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LARCHMONT-MAMARONECK

COMMUNITY TELEVISION, INC.

ANNUAL REPORT

2011

LMC-TV Staff learning CPR at Studio 2

to better serve the community

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LARCHMONT - MAMARONECK CABLE TV BOARD OF CONTROL

123 Mamaroneck Avenue

Mamaroneck, NY 10543

LARCHMONT - MAMARONECK COMMUNITY TELEVISION

(LMC-TV)

Board of Control

David Fishman, Town of Mamaroneck

Josh Mandell, Village of Larchmont

Norman Rosenblum, Village of Mamaroneck

Richard Slingerland, Administrator

Anthony Siligato, Treasurer

Advisory Committee

Brad Garfield, Town of Mamaroneck

Open position, Town of Mamaroneck

Open position, Village of Larchmont

Open position, Village of Larchmont

Sunny Yeddis Goldberg, Village of Mamaroneck

Mike Witsch, Village of Mamaroneck

LMC-TV Headquarters

740 West Boston Post Road

Suite 311

Mamaroneck, NY 10543

381-2002

Television Center

Mamaroneck High School

Palmer Avenue Unit

Mamaroneck, NY 10543

698-6808

Studio II

145 Library Lane

Mamaroneck, NY 10543

381-0131

Board of Directors

Leonard Verrastro, President

Alan Peron, Vice Preisdent

Janet Bear,Treasurer

Maura Carlin, Secretary

Michael Charles

Christopher Paul

Joann Turits

Joseph Vozza

Staff Erik Lewis, Executive Director

Jessica Pozzuoli, Associate Director

Matt Sullivan, Acting Associate Director

Dena Schumacher, Studio Production Manager

Christina Carino-Forrest, Government/Community Production Manager

Seth Rothman, Community Sports Producer

Sharon Mosley, Community Bulletin Board Manager

Eileen Mason, Community Producer

Sasha Mitsch, Administrative Assistant

BACKGROUND

The Tri-Municipal Larchmont - Mamaroneck Cable TV Board of Control was organized by the Villages of Larchmont

and Mamaroneck, and the Town of Mamaroneck to administer the franchise agreement (effective Dec. 3, 1980 through

Dec. 31, 1993 and extended through Temporary Operating Authorities granted by the New York State Commission on

Cable television) with TCI Cable of Westchester (doing business as UA-Columbia Cablevision of Westchester) pursu-

ant to the CATV Sharing Agreement. On September 25, 1996 a new franchise agreement was signed with TCI and on

March 3, 1998 Cablevision purchased TCI and became the cable provider for the tri-municipalities. In December,

2007 a franchise agreement was signed with Verizon Corporation to provide cable TV service on Verizon channels 34,

35, and 36, giving the tri-municipal communities a competitive choice of cable providers for the first time. Richard

Slingerland, the Administrator for the Board of Control, is the direct liaison with Cablevision and Verizon for the three

communities handling all complaints and recommendations.

The Board of Control is responsible for collection and disbursement of franchise fees from Cablevision and Verizon.

The franchise fees represent 5% of the gross operation revenues for cable television of Cablevision and Verizon sub-

scribers in the tri-municipal region. The franchise fees support the operations of The Board of Control and provide the

primary support for Larchmont - Mamaroneck Community Television, Inc. The Board of Control holds the lease

agreement with the Mamaroneck Union Free School District and the Rye Neck Union Free School District for the tele-

vision equipment provided by the franchise agreements and the access center facilities located there. A two-thirds

negative vote by the three municipal government boards can overrule any action taken by the Board of Control. The

Board of Control is composed of one elected official from each of the three municipalities, an administrator, and a

treasurer.

The Advisory Committee of the Larchmont - Mamaroneck Cable TV Board of Control advises the Board on cable mat-

ters affecting our communities. This includes technical, legal, programming, financial, subscriber and insurance mat-

ters relating to the franchise agreement. The Committee is to report to the Board of Control semi-annually.

The LMC-TV Board of Directors sets policy and is responsible for the operation of the access centers and for pro-

gramming Cablevision channels 75, 76 & 77 and Verizon Channels 36, 35 & 34 in the community interest. The LMC-

TV Board of Directors is composed of members selected from the community by the LMC-TV Board of Directors.

