Morganton’s local cable channel is expanding its live coverage of community events, giving CoMPAS Cable viewers more chances to watch local government, holiday, and sports programming from home.
CoMPAS Cable Channel 2 will broadcast three major live events in the coming months: the Burke County Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum on Sept. 24, a high school football game between East Burke and East Rutherford on Oct. 23, and the Morganton Christmas Parade in December.
CoMPAS uses a TelVue HyperCaster, an IP broadcast server and automation platform, to schedule, manage, and play video programming for Channel 2. The system also allows CoMPAS to stream live from locations where an internet connection is available.
That technology has already been used for the Morganton Christmas Parade. CoMPAS has live-streamed the parade for the past two years, and this December will mark its third year broadcasting live from the event. Bryan Black and Tom Peeler will host the parade broadcast.
The first upcoming live event is the Burke County Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum, scheduled for Sept. 24. CoMPAS will assist the chamber with broadcasting the forum live on CoMPAS Cable Channel 2 and on the chamber’s YouTube page. This will be the second year CoMPAS has helped broadcast the forum live.
The next month, CoMPAS will take on a new kind of broadcast.
On Oct. 23, Channel 2 will air East Burke at East Rutherford, marking CoMPAS’ first high school football broadcast. CoMPAS CATV Production Specialist Chad Medford said the opportunity came through his work assisting WAGY Radio in Forest City and KTC Broadcasting with a weekly Rutherford County football game.
“When I saw that a Burke County team was playing East Rutherford, I received permission from KTC owner Calvin Hastings and CoMPAS Manager Greg Branch to broadcast the game on Channel 2,” Medford said.
The play-by-play will come from Rutherford County announcers, but Medford said he will make sure they acknowledge CoMPAS Cable viewers.
— AVN
Allen VanNoppen is the publisher. He may be reached at 828-445-8595 orallen@thepaper.media.
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