I remember it well. Ronnie Stewart was play by play for ALL local high school sports and Tom Glover was fulfilling the local cable promise of local access programming. Both programs were very well received. Then, along came Ms. Amy Goldberg, then Program Director at Cablevision who invited me to lunch and at that lunch telling me that they really liked the local access programs which TKR was providing and that Cablevision would be carrying on the tradition. That was a luncheon that I recall vividly. Then, out of the blue, Cablevision took over with their "TV That's Close to Home," and we get to watch an interview with the Mayor of Wall Township, the councilman from Matawan, a visit to an Ocean County High School, and other "TV That's Close to Cablevision's Home." programs. Going from small to large in cable providers resulted corporate bureaucrats who wanted less expensive logistics than traveling all the way from Wall Township in Monmouth County to Hamilton, New Jersey for truly local programming. Instead of the annual St. Patrick's Day parade which the old TKR covered, let's slip in the St. Patrick's Day Parade from Belmar; much cheaper to drive 10 miles then all the way to Hamilton. 
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Showing posts with label CABLE TV IN HAMILTON. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CABLE TV IN HAMILTON. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
1990'S: CABLEVISON CAME, LOCAL PROGRAMMING WENT!
I remember it well. Ronnie Stewart was play by play for ALL local high school sports and Tom Glover was fulfilling the local cable promise of local access programming. Both programs were very well received. Then, along came Ms. Amy Goldberg, then Program Director at Cablevision who invited me to lunch and at that lunch telling me that they really liked the local access programs which TKR was providing and that Cablevision would be carrying on the tradition. That was a luncheon that I recall vividly. Then, out of the blue, Cablevision took over with their "TV That's Close to Home," and we get to watch an interview with the Mayor of Wall Township, the councilman from Matawan, a visit to an Ocean County High School, and other "TV That's Close to Cablevision's Home." programs. Going from small to large in cable providers resulted corporate bureaucrats who wanted less expensive logistics than traveling all the way from Wall Township in Monmouth County to Hamilton, New Jersey for truly local programming. Instead of the annual St. Patrick's Day parade which the old TKR covered, let's slip in the St. Patrick's Day Parade from Belmar; much cheaper to drive 10 miles then all the way to Hamilton. 
Saturday, November 14, 2009
1954: THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HAMILTON SQUARE
Hearkening back to the years when banks were owned and operated by local community citizens, I prsent herewith the statement the from First National Bank of Hamilton Square. I have no idea of the lineage of that classic locally owned and operated bank, but it was probably taken over by one of those huge conglomerates which in many cases sacrificed that special hometown personal touch. Today, Roma Bank has managed to maintain that old fashioned rarity, "owned and operated by local citizens."
Thursday, April 05, 2007
1983: HAMILTON'S FIRST CABLE PROVIDER
THEY WERE A VERY AUSTERE ORGANIZATION, BUT UNLIKE THE PRESENT CABLEVISION FRANCHISE
, THEY CONCENTRATED ON HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PERSONS, PLACES AND THINGS. WE HAD A STUDIO, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WATCH AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MAYOR OF MARLBORO, OR FREEHOLD, OR RARITAN OR MANY OF THE OTHER NON-HAMILTON VENUES COVERED BY THE CURRENT CABLE PROVIDER. THE ORIGINAL HAMILTON CABLEVISION REALLY WAS
"TV THAT'S CLOSE TO HOME!"
, THEY CONCENTRATED ON HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PERSONS, PLACES AND THINGS. WE HAD A STUDIO, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WATCH AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MAYOR OF MARLBORO, OR FREEHOLD, OR RARITAN OR MANY OF THE OTHER NON-HAMILTON VENUES COVERED BY THE CURRENT CABLE PROVIDER. THE ORIGINAL HAMILTON CABLEVISION REALLY WAS"TV THAT'S CLOSE TO HOME!"
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