICT #58
Joshua Bloodworth led a collaborative initiative this spring for RIT students, who then mentored Charlotte High School students and taught them skills related to making music videos. This successful program has been renewed again for the upcoming year.
Joshua Bloodworth teaches TV studio production to campers
Summer of Opportunity Interns learned animation during their internship
Through the City of Rochester and RochesterWorks, RCTV worked with 12 interns from the Summer of Opportunity Program. They incorporated the use of Garage Band, Motion, and several animation programs into the works they produced, including an interview with mayoral candidates Lovely Warren and Alex White, with President of the Puerto Rican Festival Orlando Ortiz, and with former NFL Football Player Roland Williams. Each youth produced a soundtrack and a two-minute animation as part of the program, and the group took field trips to the Buffalo Bills Camp, to the Space Observatory at RIT and to a showing of the movie King’s Faith by local producer Nick DiBella.
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