The LMC-TV Board submits the annual LMC-TV operating budget to the Board of Control for approval, whose mem-

bers pass it on to the three municipal boards for their approval.

PHILOSOPHY

Larchmont - Mamaroneck Community Television, Inc. (LMC-TV) is a non-profit membership organization open to all

members of the community. LMC-TV programs Cablevision Channels 75, 76 & 77 and Verizon Channels 36, 35 & 34

in the community interest for Larchmont and Mamaroneck, NY. LMC-TV aims to heighten community awareness and

increase community participation through the making and viewing of local television, and to encourage programming

reflecting the concerns, interests and activities of our community.

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OBJECTIVES

1. Operate community access TV facilities for the use of the people of the Villages of Larchmont and

Mamaroneck and the Town of Mamaroneck.

2. Offer production training classes.

3. Encourage local people to produce and promote their own community television programs.

4. Produce community programs.

5. Cablecast town and village board meetings and school board meetings on Channel 76/35.

6. Cablecast community television programming on channels 75/36, 76/35 and 77/34.

7. Publicize the program schedule and LMC-TV programs and events.

8. Raise funds to support community programming, and broaden awareness of the LMC-TV philosophy and

programming.

9. Maintain high quality facilities and community-friendly production equipment within an affordable

budget (based upon franchise fees and fund-raising income).

10. Provide a community information system in case of emergency.

11. Expand and strengthen ties to existing community organizations.

12. Be available to the Larchmont - Mamaroneck Cable TV Board of Control to report and comment on mat-

ters of cable TV regulations and utilization and participate in cable franchise negotiations.

GOALS

To continually bring new people and community groups into the LMC-TV fold.

To continue to develop a strong identity throughout the three communities in which we serve.

To maintain programming hours in order to serve all facets of the community.

To increase the membership base.

To continue and strengthen the relationships between LMC-TV and The Mamaroneck & Rye Neck Union

Free School Districts, The Mamaroneck Library and The Emelin Theatre for the Performing Arts.

To explore emerging communications technologies in order to determine what role LMC-TV might as-

sume.

To maintain our services to the community, to the best of our abilities.

President’s Report 2011

As President of the LMC-TV Board of Directors, I would first like to compliment the staff, volunteers and

Board members for their dedication and interest in making our community television the best it can be and working

toward making it even better for many future years.

I would also like to especially thank Joann Turits, who decided to leave our Board after serving for over 13

years. Joann has over the years been a strong contributor to our planning, programming and was very instrumental

in putting together many of our fund raising dinners and events over the years. Her contributions to the Board and

LMC-TV will be greatly missed.

LMC-TV will continue to face many challenges in the future, including our continued search to acquire a

space to consolidate and centralize our facilities. The need for this space has been well documented in the “Buske”

Report, our Master Plan and by prior Boards. However, it comes down to issues of a reasonable purchase price, ade-

quate funding and how to structure the financing and ownership of any prospective property with the Board of Con-

trol and three municipal governments. Since we are now paying rent to the Town of Mamaroneck for our office

space at the Town Center and to a private landlord for Studio II on Library Lane, it makes the purchase option eco-

nomically more feasible.

We have continued to upgrade our equipment, as needed and will continue to do so in 2012. The Board and

staff believe very strongly that the equipment must keep up with the latest technology being developed if we are to

remain an important community resource.

This year we had a very successful membership drive and going forward we will need to reach out for in-

creased community support and increase our efforts in fund raising, memberships and sponsorships for our program-

ming. This will continue to be a difficult and challenging task during the current economic conditions.

Our coverage of Municipal and School Board meetings, sports programming and community events has been con-

tinually expanded and is available on demand via our website (www.lmc-tv.org). We will continue to make improve-

ments to our website and always welcome suggestions to improve it.

The 2012 Award Night is being dedicated to the memory of Bruce McNichols, a long time LMC-TV pro-

ducer and musician who passed away this year and will be missed by everyone. Bruce’s band partner, Henry New-

berger will be hosting the event and providing the musical entertainment. We hope for a great turnout to honor

Bruce and the award recipients.

