Somerville, MA According to Rafi Properties, owner and operator of Somernova, the 7.4-acre innovation campus and community dedicated to helping people and companies iterate and grow faster, Somerville Media Center (SMC) will expand their footprint at the campus, and open a new media center designed to spark creativity and amplify community engagement. SMC is operating in a limited capacity in their current, 2,500 s/f space at 12 Tyler St., and plans to come back and offer all of their services and more in their new space at 29 Properzi Way. Tailor-made for the digital age, the new 5,000 s/f media center, will serve as a nexus of collaboration and exploration designed to inspire the city’s next generation of storytellers, innovators, and change-makers.
Established in 1983, the SMC has long been a beacon of connectivity and creativity for the local community. Home to local access channel SCATV, the SMC has hosted nationally recognized programming such as “Dead Air Live,” the longest-running show in US cable access history, and “Let’s Talk About Race,” an award-winning broadcast and podcast program focused on racial dialogues and historical analysis. After the SMC was asked to relocate from the property they were based in for almost 40 years, Rafi Properties offered to rehome the media center in a temporary 2,500 s/f space at Somernova in 2023. The new space further solidifies SMC’s important presence as part of Somernovas’s creative and innovative ecosystem and marks the next chapter for the SMC as it continues to grow its multi-media offerings including its radio programming, Boston Free Radio, hyperlocal Somerville news shows and locally produced television programs.
May 17, 2024