Media Misuse of the Word “So”

Lately I’ve noticed that a great many commentators on television and radio feel obliged to begin every answer to every question with the word “so.” For example, the answer to “What did President Trump mean by his latest tweet?” might be “So, no one knows what is going on in the mind of Donald Trump, but….” The problem with this usage is that it is both unnecessary and incorrect.

There are many correct uses of the word “so.”


BCTV Schedules – Week of 3/18/19

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 3/18/19

Monday, March 18, 2019

5:28 am Addiction Recovery Channel – Emergency Department Peer Recovery Coaching Program
6:00 am Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – Life in the Fast Lane
7:00 am Winston Prouty presents – Family Matters: EP 18 – Marion Major
7:30 am Gematria Today – Episode 3
7:52 am Real Organic Project – Roxbury Farm – New York


BCTV Schedules- Week of 3/11/19

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 3/11/19

Monday, March 11, 2019

4:03 am Vermont Productions – Beerology Vermont IPA
5:00 am Harris Hill Ski Jumping – Harris Hill 2019 – Saturday
6:30 am Harris Hill Ski Jumping – Harris Hill 2019 – Sunday


BCTV Schedules – Week of 3/4/19

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 3/4/19

Monday, March 4, 2019

5:00 am EMF Safety for Vermont – 4G/5G Health Concerns
5:30 am Talking Nerdy – Ep. 13 – Singles Awareness Day!
7:23 am Mad River Glen Today – Bob Spofford
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am BCTV Open Studio – Senior Solutions 2/11/19


BCTV Schedules – Week of 2/25/19

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 2/25/19

Monday, February 25, 2019

5:30 am What if We Ate What We Grew? – Researching Food Loss in America
6:56 am Promos – West River Radio Club Field Day 2018
7:00 am The World Fusion Show – Ep 42 – Moonlight and Morningstar
7:30 am Keep Talking with the Brattleboro Retreat – Stepfamilies: Meeting the Challenges
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast


BCTV Started This Petition Today To Save The Nation’s Public Access Television Stations

Brattleboro, VT—Brattleboro Community Television (BCTV) started this petition (below) today (Feb 22, 2019) via Change.org to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

Across the county, public access television stations – one of the last forms of free, local and accessible media available to Americans – face the threat of being defunded by the end of this year, as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission quickly moves to adopt a rule change that would permanently strip them of funding under pressure from big cable corporations.


BCTV Schedules – Week of 2/18/19

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 2/18/19

Monday, February 18, 2019

5:00 am Windham World Affairs Council – WWAC: An Interfaith Dialogue on Resistance
6:45 am Daryl McElveen Presents – Daryl and Navad at The Root Social Justice Center
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am The World Fusion Show – Ep 42 – Moonlight and Morningstar
9:30 am Putney Mountain Association presents – Annual Mtg and Talking to the Mountain 1/13/19


BCTV Schedules – Week of 2/11/19

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 2/11/19

Monday, February 11, 2019

5:30 am Southern Vermont Live Music – The Gaslight Tinkers 2018-08-10 @ The Stone Church
6:05 am Gematria Today – Episode 1
6:30 am Keep Talking with the Brattleboro Retreat – Stepfamilies: Meeting the Challenges
7:00 am Magic with Jonas Cain – The Hero’s Journey to Happiness 12/7/18
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast


BCTV Schedules – Week of 2/4/19

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 2/4/19

Monday, February 4, 2019

5:00 am Townshend Stone Arch Bridges – Townshend Stone Arch Bridges
6:40 am Landmark Broadcasters – “Finn”tastic News – Ep 3 (J-Term 2019)
6:55 am Snowboarding in Southern VT – Brian Knight
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Poets Speak – Conversations with VT Poet Laureate Chard deNiord – Partridge Boswell


BCTV Schedules Week of 1/28/19

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 1/28/19

Monday, January 28, 2019

5:00 am The World Fusion Show – Ep 40 – Shingetsu Billy White
5:30 am Voices Live! – The Future of Community Media 1/3/18
6:46 am Southern Vermont Live Music – Rock Voices – 01/04/2019- Let’s Hear it for the Boy
6:52 am The Rhema Word – Cure for Disease
7:40 am Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition presents – Clean the Air Pt. 2


