Arterberry, the chancellor of West Valley­Mission Community College District, started his show last year as a way to improve communication with students, faculty, administrators and the community at large. There are approximately 40,000 Saratoga residents who have access to KSAR 15, Comcast cable channel 15, a Saratoga community access cable television station used for public community and government access.

The television studio, located on the West Valley College campus, also operates KEDU26, used for educational programming, and a community college network, channel 27 in Saratoga, shared by a consortium of South Bay community colleges. Arterberry's show airs every Friday at 8 p.m. on channel 15 in Saratoga, and taping occurs once a month.

The studio is operated by two professionals, Community Access Director Carolyn De Los Santos and Scott Ludwig, television and audiovisual operations coordinator, as well as student volunteers from television-production classes. Other crew involved with the show include Wendy Reed (floor director), Scott Lewis (engineer), Scott Brown (camera operator), Deborah McDonald (production assistant) and Robin Segarini (production assistant).

Makeup and hair artist Rebecca Cole of Los Gatos is responsible for powdering noses and eliminating the shiny spots that glare from the lights on the set.

"If there is any puffiness, I try to diminish it," Cole said.

Ludwig said the show is used to highlight programs and departments on campus, members of the community and upcoming events.

"It's a fairly inexpensive way to educate the public about what we're doing," Ludwig said. "It's a great vehicle to market and advertise the things community colleges do."

De Los Santos said the station is always looking for sponsors of the station, especially because of the state and district's budget crisis.

At the Oct. 14 taping, Arterberry's guests on the show included Building Bridges representatives Cynthia Chang, Fred Armstrong and Jessie Rajendran as a tribute to Saratoga's celebration of cultural diversity, as well as student performer Reggie Dickerson. Arterberry interviewed Ian Abell, WV­MCCD facilities director, WVC's interim Information Systems Director Fred Chow and Mission College Dean of Administrative Services Worku Negash. In addition, Arterberry featured WVC President Dr. Marchelle Fox, who recently announced plans to retire from her position.

Arterberry said he enjoys being able to interview people in the casual setting. He said his interviewees serve the best interests of the community and offer exposure of community college programs.

"I'm always nervous," said Arterberry about being on camera. "But my philosophy is that the day I quit being nervous I should do something else."

He said guests on the show have included politicians, volunteers and leaders in the community, teachers, administrators and students.

"I hope people tune in next week," Arterberry said.

For more information, visit http://www.ksar-tv.org/.