Mercer County Television (MCTV) channel 26 is an Educational-access television station in West Windsor, New Jersey, USA, owned and operated by Mercer County Community College (MCCC). The Student television station is transmitted to all of Mercer County, New Jersey, via cable TV channel 26 on the Comcast, Cablevision, reaching an excess of 90,000 households. In January 2009, MCTV became available on Verizon FiOS channel 20 in Mercer County. Tony Bruzaitis is the station's director of operations, while Professor Steve Voorhees is the director of student programming. David Valentino is the station's chief engineer.
Original student programming was introduced on MCTV in 2004 and is mainly shown during the prime time hours of 8-11 each night. During the college winter and summer breaks, each production takes a hiatus until the following semester.
On Thursday, October 21, 2004, Mercer County News Live (MCN Live), the official student news of MCCC, began at 5:30pm EST as the first student-produced program on MCTV. This twenty-minute news broadcast was produced by Danielli Weiden and directed by Robert Mirabella. The first MCN Live featured presenters Sharon Seeman, Wilmar Luna, Christopher Curto and Antranig Dereyan. The show continued live every Thursday.
Messer Community Television Channel 15 (commonly known as MCTV 15) is a small Public-access television cable TV station, founded by Diana J. Limjoco, its first Chairman, Exec. Director, Producer. The station is broadcast on Northland Cable Television's Mount Shasta area cable system on channel 15.
In July, 2008, MCTV 15 contracted Mt. Shasta resident Audra Gibson to become the Executive Director. Audra brought 9 years of experience to the Non-Profit Organization dba Siskiyou Media Council, responsible for the management of south county Public Access Television.
Gibson, a former Mt. Shasta mayor, worked with Diana Limjoco to establish the non-profit in 2002 and promoted the mission of MCTV15 to establish programming and facilities for public use. She brought years of volunteer participation as MCTV’s Secretary, President, Government liaison for the cities of Weed, Mt. Shasta and Dunsmuir, as well as producer and production volunteer.
In 2006, MCTV 15 began working with Yreka Community Television Channel 4 in a revamping effort.
MCTV is an acronym used to represent these unrelated television stations:
MCTV may also refer to a number of cable Public-access television cable TV channels in these communities: