Cape Ann TV has won the top award among public access stations in all 50 states, and Canada, Mexico, Europe and beyond. On Friday, July 17th, Sinikka Nogelo, Executive Director for Cape Ann TV, accepted the most prestigious honor any station can receive the designation as 2009 Winner for Overall Excellence in Public, Educational, and Government Access at Award Ceremonies of the Hometown Video Festival, held during the Alliance for Community Media International Conference and Exhibition at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

"This achievement is a credit to our small staff and the more than one hundred volunteers who make our community shows and those who support their efforts. It was a thrill to accept on their behalf, said Nogelo, who also accepted, on behalf of Gordon Baird, the First Place award in the Visual Arts Non-Professional Division for Baird's special, Greenheads, The Movie. I congratulate Gordon. This is his second individual First Place Award and that is no easy feat! The first was in the Comedy Programming category for an episode of Gloucester Chicken Shack."

When the awards were announced in June, Nogelo said of the Overall Excellence award which was in the budget category $200,001-$499,999, "This award means more to me than any we've earned to date. It's our first as Cape Ann TV. It's also our first in the midsize category, but in the low end of the budget scale, so we've won over stations that are nearly twice our size in operating funds and in staff. It's very exciting."