For the first time in nearly a decade, an original production of the Gilroy-based Community Media Access Partnership — CMAP TV — wins a regional award.
The Western Access Video Excellence Awards or WAVE Awards celebrates the thriving community television landscape and its many stations and individual producers.
CMAPs original production “How To Recover From A Mass Shooting — Inside Gilroy with Andrea Moran Brown” is one of three finalists in the Professional category for Best Talk Show. The winners will be revealed at the annual awards ceremony, taking place on Thursday, Feb. 20 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Monterey.
“Our community suffered a great blow when this cherished event was marred by this senseless violence,” a spokesperson for CMAP TV said.
In the days following the July 28, 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting where three died and 17 were wounded, CMAP also coordinated a community resources page to gather the numerous efforts by law enforcement, non-profits and other agencies. The downtown Gilroy headquarters of CMAP, known as the Greenhouse, was also the site of a community vigil on August 1 which CMAP TV streamed live.
