Program Descriptions
Here you will find a list of our current programs on AFTV with a brief description of the program.
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Beyond the Beat
Beyond the Beat takes viewers deeper into Framingham community event coverage with longer profiles and stories of the community organizations and events occurring throughout Framingham. The new format, sans anchors, also provides event coverage in a more timely manner, allowing audiences to enjoy the events as stand-alone segments on AFTV shortly after they are recorded.
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Ham Jams
Musicians and musical artists from Framingham and the MetroWest area perform here at AFTV studios.
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Concert on the Common
Coverage of the weekly Concerts on the Common, held during the summer months on Friday evenings on the Framingham Centre Common by the City Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Department.
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Novel Ideas
Novel Ideas introduces the viewer to the dozens of Framingham authors, and others from MetroWest. Multitalented Josh Brogadir, WCVB sportscaster, book narrator, and actor and Carol Lynn Luck, Framingham author, co-host this program. In the informal living room setting, our viewers get to know local authors: who they are and what they write. These writers share their stories and advice. Our award-winning guests have included Erica Ferencik (an Oprah #1 pick--The River at Night), Josh Funk (amazing and prolific children’s book author) Ray Daniel (the Tucker mysteries), Carrie H. Johnson (Hot Flash and more), Laura Woollett (Big Top Burning) and Erin Dionne (seven great middle grade novels).
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Framingham Now
Framingham Now features State Representative, Jack Patrick Lewis, as he explores Framingham’s current political landscape through conversations with elected officials, community leaders, and area activists.
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Game & Grub
Gaming and grubbing! Ain't nobody got that for that! Well, except these four college students. Here's what happens when you put four fools in a room with a camera, a console, and an appetite. A beautiful medley of video games, food, and chaotic commentary.
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The Audrey Hall Show
The Audrey Hall Show is a one-hour talk show which has been running for 14 years and is produced and hosted by its namesake. Hall uses the show as a platform to inform viewers and to broaden their understanding of a plethora of topics by engaging guests in discussions that go below the surface. It’s a show that viewers count on for information that helps them understand matters of timely relevance in their lives and the world around them. Guest seats are filled by those who bring knowledge, expertise and insight because viewers count on The Audrey Hall Show to go way beyond sound bites in discussions with elected officials, business leaders, professionals, experts, specialists, advocates, activists and everyday people.
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Travels with Jack
Travels with Jack is a lighthearted, informative interview-based television show. Host Jack Barron chats with guests who share travel photographs and stories with Jack and the audience. Guests are sometimes couples, often individuals, and occasionally a group. Trips people share range from trips taken close by such as Maine and far away like mountain climbing in Tibet or traveling down the Amazon River.
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Good Food Project
WIC's Good Food Project is back for another season of delicious and affordable recipes! WICs Good Food Project, teaches parents and kids how to cook and eat healthy.
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Fan to Fan
Framingham Fan To Fan, a half-hour sports interview show produced and hosted by Dave Hornfischer, a “Framingham sports fan,” is all about sports in Framingham. Guests are primarily individuals of all ages coaching and playing all different sports, generally with a strong Framingham connection. The producer’s stated purpose is to provide visibility to the wide variety of sports in Framingham. In doing so, Dave hopes to increase participation in, as well as fan support of, the many sporting events and to use sports to help achieve Access Framingham TV's goal of “building community.”
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Framingham Library Concerts
The Framingham Public Library presents Sunday afternoon classical music concerts from September to May. They feature a variety of performers, including solo pianists, a piano and violin duo, or small ensembles.
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Temple Beth Am (TBA) Brotherhood Breakfast
At its monthly breakfast, which is open to the community, the Brotherhood of Temple Beth Am in Framingham presents a speaker on a timely topic. Recent speakers have included local book authors, wine experts, political candidates, and elected officials Mayor Yvonne Spicer, Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, and Senate President Karen Spilka.
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Veteran's Corner
Veterans Corner takes a behind-the-scenes look at Downtown America–the people and communities that deserve to be recognized for their educational, historical and entertaining qualities–that do not necessarily share the popular spotlight. A typical show includes ceremonies, dedications, interviews of patriotic endeavors… the people who are deserving and that “get it done.” Visit veteranscorner.tv.
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Innovative You
Innovative You focuses on the steps innovators or entrepreneurs need to follow to take their ideas and launch them into new products. This is accomplished by taking the concept directly to the prospective customers. The series covers: creating specifications, product sell sheets, prototype development, drafting an executive summary, intellectual property protection, manufacturing and quality control considerations, identifying vendors, customers, funding sources, and developing a marketing and sales plan for launching the product.
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Roving Camera
Looking through a visiting, mobile, rambling, roving camera that offers no boundaries or particular window for capturing any particular theme, location or person in it's camera's spotlighting lens.