Nashua CTV Committee Meeting - June 13, 2026
Nashua CTV Committee Meeting - June 13, 2026
The Nashua CTV (Community Television) Committee met on June 13, 2026, to review financial reports, operational updates, equipment issues, and approve expenditures. Key actions included authorizing up to $2,200 for LED lighting upgrades and up to $25,000 from Comcast funds for equipment replacement.
Consent Calendar
- Previous Minutes: A motion to accept and place on file the previous meeting's minutes passed unanimously.
Financial Report
- Operating Account (2505): Current balance $288,844 (corrected from earlier reported $288,000).
- May 2026 Expenses: $34,475 (including salaries and facility operations).
- Cable Cast Totals (March–May 2026): 5,903 total cable casts, of which 150 were live events. Live event breakdown: Public – 28, Education – 47, Government – 52, HD Channel – 23.
- Playbacks (March–May 2026): 5,753 total playbacks: Public – 2,682, Education – 852, Government – 957, HD Channel – 1,262.
Reports from Staff
- Equipment Issues: In the chamber, a PoE switch was replaced and the system tested successfully. In the auditorium, a camera failed and the monitor controller is at end of life; Key Code will provide a quote for replacement. Responsibility for payment remains to be determined.
- BRB TV Contract: The Finance Committee unanimously approved a second-year contract extension for BRB TV to operate public access channels (approved May 20).
- Programming (March–May): Pete Johnson (Education Channel Administrator) reported extensive live and recorded coverage including high school sports, school budget hearings, graduation ceremonies, a new children's program “Once Upon a Craft Time,” and community events.
- BRB TV Updates: Bob Bartas noted continued promotion via slides and billboards, streaming on Roku/Apple TV, and addition of two new 24/7 live cameras atop the Masonic building (north and south views on Main Street).
- Graduation Viewership: Dan Young reported streaming data for Nashua High North and South graduations: South – 838 views / 409 viewers; North – 1,212 views / 587 viewers. Viewership came from across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Colombia, and several other countries. (Note: Comcast viewership data was not available.)
Discussion Items
- Lighting Upgrade Authorization: Request to spend up to $2,200 from the equipment repairs and maintenance budget to retrofit fluorescent lighting to LED in CTV offices and studio. Motion by Director McCormick, carried unanimously.
- Comcast Equipment Funding: Request to authorize expenditure of up to $25,000 from Comcast funding (received this month) for equipment purchases, including a replacement camera (one was destroyed by wind during graduation setup). Discussion noted preference for Sony cameras due to operator familiarity, with options from Canon and Panasonic at approximately $5,000 each. Motion by Director McCormick, carried unanimously.
Key Outcomes
- Approved expenditure of up to $2,200 for LED lighting upgrades from the equipment repairs and maintenance budget.
- Approved expenditure of up to $25,000 for equipment purchases using Comcast funds.
- Accepted previous meeting minutes.
- Director Tim Cummings noted that while the FY27 budget appears on track, FY28 will be difficult and recommended the committee take proactive measures.
- Meeting adjourned at 8:56 PM.
Meeting Transcript
I hope. I unmuted it. All right. All right. Mr. Painter. All right. Excuse me. Our current balance of the operating account 2505. And I apologize, I made a mistake in the in what I sent you, or or what I sent out uh uh on the desk today. Um our operating account 2505 is 288,844, not 288,000 dollars. And our expenses for May 2026, including salaries and facility operations, totaled $34,475, not $400. Um we had fifth $5,903 cable casts total March from March 2026 to May 2026. Uh of this, 150 were live events, and of this it broke down to the public. Uh excuse me, was 28. Education 22 was 47, and government was uh 52, and our HD channel was 23. And we had 5753 playbacks, and of this public six was 2682, education 22 was 852, and government 16 was 957, and our HD channel uh was 1262. We had some equipment problems both in the chamber and auditorium. In the chamber we replaced the PoE switch at as well as testing of the entire system here. Um all is working properly now. In the auditorium, we had a down camera and the monitor controller for the room was not responding. Uh Key Code, our vendor was able to repair the camera and through their troubleshooting determine that the controller is at the end of its life. Uh so they will be sending us a quote for a replacement controller. Uh the question we have is uh the that we've got to answer is who is responsible for payment uh of that controller of getting that system going up there again, uh, because that wouldn't be us. That w that we we've got everything else in there, uh cameras and and everything in the switcher. Um as I explained in my email, we apologize for not having this June meeting take place at at our studio. We didn't realize in March that this week would be major bu uh budget public hearing, wrap-up and multiple meetings each night, as well as a north and south high graduations, which went off really really well. Um we we cover the that we cover live each year on Tuesday and Wednesday night. Uh we'd like to have the September meeting take place in the studio if that's possible. Uh we presented in front of the finance committee on May 20th for the second year contract extension for B ERB TV to run our public access channels. And they unanimously approved the extension. So we would like to congratulate BRB TV to continue putting up with us. Um we have we have been having issues with several lighting fixers at the CTV offices. That prompted us to start considering a change from the standard fluorescent tube lighting to more efficient LED lighting. Retrofitted with the LED tube lights in the common area as well as task lighting in the studio and replacing fixtures in the drop-down ceilings in the three offices. Cost estimates about three months ago were 1,800. So we would request authorization to spend an amount not to exceed $2,200 from equipment repairs and maintenance budget to upgrade our current lighting to cost saving LED technology. Our equipment needs. Okay. All right. Yeah, Pete Johnson Education Channel Administrator. So yes, uh on uh Wednesday evening we did lose uh one camera um one of the ones that was uh intended to be replaced during the um hopefully during the summer here with that Comcast money so um we can discuss that later on especially if there does become a quorum so uh as far as programming on uh our side we've been uh extremely busy obviously for the last uh couple of weeks and uh months so in March uh going back to our last meeting we had uh a lot of uh basketball ending the uh the month so we did uh Nashua South Girls Basketball versus Pinkerton on the second fourth we did live coverage of Wyndham at South Boys Basketball, the fifth live coverage of Exeter at South Girls Basketball. On the 9th, we did live coverage of the fiscal year 2027 school budget public hearing. On the 11th we recorded Bishop Gerton hockey at uh the UNH arena, I think is what it says. I'm reading it correctly. Okay. Um S N U H up in Manchester, it wasn't over and at the Seacoast. So uh we recorded uh Bishop Gerton hockey at Concord uh final at I think that's twice three 22 recorded and oh Nashville Public Library. It's a little difficult to read, sorry about that. Um beyond the book uh author interview with Laura Canoy.
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