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Send an email to: [email protected] to participate. There is no deadline for enrollment.
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Can’t use the online portal? Upload your programs in person at the kiosks in the lobby of QPTV's first floor facility. All in person uploads will take place Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm. This new process will not affect your current weekly or monthly timeslot; this is not a lottery.

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QPTV received six 2024 Hometown Media Awards from the Alliance for Community Media Foundation. The awards program was established to honor and promote community media and local cable programs that are distributed on Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access cable television channels.

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Around Queens: Essential Kitchen

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