I want to personally thank Erik Lewis, our Executive Director for the tireless job he does in keeping LMC-

TV running smoothly and the many different hats he wears during the year in making sure that all important events

and meeting always have coverage.

LMC-TV is dedicated to its mission of serving and keeping our community informed and to continue its

value as our “Community Connection.”

Respectfully submitted,

Leonard M. Verrastro, President

LMC-TV Board of Directors

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Executive Director’s Report 2011

In FY 2011 we did a modest re-organization focusing our resources on municipal meetings, community

events, community productions and varsity sports. We created the position of Government/Community Produc-

tion Manager (Christina Carino-Forrest) whose responsibilities are to shoot all authorized government meetings

and develop a volunteer and free-lance crew cadre to cover community meetings. Putting this all under the su-

pervision of one staff member enables LMC-TV to more closely track this important area of service and to de-

velop quality controls to continue to improve in this critical area. The Studio Production Manager (Dena

Schumacher) is responsible for production at both Studio 1 (Mamaroneck HS) and Studio 2 (145 Library Lane)

as well as booking and dispatching all loanable field equipment from Studio 2. So far this new division of re-

sponsibility is working out well. Additionally, 2011 saw the departure of our first Varsity Sports Producer – Seth

Rothman – for a job in the field of his dreams: the YES Network. Seth initiated and grew the varsity sports pro-

gram from a fledgling pilot to its current strength where we cover over 65 high school varsity events in two

school districts. Both Seth and LMC-TV grew during his tenure and we wish Seth all the best in his new profes-

sional track. Fortunately, Seth also helped us find his replacement – fellow Mamaroneck HS alumnus and sports

producer Rob Moretti so we were able to make the transition as seamlessly as possible and now continue our

robust varsity sports program into the new year.

In 2011 our main strategic goal of consolidation remained unmet. Nevertheless, we more clearly de-

fined paths that would lead us to space acquisition and financing and are pursuing them.

In 2011, 88 grade schoolers participated in six afterschool clubs at Murray Avenue School,

Mamaroneck Avenue School and Chatsworth Avenue School. The Summer Teen Filmmaking Workshops saw

18 participants in 2 workshops and 42 others participated in field production, editing, studio and directing

classes.

The annual membership drive for 2011 brought in $13,990 up from $7,695 for 2010, exceeding our

budget goal of $12,000 due to the extra effort of LMC-TV’s Board of Directors in personalizing a direct mem-

bership drive appeal. Corporate underwriting came in at $4000, up from $3000 in 2010.

New (and some old) programs of note in 2011 are At Home on the Sound, a report featuring the non-

profit organization whose mission is to enable seniors to live at home as they grow older. The show was started

by Eileen Mason who remains one of our most prolific community producers. 2011 also saw the inception of

two new Spanish language shows: Enterate! produced on collaboration with the Hispanic Resource Center and

aided by interns from the EF International School in Yonkers, NY and Vistazos produced by Maria Elena Carullo

and Padres Unidos de Mamaroneck High School - the Hispanic PTA of Mamaroneck HS. Also, Rye Neck HS

student Remi Litvin, sponsored by Rye Neck High School teacher and Special Projects Coordinator Valerie Feit,

initiated Rye Neck Students Above and Beyond, a news magazine-style show featuring achievements of Rye Neck

HS students.

In conclusion, 2011 saw LMC-TV mature and deepen its ability to respond to the needs of our commu-

nity.

Respectfully submitted,

Erik Lewis

Executive Director, LMC-TV

LMC-TV PROGRAMS 2005 T0 2011 FROM FACIL DATABASE

*counts the number of tapes/DVDs used to shoot meeting, actual number of meetings is lower.

**In years prior to 2011, sports programs were included in location shows. In 2011 a separate Sports Category was

tracked. In 2011 there were 240 Location shows and 65 Varsity Sports Shows for the total of 305.

SHOWS PLAYED AND NEW SHOWS FROM TIGHTROPE DATABASE

How to read the Cablecast Playback Report:

Show/Runs: A Show is a unique Show. A run is how many times the total of unique shows were run. Show/Runs

reports on Scheduled shows, shows that were scheduled to play in year.

NewShows refers to how many unique shows were added to our playback inventory in year. They may or may not

have been scheduled to play in that year.

