An Award for “Songwriters Open Mic”

CTN wins award for its program ABOUT “Songwriters Open Mic” …Community Television Network in Ann Arbor interviewed me for its series on video producers and editors, called Experience CTN. I was asked about the history of the “Songwriters” show and my thoughts about public access tv.

The award is from our region of the Alliance for Community Media, which represents over 950 stations nationally, and the local organizations and individuals (like me) that use “access” tv facilities to reach out via cablecast and internet streaming. CTN received the award at The Philo Festival of Media Arts ceremonies in October. The interview is archived online and available to view anytime at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhPkZjl8ibo

The 20-minute interview was conducted by CTN’s Training and Facility Coordinator, Alysha Schlundt-Bodien. Here’s a photo taken at the tv studio last winter, when Alysha gave me an award from CTN, for twenty years of “Songwriters Open Mic.”

Picture:   Jim Novak and Alysha Schlundt-Bodien at the studios of Community Television Network in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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