HCTV - Hunterdon Central Television
ABOUT HCTV:
Hunterdon Central Television invites our local and global communities to become part of our school community by experiencing life at Central via our YouTube Channel - @HunterdonCentralTelevision
HCTV live streams Red Devils Varsity Sports Games & Matches, Fine Arts Events, Board of Education Meetings, Counseling, and Academic Presentations. All live streams and archived videos are all available through our YouTube Channel!
Original HCTV programs include fine arts, choral, and orchestral concerts, student showcases, counseling, and instructional programs, live Red Devils Sports programs, as well as community seminars and presentations. We also help air the morning announcements, created by students in our Television/Video Productions courses. Click on the video links to watch recent HCTV programs.
AWARDS:
New Jersey School Public Relations Association (NJSPRA) 2015 Best Multi-Media Newsletter Award and 2017 Best Video Award, JAM 2017 Video Excellence in Arts & Entertainment, NJSPRA 2019 2nd Place Social Media for Hunterdon Central Television YouTube Channel, and National School Public Relations Association Honorable Mention for In-House Video 2025.
In our local community, tune into HCTV-Comcast Channel 27, our educational-access cable television station owned and operated by Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Click here for weekly schedule.
To submit Announcements for Comcast Channel 27:
Announcements will be accepted for broadcast on Comcast Channel 27’s bulletin board if they are found to meet the following requirements:
1. The broadcast announcement clearly indicates the organization that is sponsoring the event, program, etc.
2. The event, program, etc., indicated in the broadcast announcement benefits either the school community, or the community as a whole; benefits should not be limited to members of the sponsoring organization.
Priority will be placed on announcements in the following order:
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Hunterdon Central Regional High School (HCRHS)
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Other publicly-funded primary and secondary educational institutions
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Municipal governments of the HCRHS sending districts
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Other municipal governments
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Approved non-profit organizations
WCVH-FM radio and HCTV shall not broadcast commercial announcements in which products or services offered by for-profit entities are promoted in “commercial type” announcements, nor shall payment be accepted for these “commercial type” announcements.
The Board of Education assumes no responsibility for errors in the broadcasting of such announcements.
Programming: Any broadcasts or content on Comcast Channel 27, WCVH-FM radio, or Hunterdon Central Television’s YouTube Channel will be in line with Board of Education policies and regulations. In order to maintain editorial independence, WCVH-FM and HCTV will not engage in any promotion of the election of members of the Board of Education, or any other political candidates, other than through normal election announcements. The operation of WCVH and HCTV will be conducted in accordance with all the provisions of Federal and State laws, rules and regulations. Additionally, programming on HCTV will be in compliance with guidelines established under the current agreement with C-TEC Cable Company for Educational Access programming (see Access Operating Rules, C-TEC Cable Systems).
HCTV YouTube
Contact Information
Maren Smagala
Communications Officer
908-284-7187
Maren.Smagala@hcrhs.org
HCTV Student Technicians
HCTV trains and uses Student Technicians to function as television professionals in almost all aspects of program development and production. For information on how to become an HCTV Student Technician, please contact Jim Johnson at james.johnson@hcrhs.org.
Community Bulletin Board
If you have an upcoming event that you would like announced on our Community Bulletin Board, please email us at hctv@hcrhs.org
HCTV Underwriter
HCTV is a non-profit, educational-access television station. We cannot air advertisements or commercials for for-profit businesses. For more information - and to find out how to become an HCTV Underwriter - please visit HCTV Donors page.