CAPS Media recently celebrated 25 years of serving the community at your Community Media Center. The event featured long-time community producers, city dignitaries, and many new faces that were curious & excited about what CAPS has to offer. Station and production truck tours, music by Doc Ventura, video production by ECTV students and tasty food rounded out the event. Thank you to all who attended. The celebration continues as we embark on an exciting year full of productions & programs like our famous summertime Future Filmmakers Youth Digital Storytelling program.
This spring CAPS Staff have been busy at work producing many videos for our City and County partners. The City of Ventura is considering a 1% (one percent) general sales tax increase for the November 2026 ballot, projected to generate approximately $36 million annually for services like infrastructure, public safety, and neighborhood improvements. CAPS Crews interviewed over 10 City Employees who offered a glimpse of how this sales tax increase could improve their respective departments. These videos are being distributed online and over social media and encourage citizens to fill out a brief survey to prioritize how additional revenue could be spent.
Other City productions included covering six in-person workshops for tenants & landlords that have been hosted in collaboration with the Ventura County Coastal Association of Realtors. These workshops offered clear, practical guidance on rental rights & responsibilities, housing standards, communication tools, and resources available through the City’s Housing Services & community partners.
In support of the County of Ventura CAPS Crews have been documenting Ventura County Fire Department’s 63rd Training Cadre that began earlier this year. The cadre facilitates specialized instruction, including wildland firefighting, EMS & officer development. The cadre spans the course of six months, and all the footage will be edited into a highlight reel to be shown to officers, families, and friends when they graduate in June.
Registration is open for the 2026 Future Filmmakers Workshops to be held in July. Live Action workshop begins July 13th when students ages 9-14 will script, storyboard, learn video and editing techniques as they roll the camera on their short films. They host a screening for family and friends at the end of the week. The Stop Motion Animation workshop begins on July 27. Students will produce their own stop motion videos with expert guidance from seasoned filmmakers and animators. All videos air on CAPS Channel 6 and stream on the CAPS website. This program is generously sponsored by the Jack Oakie and Victoria Horne Oakie Charitable Foundation. For registration information go to CAPSMedia.org.
KPPQ CAPS Radio, broadcasting at 104.1fm and streaming online, has monthly orientations. The staff at KPPQ offers training on radio show and podcast production with two production studios and editing rooms available. Always wanted to host your own show? We have slots available for music, spoken word or interview shows.
CAPS Media Center offer monthly orientations as well as by appointment. Do you have an event or program promote? Contact us at info@capsmedia.org to learn how to announce your event on TV and the radio. CAPS is your community media resource. Check it out.
