City Talk - RC6 is Rolla’s new premiere education and government cable channel

We sure had an exciting, exhilarating and memorable week when the Tour of Missouri Stage 4 and Stage 5 races made history in Rolla (Sept. 11) and St. James (Sept. 12). It’s not every day that you see the City of Rolla’s name in the headline of articles all over the Internet from countries such as England, Australia, France, and a dozen other countries around the globe. And the timing couldn’t have been better for Rolla Channel 6 (RC6), Rolla’s new Education and Government channel, to capture on film this international sporting event.

In case you were not aware, Gabe Mankin, Video Production Manager for RC6, was very busy filming and capturing video from the Tour of Missouri Stage 4 Finish throughout Rolla’s downtown area. Historic events like these deserve to be filmed, recorded and replayed, and RC6 was among the many other state and national media outlets who were clamoring for position to video and photograph the Tour of Missouri Stage 4 finish in front of the Castleman Hall Performing Arts Center on the Missouri S&T campus.

Many exciting and wonderful events like the Tour of Missouri can bring state, national and international attention to the Rolla community, and having an Education and Government cable channel such as RC6 capture and broadcast these events is, I think you’ll agree, a wonderful addition to our community. The promotional video clip for the Tour of Missouri had been airing on RC6 for weeks prior to the race on Sept. 11, and created additional excitement and anticipation for the event that brought more than 18,000 spectators to the Stage 4 race finish in Rolla and 12,000 spectators to the Stage 5 start in St. James, for a total of more than 30,000 spectators in both TOM host cities.

Rolla Channel 6 will begin airing Rolla City Council meetings on a regular basis beginning Monday, Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. In addition to airing the City Council meetings live the first and third Monday of the month, RC6 also will re-air City Council meetings several times throughout the week. City Planning & Zoning (P&Z) meetings are scheduled to begin airing on Tuesday, October 14 at 5:30 p.m. with additional City meetings planned for the coming months.

Rolla Public Schools (RPS) board meetings also will be aired live on RC6. These meetings will re-air throughout the week as well. Rolla High School Friday night football games will air the Sunday following the game at 6 p.m. RC6 will re-air the games frequently throughout the following week or weeks depending on the home schedule. The schedule for all programs will be posted on the RC6 program guide.

Other pre-produced programs currently airing on RC6 include: Missouri Outdoors, After the Storm, Army Newswatch, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services (CSREES) Partners Video Magazine, NASA Science Files, World Energy Television, PlaySports TV, Perils for Pedestrians, Road to Recovery and Friends in Discovery.

For more information regarding programming or DVD duplication of Rolla City Council and Rolla Public Schools board meetings, and RHS sporting events, please contact Gabe Mankin, RC6 Video Production Manager, at (573) 426-3377 or at Gabe.Mankin@fidelitycommunications.com.

RC6 is a jointly funded education and government cable channel provided by the City of Rolla, Rolla Public Schools, and Fidelity Cablevision. The mission of RC6 is to enhance the City of Rolla’s and Rolla Public Schools’ public information and communication systems, involve the community in local government and Rolla Public School decision-making, and provide useful information to the public.