Imports Location Muni-Meeting

Tapes/Media

Studio TOTAL

2005 431 308 119 269 1127

2006 484 276 149 252 1208

2007 513 284 181* 247 1225

2008 568 203 195* 194 1160

2009 519 287 250* 253 1299

2010 407 271 144 210 1032

2011 295 305** 140 166 906

2010

Show/

Runs

2010New

Shows/Runs

2011 Show/

Runs

2011New

Shows/Runs

Channel 75/36 – Pub-

lic

394/17022 356/15728 446/17147 355/12955

Channel 76/35 – Mu-

nicipal

125/2950 115/2885 123/4306 112/5308

Channel 77/34 – Edu-

cational/Import

612/2042 555/1575 546/1907 482/1437

TOTAL 1131/22014 1026/20188 1116/23361 1040/19701

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LMC-TV Financials

Fiscal Year 2011

LMC-TV FY 2011 BUDGET

BUDGET ACTUAL Variance

INCOME Board of Control 500,000 500,000 0%

Grant Management 100 0 -100%

Award Show 4,000 2,393 -40.17%

Dinner 14,000 0 -

Other* 0 256 -

Corporate Underwriting 6,000 4,000 -33.33%

Grants 0 0 -

Interest 200 123 -38.36%

Membership Dues 12,000 13,990 16.58%

Production Services 5,000 4,688 -6.24%

Media Copying 10,000 6,792 -32.08%

Workshops 20,000 18,839 -5.81%

TOTAL INCOME 571,300 551,082 -3.54%

EXPENSES Advertising/Promotion 2,500 3,297 31.88%

Audit/Accountant 3,500 3,400 -2.86%

Capital & Architectural 0 0 -

Contributions 0 0 -

Expense Account 1,000 1,274 27.45%

Equipment Total 11,000 5,060 -54.00%

Facility 2,500 190 -92.39%

Fees 500 339 -32.26%

Fund Event Award Show 2,500 1,553 -37.88%

Fund Event Dinner 6,000 452 -92.46%

Fund Event Journal 500 0 -

Fund Event Other 300 0 -

Grant Management 0 0 -

Insurance 16,000 16,956 5.98%

Internet/Computer 5,315 2,951 -44.47%

Legal Fees 0 770 -

Medical Benefits 31,504 27,985 -11.17%

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LMC-TV FY 2011 BUDGET (CONTINUED)

BUDGET ACTUAL Variance

Membership Drive Exp 2,000 2,424 21.19%

Office Supply 3,400 2,279 -32.98%

Payroll: OS Technical 3,000 4,350 45.00%

OS Cleaning 1,500 1,720 14.67%

Bookkeeper 4,500 4,444 -1.24%

NY State Disability 900 891 -1.04%

Payroll Processing 3,000 2,921 -2.64%

MTCT (tax) 1,200 1,129 -5.95%

Fica Taxes 28,500 25,969 -8.88%

SUTA 4,700 5,241 11.52%

Fulltime staff 258,049 206,911 -19.82%

Regular part-time 16,923 16,348 -3.40%

Irregular part-time 25,649 49,074 91.33%

Special Project 0 0 -

Production Services 14,000 14,795 5.68%

Dental Benefit 3,300 980 -70.30%

Sports Program 51,800 54,012 4.27%

Worker's Comp 2,300 96 -95.83%

Consultants Production 0 1,015 -

Postage 1,000 2,181 118.15%

Printing/Newsletter 1,500 208 -86.13%

Professional Societies 900 975 8.33%

Prog Prod Exp 4,000 3,953 -1.19%

Service Contract s 4,320 4,469 3.45%

Studio 2 Alarm 700 575 -17.83%

Studio 2 Utilities 4,000 6,406 60.16%

Studio 2 Rent 26,640 26,640 0.00%

Town Center Rent 11,750 11,750 0.00%

Subscriptions 200 0 -100%

Travel 2,000 2,000 0%

Utilities Telephone 6,000 4,859 -19.02%

Videotape Purchase 7,500 6,501 -13.33%

Worker Training 5,000 1,515 -69.71%

TOTAL EXPENSES 571,300 530,859 -7.08%

Under/Over - $20,222

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LMC-TV FY 2011 SURPLUS FUND SPENDING REPORT

