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Issue #87 February 2020
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YourTV: A Cornwall Hometown Institution

By Casey Leger Cornwall native, Disco Wheels DJ
(There’s a blast from the past!) and
“We’ve been a volunteer organization former Domtar employee, Bill returned
since our inception,” says Cogeco to YourTV in 1995 while he was
YourTV producer, Bill Makinson. He’s working at Domtar. Through a series
not kidding: Bill, along with production of happy circumstances, Bill landed a
assistants Gabriel Riviere-Reid and job with the organization and he has
Chris Rhode, are the three salaried been helping the community share its
employees who run the Cornwall stories ever since. “We get a lot of
YourTV system. volunteers from high schools,” he says.
YourTV is Cogeco’s community “We also have quite a few seniors who
access service. Locally, YourTV covers are looking to get into something new.”
Cornwall staples and traditions like How important are volunteers to
the Santa Clause Parade, the Cornwall the organization? “It takes 10 to 12
Colts, the Wildcats, Seaway Valley people to televise a Colts game,” says
Wrestling, the Chamber of Commerce production assistant, Gabriel Riviere-
Awards, the Business Excellence Reid. “They handle everything from
Awards, and the Hospice Telethon. setting up to cameras to graphics to

YourTV also covers the Shorty Jenkins audio,” he explains.
Classic, a national-scale curling event, Gabriel and Chris Rhode, the other The “Team” at Your TV. Photo Submitted
and this is by no means an exhaustive local production assistant, also began YourTV for several seasons. “Our of-all-trades to make it work.”
list. their YourTV careers as volunteers. coverage is great for marketing the Divided into ‘systems’ based on
While covering local sports teams “We have four or five cameras covering team and for player recruitment,” says
and tournaments makes up a significant the ice. We have a penalty box cam, Bill. “We cover ten or so games per regions, Bill estimates that there are
portion of community access and we do replays and commentary.” season. The Colts are also part of the 20 or so YourTV stations covering
programming, Cogeco’s community “Volunteers help make it all ‘CCHL Tonight Game of the Week’, local events in Ontario communities.
television also broadcasts several possible,” says Gabriel. “We are very broadcasted on YourTV’s sister stations “People from the community come to
locally written and produced shows. grateful for the wonderful individuals in Brockville, Smiths Falls, and the us to pitch ideas for local television
Bill epitomizes the volunteer nature who donate their time and expertise to Ottawa Valley.” shows,” Bill says of the community TV
of community access television. He be a part of the picture and make local “I learned everything about doing process. “If the idea seems interesting
began his TV career in the mid ‘70s programming a reality.” this while on the job,” Bill says of his and feasible, we bring it up to the
as a high school volunteer himself. A The Cornwall Colts have been on profession. “You’ve got to be a jack- management chain for review.”

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