Belmont Media Center is "building community though media"
The Belmont Media Center (BMC) is a non-profit community media center founded in 2005 and launched operations in the old Belmont High School. Our mission is to develop and promote access, provide training to electronic communications media.
We serve Belmont, Massachusetts and the surrounding communities to foster free speech, creative expression, and civic engagement and to give a voice to all. Members of BMC have access to equipment and the BMC facilities so that they are able to learn how-to and produce their own television programs and podcasts.
Belmont residents; BMC members, volunteers and interns; local groups, the Belmont Public Schools, and the Town of Belmont have access to training, technology and program transmission over three local access TV channels (8, 9, 6 for COMCAST subscribers; 28, 29, 30 for VERIZON subscribers). Our website features "on-demand" local programming, a livestream of the Government & Educational (Ch. 8 or 28) and the Public Access (Ch. 9 or 29) channels, and an InfoTV channel for news programs and livestreams (Ch. 6 or 30).
BMC is governed by a local board of directors and is operated by a dedicated staff & volunteers. Belmont Media is member of the Alliance for Community Media and Mass Access.
Belmont Media Center has served the community in Waverley Square since 2009. At that time, BMC completed a three-year process of locating, designing and building a community media center, which included: Studio A, 2 edit suites, a conference & classroom, and the "Green Room": a large open space with skylights that had quickly grown to be a popular crossroads for the community for receptions, meetings and a unique production venue.
In June 2026 Belmont Media Center moved its operations to the new library building, allowing us greater access to the community. The new space includes a studio designed for one-on-one interviews and podcasts outfitted with PTZ cameras that can be controlled by a single user. It offers a space for editing including two iMacs with Adobe Premiere Pro.
INFO & HOURS
336 Concord Avenue
Belmont Public Library
Room 233
Belmont, MA 02478
Phone: 617-484-2443
Email: access@belmontmedia.org
Monday - Thursday: 11 AM - 7 PM
Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM
We are located on the second floor of the Belmont Public Library on 336 Concord Avenue.