Did you know that September 24th was proclaimed
KOCT DAY by Mayor Jim Wood? KOCT was proud to have received this acknowledgment
and proclamation in honor of KOCT’s 30th Anniversary. Most of KOCT’s
volunteer Board of Directors were able to attend the ceremony and KOCT Board Chairman,
Liz Rhea, encouraged viewers and those in attendance to attend KOCT’s
fundraiser on October 23rd at the Outback Steakhouse in order for
KOCT to be able to document and replay more community events.
KOCT is proud of the long-term relationship between KOCT and
the Oceanside City Council and their staff.
In fact, as Executive Director Tom Reeser explained at the
proclamation “KOCT began because of the encouragement by then Mayor Larry
Bagley to form a non-profit corporation”. This was because at that time
volunteers were working with city staff members and the founder of KOCT, Bob
Bowditch, who began covering election forums some of which were being conducted
by the employee unions. Mayor Bagley and Bob both recognized it would be best
for the community for KOCT to be an independent corporation and history has
proven that to be a wise decision. As the Mayor’s proclamation stated “WHEREAS,
KOCT has produced and continues to produce more election programs then most
television stations in all of San Diego County with the goal of providing
important information about ballot initiatives and candidates, a critical
service for voters considering the loss of local newspapers….”
SPEAKING of election programming….you’ll
want to watch this Thursday’s Journalist Roundtable program the large field of
candidates running for the Tri-City Medical Center Board of Directors will be
featured in a special 90 minute program. The show airs ‘live’ at 6 pm.
Next week we’ll record our final election edition Voice of
Oceanside with one-on-one interviews with candidates for the Oceanside City
Council as well as the hospital board candidates.
ALL of these programs will run extensively throughout
October and all of these programs can be seen as Video On Demand on
KOCT.org. You can even watch them on your Smart Phone or iPad.
Thank you to the Oceanside city council, Mayor Wood and city
staff for their support, encouragement over the past 30 Years—and thank you to
our many generations of viewers too!
