Television Committee

Did you know that volunteering as a member on the Oakland Television Committee can help you reach your highest potential in attaining civic and personal goals and promote transparency and togetherness in our community? If you have an interest in learning how to film and produce video programs for educational and entertainment purposes, get hands-on experience using editing software and technical equipment, and working with a team wanting to serve the community, then this committee is for you.

The Cable TV channel, known as Oakland TV, provides public, educational, and local government programming for and about Oakland, NJ. Programming includes televised council meetings and borough proceedings, local events, local sports games, and a televised bulletin board (run by the Bulletin Board Committee). The Oakland Communications Commission (OCC) has also produced several well liked programs over the last

decades including a live show called Exit 58 LIVE!, a Communicator Award of Distinction winner This Week in Oakland, and magazine television program called The Oaklander. If you are not seeing what you would like on our channel, then maybe its time for you to step up and fill in that void by producing and submitting your own program!

Borough Council meetings are aired weekdays at 1am, 12pm, and 7pm and on weekends at 1am and 7pm. Council meetings are aired live when the Borough Council has their meetings in Council Chambers.

Ramapo-Indian Hills Board of Education meetings also air LIVE on Oakland TV when they happen, in addition to replaying weekdays at 4am and on weekends at noon.

Submit Pre-Recorded Events to Air

Residents may submit pre-recorded events for airing on the Cable TV channel. Programming will be scheduled on a first-come first-served basis. Click here to submit content you would like to air.

Community Bulletin Board

The televised Bulletin Board on Oakland TV is used for borough announcements, meeting information, promotion of Borough events and non-profit fundraisers and initiatives. Emergency information and school closings or delayed openings may also be shown. To learn more about the Bulletin Board Committee and to submit an item to be displayed on the Bulletin Board, click here.

Candidates' Forum

If you are a candidate that will be formally listed on the November general election ballot for the Oakland Board of Education, Ramapo-Indian Hills High School Board of Education, or are running for any elected position in the Borough of Oakland, please be aware that you qualify to participate in the Candidates’ Forum. The Candidates' Forum is a long-standing tradition of the Oakland Television Committee which aims to provide candidates for local elected office an opportunity to introduce themselves and share their platform with the citizens of Oakland.

Click here to download the form in order to learn how to formally express your interest in participating. Any eligible candidate for Oakland or Ramapo-Indian Hills school board (Oakland candidates only) or a municipal office who wishes to participate in the Candidate’s Forum must contact the Communications Commission in writing by August 1.

Request to Record an Event

Please fill out the online form here.

If you do not wish to fill out the electronic form, you can alternatively click here for a PDF and either drop off/mail this request form to: Oakland Television Committee, 1 Municipal Plaza, Oakland, NJ 07436 OR fax the form to 201-405-7592.

Please DO NOT choose more than one method to submit your request form.

Request to Use Our Equipment

If you would like to borrow equipment or software belonging to the Oakland Television Committee and are not a member of the Commission or any of the committees, please go to Borough Hall and pick up an Equipment Reservation Request form. This form must be picked up to be filled out in person and can then be given back to the Borough Clerk OR mailed to Oakland Communications Commission, ATTN: Oakland Television Committee, 1 Municipal Plaza, Oakland, NJ 07436 OR fax the form to 201-405-7592 when completed.