Legacy: The Story
Season Two • 2003

"Legacy: Santa Clarita's Living History" is about people ... people whose families homesteaded in the Santa Clarita Valley in the 1800s ... people who carved their own legacy in recent decades ... people who are experts in particular aspects of Santa Clarita history.

"History isn't static," says host and producer Leon Worden. "Everyone has a story to tell, and new information about our valley's past is coming to light all the time."

Available to Comcast and Time Warner Cable subscribers throughout the Santa Clarita Valley, "Legacy" incorporates authentic photos from the SCV History Archives at scvhistory.com in this half-hour talk show to illustrate every facet of local history — from the SCV's earliest pioneers, to the St. Francis Dam Disaster, to the establishment of city government.

Presented by Comcast¹ as a School-to-Career Project in partnership with the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society and the SCV School & Business Alliance, "Legacy" provides a hands-on learning experience for local career-oriented high school students who serve as the production crew, under the professional guidance of Comcast Original Programming staff members and community volunteers at the SCVTV studio in Newhall.

The genesis of "Legacy" can be traced to a series of meetings among Comcast and the leaders of the Historical Society and the Alliance, who came together in a quest to jointly accomplish their varied goals.

"'Legacy' demonstrates how we're able to bring our production expertise to the table to help community organizations provide meaningful local content to our Santa Clarita Valley audience," says Susan Shapiro, Comcast's community programming manager. "As the local television provider, it's something we are in a unique position to do."

Scholastically, Comcast is providing students with "a unique training opporunity where they can play a part in the production of a history show about their own community. They can learn it, live it, and produce it for all to enjoy," says Ann Kerman, executive director of the SCV School & Business Alliance.

For the Historical Society, "Legacy" fulfills specific strategic goals.

"The Historical Society's board of directors recognized the need to capture more oral histories, to expand our educational partnerships, and to heighten the organization's role in the community," says Worden, the Society's president. "With 'Legacy,' not only are we sharing Santa Clarita history with the public, but we're also preserving every episode of the show for all time in the Society's archives."

With the photograph collection of the SCV Historical Society as a foundation ... with the ability of the Comcast staff to produce top-quality programming ... with the coordination of the SCV School & Business Alliance ... with the assistance of Hart District ROP Instructor Philip Scorza (whose own local history show, 'Points of Interest,' continues to air on Public Access Channel 20) ... and with the generous support of Union Bank of California² — "Legacy" captures the stories of the Santa Clarita Valley from those who were there, while providing educational opportunities for television production students and sharing SCV history with the valley's cable television subscribers.

Catch a new episode of "Legacy" weekly on SCVTV Channel 20, Santa Clarita Valley Community Access — a service of Comcast and Time Warner Cable.

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NOTES
1. When "Legacy" launched in 2002, SCVTV was operated by AT&T Broadband. Comcast acquired AT&T Broadband at the end of 2002 and the name change took effect Feb. 13, 2003. [RETURN]
2. Initially Valencia Bank & Trust. It was acquired in late 2002 by UnionBanCal Corp., and the name change (to Union Bank of California) took effect Feb. 10, 2003. [RETURN]

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