Contacts
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ALL SANTA CLARITA VALLEY, ALL THE TIME
Serving the Santa Clarita Valley (Calif.) since 1995 and maintained by the local
cable television operator, SCVTV Channel 20 is Santa Clarita's PEG (public, education, government)
channel. SCVTV™ is an independent California nonprofit corporation dedicated to providing
long-term sustainability for local PEG programming following the rollout of the
state cable franchise on Jan. 1, 2009.
SCVTV.com is a not-for-profit resource that mirrors Channel 20 and, since 2003, has made a growing
number of your favorite news, history and entertainment programs, past and present, as well as city government
and community college programming, available for "on demand" 24/7 viewing, regardless of whether you've got cable.
SCVTV.com's sister site, YourSCV.com, enables amateur and professional videographers to share their
videos with a worldwide audience.
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SCVTV.com
& YourSCV.com
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SCVTV.com
c/o Leon Worden
Post Office Box 802993
Santa Clarita, CA 91380-2993
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By Email:
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info@scvtv.com
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Community Bulletin Board announcement FORM
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About Us
SCVTV.com
SCVTV.com is "Local Television for Santa Clarita" on the Internet.
Independently owned and operated for community benefit,
SCVTV.com features ultra-local original programming seen on Channel 20 as well as
video content produced by entities such as the City of Santa Clarita, College of the Canyons,
the SCV Historical Society and other local producers. Producers note: By submitting a video
for playback on SCVTV.com, you are affirming that you have all necessary rights to display it publicly
(including any music it may contain),
and you acknowledge that you are permanently licensing its unconditional use by SCVTV.com
and any affiliated entities that may exist now or in the future.
YourSCV.com
Now, local residents and businesses have a place to upload and
share their videos with the rest of the Santa Clarita Valley — and the world.
SCVTV™
SCVTV™ is a California nonprofit public-benefit corporation dedicated to providing
local television and multimedia programming and service to the Santa Clarita Valley.
SCV Communications Group
SCV Communications Group is a California nonprofit producer of videos and
other media content for local charitable organizations.
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By E-mail:
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General Contact
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info@scvtv.com
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Leon Worden
President/CEO, SCVTV
Webmaster, SCVTV.com
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lworden@scvtv.com
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Michael R. Mazzetti
Treasurer/CFO, SCVTV
Engineering
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mmazzetti@scvtv.com
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Fred W. Trueblood
Secretary, SCVTV
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ftrueblood@scvtv.com
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Leon Worden
A Santa Clarita Valley (Calif.) resident since 1970, UCLA graduate and award-winning journalist
(Associated Press, California Newspaper Publishers Association, National Newspaper Association, Numsmatic Literary Guild awards
for investigative reporting, business writing, opinion pages, websites), Leon was Senior Editor of The Signal newspaper until 2007.
He has produced local television programming since 2002 and has served as president of the SCV Historical Society,
chairman of the City of Santa Clarita's Newhall Redevelopment Committee, founding director of the Friends of Mentryville,
founding member of the Los Angeles County Small Business Commission and the county's Ad-Hoc Committee on Homeless Services (SCV),
and creator of the SCV Sheriff Station's first Haunted Jailhouse. Leon continues to serve as chairman of the Santa Clarita Valley
Fourth of July Parade, publisher of the Old Town Newhall Gazette, owner/webmaster of SCVTV.com, SCV History In Pictures
(scvhistory.com) and other local websites, member of the Newhall Redevelopment Committee, president of Santa Clarita Valley
Communications Group (a nonprofit publishing and production company) and is a regular contributing writer for COINage,
the largest U.S. numismatic monthly. He has won consecutive NLG awards for best coin article in a U.S. coin magazine
(2006, 2007) and can be found in the magazine section of major bookstores across the country.
Michael R. Mazzetti
Michael has lived in the Santa Clarita Valley for nearly 20 years. Following a decade in the Flight Test
Engineering Department at the famous Lockheed Skunk Works in Burbank, he has spent the last 17 years an Audio Engineer mixing
shows for every major network and cable channel and has two Emmy nominations for his work. He spent 10 years on the road
with ABC Sports, televising just about every sport there is. For four years, he toured with Frank Sinatra as a staff engineer
and on both the "Duets" and "Duets 2" CDs. He now stays closer to home as one of the top television
audio mixers in Hollywood. His current shows include "Divorce Court" for Fox, "Merv Griffin's Crosswords"
and "Without Prejudice?" for GSN. He designs and rents audio systems used to produce television shows.
An active volunteer in the community, Michael helps teach television production to local junior and senior high school students
and is an advisor to the Hart School District ROP program. He rebuilt and upgraded the Channel 20 Community Access television
studio and edit bay; has volunteered for 12 years with the Saugus High School Band, recording 12 CDs for Jazz Ensemble;
and works with the City of Santa Clarita Disaster Preparedness Group as a City Radio Officer and designed and built the City's
emergency communication system. For fun, he can be found on his boat on a local lake, riding his Harley or throwing a
tennis ball to his golden retriever, Winston.
