Station Guidelines

SCTV19 is privately owned by diversiCOM and staffed by employees of diversiCOM Mainstreet Communications. Programs aired do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of diversiCOM, SCTV19, its employees or management.

Final decisions on the following will be made by SCTV staff:

• Whether or not a particular program will air, the time it will air, and what forms or permission may be necessary for airing.
• Lending of equipment.
• Individuals with authority to use the equipment in-house and off site.

Requests for SCTV 19 staff to tape an event will be considered within the constraints of scheduling as well as staff and equipment availability. SCTV19 may tape events and reserves the right to edit and air these tapes at their discretion.

Any program taped by SCTV19 staff members becomes the property of SCTV19. We reserve the right to duplicate or deny sale of a copy to a viewer.

SCTV19 has the right to deny submitted programs from airing on SCTV19. SCTV19 had the right to edit and assign advertising space within a program viewing time.

Program Guidelines

All programs must meet the technical standards requested. Formats accepted: DVD, VHS, MPEG2 (upon SCTV19 management discretion), and others may be reviewed upon request.

Programs may not contain any obscene or indecent materials as defined by community standards, material not in compliance with law, or programming that libels, slanders or infringes upon copyright ownership.

Any person or producer submitting a program for airing assumes responsibility for the program content. Any person or producer who submits a program for airing or requests that an event be taped will be required to sign a SCTV19 cablecast request form:

• Representing that the program does not contain obscene or indecent material
• Representing that the program does not contain programming that libels, slanders or infringes upon any copyright or trademark protections
• Indemnifying SCTV19 from all liability in relation to such program

All taped programs submitted for cablecasting must include the following information and standards:

• Title of program
• Running time of program
• Date of taping
• Contact person name and phone number
• Cued to starting position

All programs submitted for viewing may be reviewed by SCTV19 staff prior to airing.

SCTV19 has the right to the final decision as to whether and when to schedule submitted programs. Every effort will be made to honor a requested time frame.

Prime time is defined as any time between the hours of 6:00pm & 10:00pm.

SCTV19 reserves the right to edit and incorporate advertising of any kind within a program. Submitted programming must not contain advertising of any form. For-profit groups or businesses that wish to advertise may chose between the advertising rate schedule or the sponsorship rate schedule.

Political campaigning

Any individual or group wishing to air campaign information must follow the advertising rate schedule for air time requested. SCTV19 will provide equal time to any competing or opposing political candidate or party at an equivalent rate. SCTV19 reserves the right to refuse air time to all political candidates or parties equally.

Bulletin Board Programming

Bulletin Board programming is the continuously scrolling information that plays between regularly scheduled programs. This service is available without charge to non-profit organizations and individuals that wish to call attention to social, education, cultural and fundraising events that are open to the public. Some for-profit announcements will be accepted for a fee. SCTV19 staff has the right to determine whether announcement meets Bulletin Board qualifications or will be considered a standard advertisement. Messages will be cablecast on a first come, first serve basis, as space permits, on an automatic, rotating basis for up to two weeks prior to the event. Information submitted for viewing must be received 10 business days prior to the first airing. SCTV19 reserves the right to refuse to air informational programming for any reason including insufficient available air time or lack of viewer interest in the information submitted.