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neck of the woods | community
SOUTHERN
OREGON
TELEVISION
AWARDS SHOW
Rogue Valley
Community Television
(RVTV )
david nienow
he Southern Oregon Television Awards
T(SOTA) is the Rogue Valley’s annual showcase
of the best in local public access television pro-
duction. Since 2017, Rogue Valley Community
Television (RVTV) and the RVTV Public Access
Advisory Council have worked to offer this live
award program, honoring the work of independ-
ent studio and field producers who develop and
produce the public access television shows broad-
cast daily at RVTV.
RVTV, serving the region for over 30 years and
the region’s only public access television station,
has production facilities open to all residents of
Jackson and Josephine counties. Studio and field
certification classes are available that once com-
pleted, allow Rogue Valley residents the oppor-
tunity to work at the studio on show productions
and to use the station’s video production equip-
ment to create their own television program-
ming, shown on RVTV’s Public Access channel.
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