Welcome to Maine Coast TV Channel 7
Maine Coast TV, Channel 7, is the Community Television for all
Time Warner subscribers in Knox County, Maine. We cover the
City of Rockland and the Towns of Camden, Rockport, Thomaston, South
Thomaston, St. George, Warren, and Owls Head.
We are also part of the Maine Community Television Network.
As part of the wider community of Maine, much of our programming is
broadcast around the state of Maine and in exchange we also receive
quality programming from other towns in Maine.
NEWS
LIVE COVERAGE of the Parade of Sails at the Rockland Breakwater
Maine Coast TV along with WRFR Recorded Joe Steinberger's interview with the drummer from Phish, Jon Fishman.
Maine Coast TV, the community station for Knox County is presenting David Dodson's 25th Anniversary Concert starting March 29
David Dodson writes great songs that run the gamut of American styles - folk, rock, blues, jazz and country. They cover a variety of topics and range from poignant to hilarious. The 25th Anniversary concert was filled with great original songs covering the last 25 years. Sharing the stage were special guests Shira, Meteora, Anne Dodson, Matt Szostak, John and Rachel Nicolas, Dean Stevens, Mary Kate Small, Cousin Billy Dave, and a special appearance by the Pajama Men. The concert was recorded at the Camden Opera House. The concert will air on Channel 7, Friday March 28 at 8:00 PM, Sunday March 29 at 1:00 PM Monday March 31 at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM and Wednesday April 2 at 9:00 PM.
Broadcast of the Camden National Toboggan Championships
Maine Coast TV will be providing live coverage of this year's annual National Toboggan Championships taking place February 7- 9 at the Camden Snow Bowl. The coverage will be available to all Time Warner subscribers in Knox County.
Ned Lightner, a volunteer producer for Belfast Community TV also works part time at the Camden Snow Bowl. Last year he and Toboggan Master Stuart Young discussed the possibility of offering a live stream of the toboggan races so the folks getting warm in the lodge might watch what was going on at the chute. That idea expanded to providing the live feed to local cable viewers via Maine Coast TV.
Robert Nichols and Craig Mathieson of Maine Coast TV were enthusiastic about the idea and offered technical assistance to make it happen. The folks at the Snow Bowl were also excited and are making sure there is a good strong internet connection at the chute, which will make it possible to transmit the signal.
A camera will be located at the top of the chute to capture the colorful costumes and nervous energy of the toboggan teams. A second camera looking up from the timing shack will capture the toboggans' rapid descent down the chute. Commentary will be provided by the live announcer at the timing shack and supplemented by Al Gardner, a local television personality who produces "Out and About with Al Gardner".
The live coverage is scheduled to take place on Friday, February 7 from 4-6:30 pm and Saturday, February 8 from 8 to 4 pm. Maine Coast TV is located on Time Warner Channel 7 on converter boxes and set top boxes and on Channel 121-7 on digital TVs without set top boxes. The broadcast is available to all Time Warner subscribers in Knox County, Maine, including the islands of North Haven and Vinalhaven.
For those without cable, it can also be seen on computers locally or worldwide at Maine Coast TV, www.MaineCoast.TV or the Camden Snowbowl, www.camdensnowbowl.com.
SNOWDEN INTERVIEW
Channel 7, Maine Coast TV, the community station for Knox County is presenting an exclusive interview with Edward Snowden as part of its Deutche Welle series.
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden talks about his revelations, industrial espionage and death threats. He says the public has a right to know what the government is doing in its name - "and what the government is doing against it". After six months of painstaking preparation, journalist Hubert Seipel succeeded in conducting the first television interview with Snowden since his flight from Hong Kong. The meeting with Snowden, who revealed the massive espionage activities of the US intelligence agency NSA, took place at a secret location.
The interview will air on Channel 7, Friday January 31 at 8:00 PM, Sunday February 2 at 8:00 PM and Wednesday February 5 at 9:00 PM.
VIDEOS ADDED TO OUR WEBSITE
We have a new menu item on our menu bar. It is titled "Videos" and if you click on it you will find videos of some of our locally produced shows. To begin with we have Out and About with Al Gardner and also Reigning Cats and Dogs. We have had many requests from viewers who can't recieve our cable broadcasts to see some our unique local programming. We are starting with two shows and will expand our offerings soon.
GEM Histories
Be sure and watch the GEM Showcase on Saturday at 3 PM, Sunday at 6 PM, and Wednesday at 8 PM. GEM
Productions
has been producing local historical documentaries for many years and
every week we show something from their archives. Join us for
a
look back at people and events from the midcoast area.