Maine Channel Celebrates ‘First Birthday’
Contact: Maine Channel Promotion Department, (207) 581-1559
Birthday Bash — featuring ‘The Bay State’ — on Nov. 2
ORONO, Maine — Imagine getting $50,000 for your first birthday.
The Maine Channel, the University of Maine’s closed-circuit campus television station, was granted an annual operating budget of $50,000, effective this semester. This funding was the first time an annual budget had been allocated to the organization since its conception in 1999.
What began as a small operation with a volunteer staff and donated sub-standard equipment begins a new era of television production and campus communication with the newly allocated funding.
The Maine Channel will celebrate new opportunities and a new future with a “First Birthday Bash,” Nov. 2 at the Bear’s Den in the Memorial Union. Kicking off at 7 p.m., the party will feature Orono-based band The Bay State, and Boston-based Fly Upright Kite. Refreshments, including pizza provided by Pat’s Pizza of Orono, will be available.
To demonstrate the station’s new capabilities, the event will be broadcast live over the Maine Channel (Channel 42 in UMaine residence halls), and a new game-show concept will be demonstrated.
For information about The Maine Channel, call 581-1559.