SAPA-TV expands hours; re-certification for Kurtin Hattin’s Fine

SAPA-TV expands hours with classic cartoons, movies

SAPA TV, Springfield’s public access cable station, has recently expanded its on-air hours with two new programming blocks. Broadcast hours for Channel 8 are now 7 a.m. to approximately 3 a.m., up from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

The Classic Cartoons block runs from 7 to 8 a.m. weekdays, 7 to 9 a.m. on Saturdays and 7 to 7:30 a.m. on Sundays. It features public domain cartoons that were produced between the 1930s and the 1960s, and is suitable for all ages.

Late movies now air at 11 p.m., and include more selections from the public domain, including dramas, westerns and comedies. Starting at 1 a.m. is the new Lunavision block, which showcases eccentric productions from public access TV stations locally and nationally. This includes a number of “horror host” programs, in which public access hosts introduce viewers to unusual films, generally science fiction or horror. Lunavision airs seven days a week from 1 to approximately 3 a.m.

SAPA TV airs on cable systems in Springfield, Weathersfield and Chester, Vt., and across the river in Charlestown, N.H. The full schedules for both Channel 8 and Channel 10 can be viewed at sapatv.org.

 Kurn Hattin’s development chief re-certified as fund-raising exec

Kim Fine, director of development and public relations at Kurn Hattin Homes in Westminster, has been recertified by CFRE International as a Certified Fund Raising Executive. Fine joins more than 5,300 professionals around the world who hold the CFRE designation.

Kim Fine

A West Chesterfield, N.H., resident who grew up in Northampton, Mass., Fine joined Kurn Hattin Homes, which provides a safe home and quality education for boys and girls whose families are in crisis, in 2002 as a development officer. She has been director of development and public relations since 2013.

After graduating from Greenfield (Mass.) Community College, she received a B.A. in education and counseling from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and an M.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the School for International Training in Brattleboro.

Individuals granted the CFRE credential have met a series of standards set by CFRE International, have passed a rigorous written examination testing the knowledge, skills and abilities required of a fundraising executive and have agreed to uphold Accountability Standards and the Donor Bill of Rights.