Women's Network, one of Community Television's most popular programs, has been picked up by another network! The Tri-Valley production, funded by and taped at Hacienda Business Park, is now being broadcast in Martinez, Pleasant Hill, and portions of Lafayette, Orinda, Moraga, Danville and Alamo.

The show, which airs locally on Cable 30 at 8:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, 5:30 p.m. on Mondays, and 9:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, will be celebrating their expansion with a new name and a new range of programming.

"Bay Talk -The Only Greater East Bay Talk Show" will still feature co-hosts Judy Davis and Sherry Wilson on camera, but the show will feature a much broader scope of guests and topics. The new theme and format will be completed with a new set and show logo as well.

Community Television Founder, Darla Stevens, has been in charge of the production from its first telecast in March of 1984. She assures Women's Network fans that, although the show will appeal to a much broader audience, it will continue to provide the community messages and services that it has in the past.

"I really believe that the basic responsibility of community television is to make sure it is used as a vehicle for the community's needs," Darla says. "That's what we're here for. We strive to provide that service, and yet still be entertaining and informative in our programming.

''Funding for this kind of programming is essential. We’re very fortunate that Hacienda stepped in as it did,”  Darla explains. ''We are setting a precedent here, doing, on a local scale, what the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) does on a National scale. It makes possible what otherwise would never take place.”

Bay Talk will still be taped live at the Community Room in Hacienda Business Park's Chabot Center, 4637 Chabot Drive, Suite 107. The show is taped on Thursday mornings and tickets are free. If you would like more information, call Donna Pruellage Fernandez, Community Coordinator, at 463-0280.

To see a reproduction of the original article and edition of Pleasanton Pathways, visit: March 25, 1985 Pathways.