By Daily Press staff
In case you haven’t tuned into channel 16 on your TV set, you are missing an award-winning public service broadcast.
CityTV, cable channel 16 in Santa Monica, was recently honored with the top award in the state for the quality of its programming. The channel won first place in the Overall Excellence Category for the SCAN NATOA STAR Awards. It is the sixth time in eight years that the channel has won the award.
The awards are presented annually by the States of California and Nevada Chapter (SCAN) of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA). This year’s awards were presented on May 11 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
In addition to winning in the best overall programming category, CityTV also won a first place award for its popular “Downbeat Showdown” youth program in the performing arts category, second place for “Santa Monica Update” in the news category, and “Legal Help Live” won second place in the talk show category.
CityTV is the government access cable channel for the City of Santa Monica. Seen on cable channel 16, CityTV is available to all Adelphia cable TV subscribers in Santa Monica. Crossroads musicians go Live! from LACMA
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 20, 2006. Read the original PDF.