THE REC CHANNEL (cable channel 24) allows you to keep informed about the facilities available at the Brunswick Recreation Center, and provides educational programming from Cuyahoga Community College.
Visitors flock to BAT Open House
You don't often find Brunswick's Mayor or Council members hobnobbing with characters like the ones pictured at left, but it happened on Thursday, June 24th at Brunswick Area Television's Open House.
In addition to Mayor Gary Werner, Council members Vincent Carl, Ron Falconi and Pat Hanek, and Brunswick Hills Twp. Trustee Mike Esber, visitors from the City, Brunswick Hills, Medina and elsewhere got to meet two of BAT's well-known public access producers: The Mortician (far left), host of The Mortician House of Horror; and, in full bat regalia, Tina Guk, producer of The Potpourri Show.
Local musicians who frequent the Acoustic Jams held at the Nature Center provided quality musical entertainment as visitors exchanged ideas about potential shows and toured the production facilities.
The staff of BAT would like to thank those who volunteered their time and effort to help: Community Policing Coordinator Nick Solar; producer Tina Guk; The Mortician; the Acoustic Jam Players; Justice & Company; The Madd Chef; and Starship Earth for providing the bat costume.
If you're interested in producing your own show or just checking out the facility, please feel free to stop in Mon-Thu. from 9 am-10 pm, or Fri. from 9 am-5 pm. The BAT staff is always ready to help.
Brunswick Area Television re-opens at new site
Brunswick Area Television announces the relocation to our new facility at 4274 Manhattan Avenue in Brunswick. Opened Monday, June 7, 2010, the center is home to the City’s Public and Government Access Cable Television Channels, along with the City’s website, www.brunswick.oh.us.
“We are very pleased to finally be in a facility of our very own,” said Jeff Neidert, Manager of the City’s Division of Information and Public Communication. For the past eight years, BAT shared office space with the Time Warner payment center in Laurel Square. Prior to that, the facility operated out of space donated by Brunswick High School. “We welcome community members to drop by for a tour of our facility at any time,” said Neidert. The BAT Center is open Mondays through Thursdays from 9:00 am-10:00 pm and on Fridays from 9:00 am-5:00 pm.
“We want to be sure that folks realize that the Time Warner payment center is still operational at the Laurel Square site. Cable subscribers may still pay bills, or address service concerns there,” said Neidert. He added that a few people have dropped by the new location, attempting to pay their bills or change out their cable equipment, but he wants cable customers to remember that Time Warner is still located at the original Laurel Square site.
The building on Manhattan Avenue was once home to a number of various county agencies which have since relocated. “We still get plenty of folks dropping by who are looking for the County’s title bureau,” Neidert said. The Title Bureau relocated to Town Center, near Giant Eagle, last fall. Over the past several months, building improvements to communication wiring, carpeting, minor construction and painting have taken place in preparation of the opening.
Brunswick Area Television offers residents of the City of Brunswick and Brunswick Hills Township, the equipment and training to allow them to produce their own television program, seen on cable channel 21, and the staff produces a number of government programs seen on channel 20. Between 15 and thirty new, locally produced television programs are submitted to air on the channels each week. If you’d like to learn more about Brunswick Area Television, please call 330-220-1726 or check out the information at right and in the menu above.
New BAT cave, but the same great staff!
Front: Production Assistant Rob Trautman.
Middle row: Website/Production Assistant Ted Hruschak, Manager Jeff Neidert.
Back: Access Specialists Janet Ahern and Ben Staunton.
