Focus on Winchester
The Sandy Rodgers Tapes

Affordable Housing? (1986)

AFFORDABLE HOUSING? (1986)

Sandra Rodgers - Host and narrator

Discusses the four housing sites upon which a single family home will be built, and the issues involved. Sites: Palmer Street Site, Mullen Park Site, Ambrose School Site, Woburn Loop Site.

Laurel Lucas - interviewer

Guests: Mary Meader - Chairperson Winchester Housing Authority, Chad Maurer - town manager, David Mortensen - Chairman The Town Meeting Special Study Committee On Low And Moderate Income Housing.

Producer - Sandra Rodgers - with support of the League of Women Voters.

Editors: Cynthia Krumme, Carol Seplowitz

Production Crew: Steve Groh, Drew Bouldin, Carol Seplowitz, Jennifer Moore

Music By - The Solution

Our thanks to Carolyn Dettinger, League Of Women Voters Observer Corps, for her help.

Focus on Winchester, October 21, 1987 (Premiere show)

Focus on Winchester, with host Drew Bouldin and later Allan Eyden, was a one hour monthly local cable news program. It was cablecast to Winchester Massachusetts residents from 1986 to 1990 on Continental Cable's public access channel 19. The program consisted of interviews with local residents and town officials about timely topics about Winchester. This edition features artist Carolyn Latanision, Jack Keith Director of the Winchester Housing Authority, David Mortenson Chairman The Town Meeting Special Study Committee On Low And Moderate Income Housing, and Judie Muggia Chair of Winchester Selectmen. The main topic of this episode is a discussion of Affordable Housing in Winchester and the proposed Winchester Housing Partnership Board.

Producer - Drew Bouldin

Associate Producer - Sandra Rodgers

Director - Kevin Moore

Audio/Videotape - Donald Cronin

Camera - Larry Worthen, Mark Smith

Kid's Eyeview Fall 1985

Kid's Eyeview Fall 1985

Kid's Eyeview was a program about the happenings in the Winchester schools; Ambrose, Lincoln, Lynch, Muraco & Vinson Owen. Student reporters interviewed fellow students about their projects and activities.

Producer: Sandra Rodgers

Director/Editor: Brad Parsons

Student Reporters: Billy Cunningham, Lisa Mills, Peter Jones, Amy Joseph, Damon Kreth, Matt Fontasia, Carrie Tozza, Lauren Blancard, Patricia Williams

Production Assistance: Cynthia Krumme, Terence Limerick, Pam Jervey

Focus on Winchester, January 11, 1989

Focus on Winchester, with host Drew Bouldin and later Allan Eyden, was a one hour monthly local cable news program. It was cablecast to Winchester Massachusetts residents from 1986 to 1990 on Continental Cable's public access channel 19. The program consisted of interviews with local residents and town officials about timely topics about Winchester. This edition features a review of Town events of 1988.

Producer: Sandra Rodgers

Director: Kevin Moore

Audio/Video: Donald Cronin

Camera Operators: Pam Jervey, John Krebs

Graphics: Julie Delay

Sandra Rodgers: Community Producer, Host

Topics of 1988

Winton Club Cabaret, "Memories"

Decision 88, election coverage with Allan Eyden, Judie Muggia, John Sullivan, Laurel Lucas

Winchester Co-Op Theater, "Willy Wonka  And The Chocolate Factory"

Winchester High School Fall Production, "Fame"

Winchester Scholarship Foundation Telethon 88, with John Sullivan, Violet  Myrvaggnes College Club, and Dan Lagatta.

Town Day, featuring "Alexander, King Of The Jesters"

Winchester High School 1988 Graduation

Mill Pond concert with the Dixie Devils playing "The Sunny Side Of The Street"

350Th Anniversary Parade with hosts Judie Maggia,  and John Sullivan. Featuring the Winchester High School Band Winchester MA, Brigadier General Charles H. Perenick. 18th US. Army Band Fort Devens, MA, US Coast Guard Color Guard.

Interview of Donald Cronin, Program Director of Winchester cable access channel TV-19.

Sportsview 

Ed's Place, cooking show.

350th Celebration, Festival Chamber Concert, in the new Winchester Room at Town Hall, featuring YoYo Ma, Judith Gordon

Focus on Winchester, February 21, 1990

Focus on Winchester, with host Drew Bouldin and later Allan Eyden, was a one hour monthly local cable news program. It was cablecast to Winchester Massachusetts residents late 1980’s to 1990 on Continental Cable's public access channel 19. The program consisted of interviews with local residents and town officials about timely topics about Winchester. This edition features Selectman Robert Deering discussing the Town budget and override, and an inside report on the Winton Club’s annual production. This year its the show Galaxy.

Producer: Sandra Rodgers, Director: Donald Cronin, Graphics: June Kessel, Camera Operator: Peter Svahn, Reporter: Peter Morton

"Behind The Scenes” sequence edited by Dan Braga, Donald Cronin

Field Camera: Nancy Smith, Painting on set: Carolyn Latanision

Focus on Winchester is a public affairs presentation of TV-19 Continental Cablevision in Winchester Massachusetts, ©1990

Time Codes

00:00 - Intro

00:23 - Intro Allen Eyden host

00:48 - Continental Cable adv

01:19 - CNN Moneyline

01:49 - Mass Teachers Assn PSA

02:21 - Robert Deering interview-budget override

03:19 - Selectboard meeting

10:20 - Deering interview-budget

30:19 - Massachusetts Division of Tourism PSA

30:49 - “Be an Original” Rotary anti-drug PSA

31:50 - The Genesis Fund PSA

32:21 - Alan Eyden Host – 

32:54 - Report on Winton Club production of “Galaxy behind the scenes.

52:44 - Host wrap-up

54:11 - Credits