Independent Producer Bios
David Caldwell
Dave has been the voice of Santa Clarita high school and college sports since 1998.
He has handled play-by-play duties on television and radio for football, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer and hockey.
Since 2000, Dave has hosted the "SCV Sports Show," a weekly one-hour television program focusing on Santa Clarita youth sports.
From 2003-07 Dave was the sports director at KHTS radio, handling morning sports report duties, hosting the "Scoreboard Show"
following Friday night high school football broadcasts, and a "Monday Night Football Show from Marie Callender's."
For three consecutive years, the Los Angeles Daily News has named Dave one of the Top 10 play-by-play sportscasters in Southern California.
Previously, Dave was Sports Editor at The Signal newspaper, a freelance writer, a sitcom writer and a screenwriter.
He and his wife, Sibylle, have been married since 1983, and their son, Chris, is an honor student and baseball player at West Ranch High School.
Dave is a graduate of Colorado State University.
Tim Whyte
After an 18-year community newspaper career, Tim launched Whyte House Media, a writing, editing
and public relations business, in February 2007. For several years he hosted "Your City," a program produced for
SCVTV by the City of Santa Clarita, and also served as part-time writer and producer of "SCV's Top Ten."
Tim joined The Signal as an entry-level reporter in 1989, advancing to Editor in 1994 and General Manager
in 2004. He has received more than three dozen journalism awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association,
Associated Press, Greater L.A. Press Club, Society of Professional Journalists and National Newspaper Association. He is
president of the SCV Press Club, which has awarded more than $200,000 in scholarships to local students since 1997. He
also serves on the SCV Dodger Day Committee and the board of the SCV Food Pantry. Tim grew up in the SCV, graduated from Saugus High
School in 1984, studied journalism at College of the Canyons and graduated cum laude
from Cal State Northridge (political science). A part-time professor in the CSUN Journalism Department since 1998,
Tim lives in Saugus with his wife, Erin, and their two children.
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Major Independent Producers
City of Santa Clarita
The City of Santa Clarita televises City Council and Planning Commission meetings live
on Channel 20 and on SCVTV.com. Council, Planning and Parks Commission meetings are also available permanently
on SCVTV.com following each meeting. In addition, the City produces the weekly program, "This Week in Santa Clarita,"
which runs on Channel 20 and on SCVTV.com. For more information visit the City's website, Santa-Clarita.com.
College of the Canyons
The Santa Clarita Valley's community college uses Channel 20 as a vehicle to deliver
"College by Television" courses. Programming runs overnight and is taped by students. Also, during the fall and
spring semesters, COC's RTVF (Radio, Television, Film) classes produce the weekly "Cougar News" and "Cougar
Insider" programs which cover both campus and general Santa Clarita news. Programming appears on Channel 20 and
on SCVTV.com.
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David Brill
RTVF Instructor
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dbrill@scvtv.com
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Stephanie Colvard
Producer
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scolvard@scvtv.com
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Erin Fitzgerald
Producer
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efitzgerald@scvtv.com
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Fabiola Franco
Producer
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ffranco@scvtv.com
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Jose Franco
Producer
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jfranco@scvtv.com
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Bonnie Romero
Producer
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bromero@scvtv.com
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Hart District ROP
The William S. Hart Union High School District's Regional Occupational Program for
Television and Video Production uses Time Warner's Channel 20 studio as a classroom laboratory and produces
"Hart District TV," which appears on Channel 20 and on SCVTV.com. In addition, as a hands-on learning
experience originally facilitated through the School and Business Alliance (School-to-Career),
Hart District ROP students perform crew functions for other programming such as "Legacy" and "Newsmaker
of the Week."
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Philip Scorza
ROP Instructor
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pscorza@scvtv.com
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Additional Contacts
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Ty Ahrentzen
Editor
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tahrentzen@scvtv.com
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Cara Blumfield
Sports Reporter-Producer
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cblumfield@scvtv.com
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Jennifer Brost
Advertising Executive
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jbrost@scvtv.com
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Richard Budman
Producer
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rbudman@scvtv.com
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Dave Caldwell
Sports Anchor-Producer
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dcaldwell@scvtv.com
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Brandon Chandler
Editor-Videographer
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bchandler@scvtv.com
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Brian Franks
News Reporter
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bfranks@scvtv.com
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Mike Jaffe
Advertising Executive
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mjaffe@scvtv.com
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Heather Leuning
Features Reporter
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hleuning@scvtv.com
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Megan Mann
News Producer
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mmann@scvtv.com
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Jenni McDowell
News Anchor-Reporter
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jmcdowell@scvtv.com
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Patti Rasmussen
Education Reporter
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prasmussen@scvtv.com
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Dawn Reavis
News Anchor-Reporter
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dreavis@scvtv.com
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Michelle Sathe
Features Reporter-Producer
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msathe@scvtv.com
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Tim Whyte
Writer-Producer
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twhyte@scvtv.com
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