Rep. Turner Debuts New Local Area Television Program

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Rep. Turner Debuts New Local Area Television Program

I am proud to announce an exciting new communications vehicle that is available beginning this month. I'm referring to a new television program called Meet Me in Washington. It is a monthly television program that can be seen on cable access and government channels throughout much of the Third Congressional District.

On a regular basis people from all over Ohio's Third District visit Washington, D.C. and stop at my office to discuss issues of importance to their local communities. As your congressional representative I view helping community leaders as an important function of the office. Some community leaders come to Washington, D.C. as part of groups, organizations, or for conventions several times per year. When they do, these leaders often stop by for a visit at my office to advocate for issues of important to the community.

As local officials meet me in Washington, we thought it would be interesting for you to see and hear us discuss some of the issues that impact the community. That idea became the genesis for the television program that has become Meet Me in Washington. The television program will give you added insight as you see community leaders advocating for a variety of important issues in our nation's capital. I hope that you'll find the half-hour television program as interesting and informative as we have found it fun to produce.

The program is recorded at the House Recording Studios, at the U.S. Capitol Campus, in Washington, D.C. Every month Meet Me in Washington will feature another local community leader in a conversation about issues that they are working on in Washington; issues that we believe will be of interest to you as a viewer.

The first episode is currently on the air and features Dayton City Commissioner Dean Lovelace. Commissioner Lovelace and I discuss a variety of issues focusing on housing issues, sub-prime mortgages, and predatory lending. In the coming months other guests include Zoe Dell Nutter; WDTN anchor, Carl Day; Idotha Bootsie Neal, President of Wright Dunbar Inc.; Robert Murphy, President and CEO of the Dayton Dragon's President; and Ann Higdon, President and Founder of ISUS.

I'd like to invite area residents to watch Meet Me in Washington. In Dayton you can find it On DATV (Dayton Access Television) channel 20. DATV will show the program every Tuesday evening at 9:00 p.m. and Friday mornings at 10:00 a.m. DATV is a non-profit public access television station that provides video workshops to citizens to produce their own non commercial program. DATV can be seen in the Cities of Dayton, Riverside and Butler Township.

Time-Warner subscribers in the city of Dayton will also find Meet Me in Washington on the city of Dayton's government access channel 10, where it will air periodically.

In municipalities to the south of Dayton, Meet Me in Washington can be seen on MVCC's GATV channel 10 (Miami Valley Cable Council Channel - Government Access Channel), Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m., and the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 11:15 a.m.. On its website, the Miami Valley Communications Council identifies itself as "a municipal communications and technology organization representing the eight member cities of Centerville, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Springboro, and West Carrolton. The council also has affiliate agreements with 18 other Miami Valley cities." For more information visit their website at http://www.mvcc.net.

In the communities to the north of Dayton, including: Huber Heights, Vandalia, Englewood, Clayton, Trotwood and Union; Meet Me in Washington will be on Sunday at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., and Friday at 8:30 p.m. on Government Access Channel 10. The program can also be seen on CAC channel 23 (Community Access Channel) on Monday at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., in the communities of Englewood, Trotwood, Vandalia, Fairborn, Xenia, Huber Heights, Harrison Township, Clayton, Union, Jamestown and Cedarville.

I'm proud of Meet Me in Washington. It is quality public affairs programming that will show you what community leaders do when they come to advocate for causes and projects that are important to the local community. I hope you will make it a point to check it out.

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