
Cindy LaPointe Dafler wears many hats here at MVCC — podcast producer and host, Gold Star Wife, and tireless volunteer, just to name a few.
Cindy is the driving force behind the Miami Valley Salute to Veterans podcast, where she sits down with local veterans to share their stories. It’s work that clearly means a great deal to her.
“The most rewarding of all the things I’ve been doing is the podcast,” she shared in a recent WDTN feature. “It is ‘Miami Valley Communications Council Salute to Veterans’ and I interview veterans.”
Cindy was recently recognized as a Nexstar Remarkable Women 2026 winner for the Miami Valley — a well-deserved honor for someone who gives so much to her community.
👉 Read the full WDTN story — Nexstar’s Remarkable Women 2026 Miami Valley Contest Winner
🎙️ Watch the Miami Valley Salute to Veterans series on YouTube
History
Miami Valley Communications Council is a municipal communications and technology organization representing the eight member cities of Centerville, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Springboro and West Carrollton. The council also has affiliate agreements with other Miami Valley cities. MVCC was formed in 1975 as a council of governments to monitor, regulate, and administer common cable television franchise agreements, manage the operation of the council's cable access television channels, and develop and implement intergovernmental projects designed to strengthen communications between member cities and their citizens. A policy-making body consisting of delegates representing member cities governs the council.
Funding
MVCC is funded through franchise fees paid by the cable service provider. Franchise fees are rent that the cable company pays for placing its wires over or under the public rights-of-way (streets.) MVCC uses these franchise fees to support its community access television activities, cooperative intergovernmental projects, and to explore new and changing technologies that will benefit member communities. The council, in turn, provides many services to our communities at little or no cost.