PAC 8 Executive Director Jean Gindreau recording a local business owner for the Chamber of Commerce. Courtesy/PAC 8
PAC 8 recording one of the Los Alamos Arts Council Brown Bag Performances. Courtesy/PAC 8
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 is the local TV station and Community Media Center in Los Alamos and has been on the air continuously for the past 40+ years.
Longtime Executive Director Jean Gindreau explains that to watch PAC 8, it is necessary to have Comcast Cable where PAC 8 is found on Channel 8.
PAC 8 offers many services to the community including a media transfer service specializing in high quality digitization of audio and visual media.
PAC 8 also transfers all types of old media – VHS, HI 8, Mini-DV, slides, photos, Super 8, 8mm and 16mm films, and audio cassettes. PAC 8 also produces ads and Public Service Announcements for local businesses, organizations and individuals.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March, PAC 8 has been partnering with organizations and helping the community in many ways:
- Five days of filming the Los Alamos High School Graduation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liSyJCSDd7c&t=11s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vFhuL6Xws8
- Creating balance workout DVDs for seniors: DVDs are available at the Los Alamos Senior Center
- Interviewing local business owners for the Chamber of Commerce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgI9ewMzYvs&t=3s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Y8EltyQCQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgI9ewMzYvs&t=3s
- Recording a senior recital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbOdRsYJJIs
- Filming a Brown Bag performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Id-g9Xbhw
- Filming a LA Makers video on a virtual 3-D printing class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSSfe6ajkKQ
- Also filming a horse show funeral, an ad for a local politician and a virtual kite festival.
For the most part, these were events that would have had crowds attending. Now, they are on PAC 8 and PAC 8’s YouTube channel so people can watch them from the safety of their home.
PAC 8 is available for recording events, transferring old media and shooting and editing. To learn more, visit pac8@losalamos.com email pac8cmc.com or call 505.662.7228.