SCAN Community Media provides training and tools to support media distribution options for independent and organizational producers of video programming. SCAN supports the development of content targeted to residents of King County and communities of interest throughout the world with an emphasis on supporting access to media for local voices, diverse ideas and alternative information and entertainment.

Description:
Our agency makes it possible for you to make local TV programs. Whether it is a news show, entertainment, a documentary, you can put your unique story and voice on television that reaches over 400,000 homes. SCAN Community Media is your studio and station.

SCAN manages the the only regional public access channel serving King and South Snohomish Counties and provides training, tools and other distribution technologies to support residents and local organizations to utilize video media.
SCAN emphasizes the use of powerful communications technologies to give voice to underserved and non-commercial interests - particulaly to build communities of interest to take action and solve problems.

History:
SCAN was incorporated in 1999 and contracts with the City of Seattle to make community media resources accessible. Our current contract provides annual and capital funding. SCAN provides television programming full time on cable channels 77 or 29 and streams over the Internet at www.scantv.org. Local producers develop and air between 100 - 200 television programs each week raching over 400,000 cable subscribers homes. SCAN has just under 200 active program producdrs who are your neighbors and colleages.
SCAN is focused on expanding the number and quality of prgrams distributed by cable, the Internet and new technologies such as podcasts and cell phone feeds. .

Contact people:

Elise Child, Director Of Outreach, Promotion And Programming, (phone), (email) Taaj Armstrong, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email) Donn Hedden, Director Of Production Services, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (206) 528-8049

Address:

1125 N 98th Street Seattle, WA 98103 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.scantv.org

Directions:

From Seattle downtown, go north on I-5. Exit to the west at 85th street. Head west to Aurora Highway and turn right. Head north to 98th and turn right. SCAN is midway in the block on. . . (more)

Miscellaneous Information

Liability
	Yes
Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers?
	Yes
Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18?
	Yes