Santa Call-In turns 45 this year! It will be held on Sunday, December 14th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. It will be available on all four of our channels, GATV 5, 6, EATV 21 and CATV 991. It will also be available on AT&T U-verse channel 99, streaming live on www.mvcc.video, including on Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV through downloading the Cablecast ScreenWeave on any of these devices.
We have teamed up this year with 20 access station in 13 states (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virgina, New York, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Vermont and Florida) this year to simulcast during the live broadcast.
Once the phone number appears on the screen, children for all 13 states can call-in and take to Santa and his elves.
A very special thank you to Berns Garden Center & Landscaping for donating poinsettias and wreaths for the set. Dorothy Lane Market for donating Christmas cookies and Popshelf for donated toy presents for children who visit Santa during the show and Domino’s Pizza for donating food for the cast and crew.
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.