Okemo Valley TV

07/21/2025

After a brief hiatus with our e-news, we're back with another edition - featuring the latest programming highlights & station news. Check it out: youth sports, concerts on the Green, a local film, and our producer awards reel. Thanks to all who make it happen! https://mailchi.mp/okemovalley/programhighlights_and_stationnews-9313079

07/07/2025

Here's a video montage announcing this year's award recipients, showing off the producers and their work. We recognize them for their efforts and appreciate their involvement, in bringing out the best of what community / public media is all about.

Announcing the 2025 Okemo Valley TV awards, in recognition of volunteer producers who created work that has stood out over the past year, in four different c...

07/06/2025

What's your feeling on food trucks in Ludlow? The Village is considering a proposed ordinance from the Planning Commission, which was reviewed during a special public hearing this past week. You can watch & listen to that here:

The Ludlow Village Board of Trustees holds a public hearing with the Planning Commission on a proposed food truck ordinance (36 minutes), followed by its reg...

07/06/2025

Our Youth Programming of the Year award goes to Cavendish After School. We worked throughout the year with the kids from Cavendish and had a lot of fun. Their grand finale was a production and adaptation of "Chicken Little" of their very own creation. We had a lot of fun and plan to be back with them again in the Fall. Thank you & congratulations to the kids from Cavendish Town Elementary and to Librarian Amy McMullen & ASP Director Scott Boucher for this fun partnership.

You can see clips from "Chicken Little", and the other award winners, along with their work, in this video montage that we made:
https://okemovalley.tv/okemo-valley-tv-producer-awards

07/03/2025

Congratulations and thank you to Sammy Blanchette, who has been presented with the 2025 Community Impact award. This is in recognition for “The Tasty Twist”, which he launched as a cross-platform series last Summer. It is both a TV show and an audio podcast. Sammy, a well-known hard-working local musician, produced & hosted 41 episodes of Season 1, featuring mostly other local musicians, giving them a platform to showcase their work and tell their stories. His guests also included some local business entrepreneurs and community leaders. “The Tasty Twist” will be back with Season 2, which will be premiering this Summer!

Take a look at this video montage showcasing this year's award recipients and their work:
https://okemovalley.tv/okemo-valley-tv-producer-awards

07/02/2025

Phill Gatenby is the recipient of this year's Outstanding Achievement award.

Phill is an Englishman in Vermont who has fallen in love with covered bridges, adding to his list of passions which also include the Manchester UK music scene and his beloved Manchester City football club. An active member and ardent supporter of the Vermont Covered Bridge Society, last Fall he set out on a quest to document all 100 of the State’s covered bridges, starting at the Southern end and working his way North. His series is part travelogue, part educational, and part cultural heritage, but the sum of the parts is first rate entertainment. It premiered back in December, with a new episode dropping each week. Phill’s now on episode 30… He still has 70 more to go, but it's already been an outstanding achievement, as well as a unique and exemplary use of the platform. Well done, Phill!

07/01/2025

Announcing the first of our 2025 Producer Awards...

Producer(s) of the Year: Dave Pettit & Dave VanGuilder. The “Average Daves” are not only co-workers at Ludlow Police Department; they are also co-hosts of their very own TV show. With a shared love of movies, TV, & entertainment, they make use of the platform provided by the Okemo Valley TV studio, to express their (strongly-held) opinions to anyone who will listen ...and judging from the viewership online, people are, in fact, listening! “The Average Daves Move & TV Talk” is now 30 episodes deep & going strong.

Congrats & thank you DAVES!

06/25/2025

Thanks to all who attended last week's Open House & Annual Meeting, to eat sandwiches from Johnny's Kitchen, hear about what's going on here at the station, take part in the show & tell demo about WLUD community radio, cast a vote for the WLUD logo, vote in the Board election, and to bear witness to this year's producer award recipients and other showcased works.

Congrats to Wendell Perkins on getting re-elected to the Board, and welcome new incoming Board members Trevor Barlow & John Hanlon! And thank you to Bob Greenawalt & Lisa Hamm-Greenawalt outgoing members for their 3 years of service on the Board.

More to come soon on this year's awards!
And look out for the release of the new WLUD logo...also coming soon!

06/23/2025

Your Local Government in Action - we have you covered!
We "cover" (record, broadcast, stream, & archive) between 15-20 municipal government meetings each month in 6 different Towns in our area.

You can always see which ones are being covered and when the are being played back on TV by going to the program guides page of our website: https://okemovalley.tv/program-guides

And of course, these meetings, as with all other local programming, are available to watch on demand on our website, You Tube channel, and streaming app..

06/23/2025

We had a great Summer evening at the ballpark, at Centennial Field for the Lake Monsters game. Thank you to our community partners at VTel for the opportunity! Sitting right behind home plate was a real treat!

06/21/2025

The Audio-Video Production class at River Valley Technical Center is in the news, as they are once again heading off to the Skills USA competition. The class is taught by Mr. Zachary McNaughton, a former Okemo Valley TV Board member and the producer of the fishing series Vermont Master Anglers. Check out the news story from WCAX-TV. There's even a quick shot of our own Rebekah Fontaine, who is a program alum & Skills USA winner.

https://www.wcax.com/2025/06/20/vermont-video-production-students-compete-national-competition/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLDjMNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFsbEJ0djlxQ0RlWUxqb3RGAR6lGEmgZPbpEaH8RgSNKTkVCIasTD1U9IGULVeZ2K_n7ISdxyC3XMlGsdxXyQ_aem_061DeynbaWDBv532BAvn1w

It’s showtime for aspiring producers, directors, and actors at the River Valley Tech Center in Springfield.