Item Year Expense

Sales Consultant 2001 1000

Telephone 2001 1743

Database entry 2001 2765

Computers 2001 4430

Database software 2001 1795

Business Cards 2001 331

Clearcoms 2001 1333

Distribution amps 2002 1306

Office construction 2002 4562

Misc 2002 303

DVD deck 2002 904

Satellite Tuner 2002 2048

Air Conditioner St.2 2002 1250

Curtain/Shelves St.2 2002 540

Curtain/Shelves St.2 2003 95

T-Shirts 2003 390

Air Conditioner St.2 2004 750

Emelin Theater Robotic 2004 20857

E-mac edit workstation 2005 1310

Second Emelin Robotic Cam 2006 13028

Computers for Dub Rack 2006 1208

No purchases 2007 0

Strategic Planning 2008 7255

Strategic Planning 2009 2888

New Studio 2 Renovation 2009 4493

TOTAL $76,584

LMC-TV BANK ACCOUNT BALANCES AS OF 12/31/11

Checking Account—$66,475.18

Money Market Account—$50,557.38

Project Fiscal Sponsor Escrow Fund Account-$2,524.91

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF LMC-TV 2011

DONORS & CONTRIBUTORS TO $99

116 Persons, Organizations or Families

DONORS & CONTRIBUTORS $100— $249

26 Persons, Organizations or Families

DONORS & CONTRIBUTORS $250-$499

John & Marty Farris, Edward Handelman Fund, Luann & Matthew Jacobs,

Laurence Magro, Dee Owen, Linnet Tse, Leonard Verrastro, Vincent’s Garage

DONORS & CONTRIBUTORS $500-$999

Janet & Stephen Bear, Maura & Glenn Carlin, Mike & Lake Charles, Laura &

Steve Girsky, Sunny & Brad Goldberg, Rudolph & Alix Laager,

Barbara E. Whitman

CORPORATE UNDERWRITERS 2011 Aquavision Scuba, Brewer’s Hardware, Coxe & Graziano Funeral Home, Den of

Antiquity, Gusano Loco Restaurant, Law Office of Joseph Vozza, Robert’s Army

and Navy, The UPS Store, Vincent’s Garage, Washingtonville

Housing & Fuel Coop

BEST SINGLE PROGRAM

MARIANA BONEO & SILVANIA AZEVEDO

“Immigration Rally”

BEST SERIES

SHARON MOSLEY

“As You Are”

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JOEL TRIEGER

“Sculptures by Joel”

BEST NEW SERIES

CONRAD BARCLAY

“Off The Shelf”

BEST PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

LYNNE CROWLEY

“Larchmont Historical Society Green Day Expo

BEST COMMUNITY EVENT VIDEOGRAPHY

MAEVE SANCHES & ANDREY GORDON

“Dance Cavise Dance-a-thon”

THE VAL ESTABROOK AWARD

FOR OUTSTANDING WORK IN SCHOOL VIDEO

JEFFREY EISENBAND

THE JOSEPH P. FRAIOLI VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

REMY LITVIN

THE MARY ANNE SULLIVAN AWARD

FOR OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMMUNITY TELEVISION

HER HONOR MENTORING

Winners of the Twenty-first Annual Awards Night - April 28, 2011

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LMC-TV in Action - from left to right: LMC-TV crew Firemen’s Parade 2011, volunteer Asher Collins on top of Mollie Spillane’s shooting

coverage, Varsity Sports announcer Sam Blunt interviewing MHS pitcher Mike Williams, LMC-TV crew LIVE Election Night Coverage 2011,

LMC-TV Studio Production Manager Dena Schumacher repairing installations at Village of Mamaroneck, LMC-TV Sports Producer Rob Moretti announcing game, Bruce McNichols & Henry Newberger at LMC-TV picnic, LMC-TV office assistant and after-school assistant instructor Sasha

Mitsch taping LMC-TV Government/Community Production Manager Christina Carino-Forrest and family at summer picnic, LMC-TV

videographer Jean Thony Dussuaud & LMC-TV Programming Director Matt Sullivan at summer picnic.