Capital Community Media is a multimedia center in the greater Salem area that provides local content, education, and a platform for people who want to hear and be heard by their community.
Our mission is to empower all people to communicate and provide community information through media.
All people in a democracy have the right and responsibility to take part in the decisions that affect them and their communities. Freedom of speech is vital to a healthy democracy and is guaranteed in the First Amendment. Capital Community Media (CC:Media) provides the community with the opportunity for political, cultural, artistic, spiritual, and individual expression.
Funding Sources
CC:Media is funded by the City of Salem and Marion County from Franchise Fees paid by Comcast.
Cable companies, like utilities, use the public-rights-of-way to lay cable to provide services and pay for use of these rights-of-way. CC:Media receives a portion of what Comcast pays to local governments to manage community channels 21, 22 and 23.
All residents and non-profits that are within the city limits of Salem and unincorporated Marion County, within the footprint of the cable company, are eligible for CC:Media’s services.
Individuals living outside CC:Media’s service area are eligible to use our equipment and channels for an annual fee of $150.
Services
Capital Community Media provides:
Community Billboard for individuals and non-profit organizations to publicize meetings and events.
Live coverage of Salem City Council and Marion County Commissioners' meetings.
Live coverage of Salem-Keizer School Board meetings.
Live coverage of Cherriots Board Meetings
Coverage of Salem-Keizer Schools sports and music programs.
Classes in Camera, Editing and Studio production.
Equipment and facilities for certified producers.
Channels 21, 22, 322 HD, and 23 to air television messages.
Radio programming on 98.3 FM.
VALUES
Democracy & the First Amendment
All people in a democracy have the right and responsibility to take part in the decisions that affect them and their communities. Freedom of speech is vital to a healthy democracy and is guaranteed in the First Amendment. Capital Community Media provides the community with the opportunity for political, cultural, artistic, spiritual, and individual expression on television. Capital Community Media enables our community—local governments, schools, non- profit organizations and individuals—to speak for themselves, independent of the decisions of commercial media.
Community Decision-Making
Freedom of expression alone is not enough to ensure a healthy democracy. Citizens must also enter into active discussion and debate in order to participate in solving problems for the common good. Capital Community Media promotes the use of non-commercial media including TV, radio, and the internet as a forum for discussing issues and solving problems.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Democracy is most effective in a society that is just, equitable and inclusive. Capital Community Media celebrates our diverse community in which every voice deserves to be heard, free of barriers. We work to achieve an environment reflective of our community, one that recognizes and celebrates our similarities and differences that may include race, gender, religion, culture, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic status, language, level of ability, age, religious commitment or political perspective.
Access to Information
A well-informed, actively-involved citizenry makes more responsible decisions. Capital Community Media provides community information and local media coverage of government meetings and school activities to stimulate an active dialogue among elected officials, schools and local citizens.
Media Literacy
Community Media offers an alternative to commercial media. Capital Community Media provides the training and tools necessary for people to become knowledgeable and effective communicators, able to consume media critically and to use media to tell their own stories.