BCTV Schedules – Week of 1/14/19

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 1/14/19

Monday, January 14, 2019

5:00 am All Things LGBTQ – Dana Dwinell-Yardley and Aaron Marcus
6:00 am Brooks Memorial Library Events – Valerie Abrahamsen 12/4/18
7:25 am Okemo Valley TV Documentary – SK8 VT
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Brattleboro Rallies – Indigenous Peoples Rally


BCTV Schedules – Week of 1/7/19

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 1/7/19

Monday, January 7, 2019

5:00 am Southern Vermont Dance Festival – Mid Summer Promenade – Retreat Farm
5:50 am Education and Enrichment for Everyone – Exploring London’s History
6:57 am Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition presents – Clean the Air Pt. 4
7:00 am Vermonters for Justice in Palestine – Salaam / Shalom – December 28, 2018
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast


BCTV Schedules – Week of 12/31/18

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 12/31/18

Monday, December 31, 2018

5:00 am Green Mtn Mornings Tonight – GMMT: Friday News Show 12/21/18
5:30 am WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plan – WRAP Ep 1 – Beginning Your WRAP
6:05 am WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plan – WRAP Ep 2 – Triggers and Early Warning Signs
6:30 am WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plan – WRAP Ep 3 – When Things are Breaking Down
6:55 am PSA – 16th Annual Tibet Festival


BCTV Schedules – Week of 12/17/18

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 12/17/18

Monday, December 17, 2018

5:00 am Green Mtn Mornings Tonight – GMMT: Friday News Show 12/14/18
5:30 am WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plan – WRAP Ep 1 – Beginning Your WRAP
6:05 am WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plan – WRAP Ep 2 – Triggers and Early Warning Signs


BCTV Schedules – Week of 12/10/18

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 12/10/18

Monday, December 10, 2018

12:01 am Yankee Bookshop – Archer Mayor – Bury the Lead
1:00 am Vote for Vermont – Audubon Vermont
2:00 am Vermont Alliance for Retired Americans – “Where Do We Go From Here?”
3:48 am River Garden Brown Bag Lunch Series – Resist with Love – Speak Truth to Power


BCTV Schedules – Week of 12/3/18

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 12/3/18

Monday, December 3, 2018

1:33 amWoodstock History Center – Bicycling in Vermont 1880-1920
2:52 amOkemo Valley Shorts – Coolidge Solar Project Update
2:58 amWilliam Eddy Lecture Series – Abdi Nor Iftin
4:30 amHigher Education Matters – Colonel Gregory Knight


FCC Threatens BCTV’s Survival

BRATTLEBORO, VT—November 30, 2018—BCTV today announced that its future and that of similar organizations around Vermont and the country is in serious jeopardy. On September 25, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued proposed rulemaking (Docket 05-311) which, if successful, could allow cable operators to reclassify certain services and charge those against the cable subscriber fees that are collected to fund public access stations in Vermont and across the country.


BCTV Schedules – Week of 11/26/18

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 11/26/18

Monday, November 26, 2018

1:40 am Landmark College Presents – James Sturm, Cartooning – Past, Present, Potential
2:30 am Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – Lake Champlain’s Rum Runners and Boat Patrol
3:50 am Okemo Valley Shorts – Coolidge Solar Project Update
3:55 am Osher Lecture Series – Kate Reed
4:58 am BCTV Highlights – Community Media Day 2018


BCTV Schedules – Week of 11/19/18

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 11/19/18

Monday, November 19, 2018

12:30 am Talking Nerdy – Ep. 6 – Crafting A Community
2:24 am The News Project – Veterans Day – November 11
2:30 am Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – Lake Champlain’s Rum Runners and Boat Patrol
3:50 am Okemo Valley Shorts – Coolidge Solar Project Update
3:55 am Osher Lecture Series – Kate Reed


BCTV Schedules – Week of 11/12/18

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 11/12/18

Monday, November 12, 2018

12:10 am Education and Enrichment for Everyone – Andrew Buchanan – World War II
1:25 am Ezlerh’s Random Videos – Homelessness in Brattleboro
1:30 am Humanities Lecture Series – The Perfect Weapon
3:00 am Talking Nerdy – Ep. 5 – A History Lesson with Senpai