About WHCA

WHCA’s Mission Statement

Providing content and opportunities which inform, enlighten and entertain members of the Whitman Hanson community through access to modern technology, equipment, facilities, and training.

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WHCA which stands for “Whitman Hanson Community Access” is the non-profit Community Media Center for the towns of Whitman & Hanson Massachusetts. We are a 501(c)3 organization who works closely with the two towns, but operates independently in capturing, creating and curating local events and content for our cable channels and other distribution platforms.

Much of what we do is not only through the efforts of our capable staff, but a lot of great volunteer work by our many users and community producers. WHCA is here to serve you, the members of our Whitman-Hanson community by providing access to our facilities training and programming.

WHCA operates four cable television channels:

Public Access – channel 9 (Whitman & Hanson)
Educational Access – channel 8 (Whitman & Hanson)
Government Access Whitman – channel 6 (Whitman Only)
Government Access Hanson – channel 6 (Hanson only)

WHCA’s team consists of several full & part time staff members:

Eric Dresser, Executive Director
Ryan Tully, Operations Coordinator
Rob Gullicksen, Production & Training Coordinator
Paul Watson, Staff Producer
Nicole Kenney, Staff Videographer & Educational Access Specialist
Amanda Robinson, Outreach Specialist
Kevin Tocci, Contributing Producer
Brian Bouffard, Contributing Producer
James Cullity, Contributing Producer
Gabriel Perico, Contributing Producer

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WHCA is overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors composed of residents from the towns of both Whitman & Hanson. A vacant seat will be filled by a resident from the same town as the previous Director. The WHCA Board of Directors meets monthly, usually on the third Thursday of each month.

The current Directors and Officers of WHCA are:

Arlene Dias, Hanson – President
David Beauvais, Hanson – Vice President
Marcus Linn, Hanson – Treasurer
John Galvin – Whitman
Marcus Casey – Whitman
Jason Cook – Whitman

Members of the Whitman or Hanson community who are interested in volunteer leadership opportunities such as joining WHCA’s Board of Directors are urged to reach out to WHCA’s Executive Director to indicate their interest. This can be done by telephone at (781) 447-4175 or by sending an email to Director@WHCA.tv

Download a copy of our informational brochure here.

As a 501c(3) non-profit organization WHCA files various annual reports with the IRS & the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. These reports are posted on the respective department’s page but are indexed here.