Montgomery Community Media

The award-winning Burgundy & Gold Magazine is back for the 2013 Washington Redskins season. The show hosted by Mike Richman, premiered its season’s preview on Aug. 29 on Montgomery Channel 21. If you missed the show on TV, you can watch it here: We also have posted some extras from the show’s taping at Branded […]

Mark your calendars: The “5th Annual Silver Spring Blues Festival” premieres on Saturday, July 6 at 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. on Montgomery Channel 21. You can also watch the show at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 7 and on Tuesday, July 9 at 9 p.m. on Montgomery Channel 21. Don’t miss these […]

It was broadcast journalist Andrea McCarren’s night at the Capital Emmy celebration in Baltimore on June 15. McCarren, who received five Emmy nominations for her work on WUSA-TV, won every category. Translation? She brought home a whopping five Emmy awards. Her station, WUSA-TV, received received a total of eleven awards at the Emmy awards ceremony […]

It’s been a busy week for the MyMCMedia web team. Let’s review: a tornado, a major development in the race for county executive, and the “power2give” launch, etc. These are just a few examples of the many headlines posted on the MyMCMedia.org website and on our social media sites (Facebook and Twitter) over the last […]

Here’s a look back at the blog posts and videos making headlines on the MyMCMedia.org website this week (May 29-June 6): Hometown Media Awards Potomac Pedestrian Fatality Diane Hamilton Retires “Save Ten Mile Creek” Coalition Forms Summer Storm Tips The Power of the Water Montgomery College Graduation Stories Inspire Rockville Relays Help Cope with Loss […]

Montgomery Community Media’s (MCM) Executive Director Merlyn Reineke picked up two awards at the Alliance for Community Media’s (ACM) Hometown Media Awards ceremony on May 30 in San Francisco, California. MCM was honored for overall excellence in public, educational and governmental (PEG) access. MCM was also recognized for its independent sports magazine show, “Burgundy & […]

The week of May 19 is coming to a close as we head into a three-day holiday weekend. From the Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent issuing a statement about failing grades on math exams to the County Council passing the $4.8 billion budget to the collapse of a portion of a parking garage at Montgomery […]

Just back from an exciting day at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. The weather may not have been perfect but Montgomery County area book lovers didn’t seem to mind. My coworkers at Montgomery Community Media rock! If they were manning our booth or working behind the cameras, they always (even when it’s raining) have a smile […]

As a reporter you meet a lot of people as you move from story to story and sometimes you meet someone extraordinary and inspiring. That happened to me last week when I visited Stedwick Elementary in Montgomery Village and met third grade teacher Mary Ruth McGinn. Under her direction, McGinn’s students formed an opera company […]

We are pleased to announce that Tamika Smith joins Montgomery Community Media (MCM) today (May 13) as our Community Engagement Specialist. A multimedia journalist, Tamika is already well known in Montgomery County as one of the founding members of Silver Spring Patch where she worked as a local news and community engagement editor. She also […]