For Immediate Release: Friday, May 27, 2016
County Cable Montgomery special programming
on Memorial Day Weekend will honor
World War II and Vietnam Vets
On Sunday, May 29, and Monday, May 30, CCM will
rebroadcast PEG-produced tributes to County heroes
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 27, 2016—County Cable Montgomery (CCM), Montgomery County’s government cable station, on Sunday, May 29, and Monday, May 30, will honor veterans by rebroadcasting two of the most-viewed shows ever broadcast by the station. The shows were tributes to veterans of World War II and Vietnam that were produced by the County’s PEG (Public / Education / Government) organization of public television stations.
The shows will appear on County Cable Montgomery (Channel 6 on Comcast and RCN, Channel 30 on Verizon) and can be seen via streaming at the Montgomery County web site at: http://tinyurl.com/z9982v8 .
Montgomery County Honors World War II Veterans, which first aired in 2012, can be seen on at 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 29, and at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 30. The video was part of the PEG project “Montgomery County Honors World War II Veterans” that included an event attended by a capacity crowd of 600 at the Silver Spring Civic Building in September of 2012.
Montgomery County Honors Vietnam Veterans, which first aired in October 2015, can be seen at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 29, and at 9 p.m. on Monday, May 30. The video was part of the PEG project “Honor and Tradition: Montgomery County Salutes Vietnam Veterans” that included an event attended by a capacity crowd of more than 800 at the Universities at Shady Grove in October 2015.
Release ID: 16-175