Franklin TV schedule for Monday, October 13, 2025 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = MONDAY

7:00 am Riffin' on Main Street: Katherine Kennedy

8:00 am SAFE Coalition: Michelle Palladini

9:00 am Concerts on the Common: Matt Zajac

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Candy Apples

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Stromboli

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Salmon

1:30 pm     Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 2

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 5

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 3

4:00 pm Talk Franklin: Old Colony Habitat for Humanity

5:30 pm Election 2025: Town Council - Jane Callaway-Tripp

6:00 pm Election 2025: School Committee - David Callaghan

6:30 pm Election 2025: Planning Board - Mark Mucciarone

7:00 pm Frank's Musings: Gaza

8:30 pm Circle of Friends: Joe Jencks

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = MONDAY

7:00 am FHS Winter Band 2022

8:30 am SAFE Coalition: Overdose Awareness 2025

9:30 am Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage 2

10:30 am FHS Winter Music: Band 2024

12:00 pm Public School Event: FHS Chorus & Orchestra 2023

1:30 pm     FHS Varsity Field Hockey v King Philip 10-09-25

3:30 pm FHS Varsity Football v Taunton 10-10-25

6:30 pm FHS Varsity Volleyball v Barnstable 10-07-25

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = MONDAY

8:00 am Planning Board 10-06-25

2:00 pm Planning Board 10-06-25

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Franklin TV: Air, Water, Food, Truth

How long can one live without?

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 10/12/2025

We’ve all heard the survival ‘rule of three’. 3 minutes without air? 3 days without water? 3 days without food? The likelihood of death is regarded as imminent. With water and food scarce, we see the devastating effects of starvation in Gaza.

From Twelfth Night: If music be the food of love, play on. But what of truth?

If speech is the food of freedom, speak on. Abundant, unfettered speech feeds a free democratic society. This is the bountiful harvest of liberty – the ever-flowing cornucopia of open opinions. When speech runs free, we are free. This is why the first amendment in Our Bill of Rights is perhaps the most important amendment to our Constitution. Red ideas? Blue ideas? Other – independent ideas? It’s all good.

In our last election, then candidate Trump promised the restoration of free speech. Ummm, o-kaaay – Did not see that as an issue at the time, given .the many radical claims he was making at his rallies. Criticisms from the press and the left? Sure. That’s how it works? Curtailment? Abridgement? Silencing? No. Rally after rally, he bloviated at length, saying whatever he wished in the moment – freely.

Fifty years ago, when the Smothers Brothers sent an apology to President Johnson for their satirical jokes, he responded with a most memorable, elegant quote,

“It is part of the price of leadership of our great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists, You have given the gift of laughter to our people. May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”

This is what true presidential leadership – and dignity of the office– looks like. The Smothers Brothers spoke truth to power. And power said it was all good. .

Today, we are seeing and hearing a systemic, increasingly aggressive suppression of ideas, opinions, and even hard facts that do not align with the current president’s mood of the moment. Over time, this suppression – this open war on open thought – continues to worsen.

It begs the question, when a society is denied the intellectual food of free speech – when our collective reason is stifled, starved for say – three months? Three years? At what point does democracy wither and die?

And – as always –

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Franklin TV schedule for Friday, October 10, 2025 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = FRIDAY

7:00 am Second Sunday Speaker Series: Leigh Schoberth

8:30 am Frank's Musings: Gaza

10:00 am Riffin' on Main Street: James Johnston

11:00 am Senior Connection: Ariel Doggett

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Brownies

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Italian Sausage

1:30 pm     Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 1

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 5

3:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage 2

4:00 pm Concerts on the Common: Matt Zajac

6:00 pm Election 2025: Town Council - Ted Cormier-Leger

6:38 pm Election 2025: Town Council - Tom Mercer

7:07 pm     Election 2025: Town Council - Caroline Griffith

8:00 pm Jake Auchincloss Town Hall

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = FRIDAY

7:00 am Lifelong Music: Strings School 01-22-25

8:30 am Mental Health: Diane Plouffe & Jamie Barrett

9:30 am Public School Event: FHS Pops Night 05-09-18

1:00 pm Universe of Adolescent Sleep

2:00 pm Public School Concert: MICCA Showcase Pt. 2 03-14-18

3:30 pm FHS Varsity Football v Algonquin 10-03-25

9:00 pm Critical Conversations: Student Wellbeing

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = FRIDAY

8:00 am  Zoning Board of Appeals 09-25-25

2:00 pm  Zoning Board of Appeals 09-25-25

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Franklin TV schedule for Thursday, October 9, 2025 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = THURSDAY

10:30 am SAFE Coalition: Michelle Palladini

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Ice Cream

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Brownies

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Italian Sausage

1:30 pm     Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 1

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 5

3:00 pm Riffin' on Main Street: James Johnston

4:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage 2

5:00 pm Talk Franklin: Habitat for Humanity

6:00 pm Election 2025: Town Council - Stephen Malloy

6:32 pm Election 2025: Town Council - Gene Grella

7:00 pm Frank's Musings: Gaza

9:00 pm Circle of Friends: Joe Jencks

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = THURSDAY

7:00 am Public School Concert: FHS Chamber Music

8:30 am Public School Concert: MICCA Showcase Pt. 2 03-14-18

10:00 am FHS Varsity Field Hockey v Concord Carlisle 09-18-24

12:00 pm FHS Varsity Volleyball v Canton 09-29-25

2:00 pm Universe of Adolescent Sleep

3:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage 2

8:30 pm Critical Conversations: Student Wellbeing

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = THURSDAY

8:00 am Conservation Commission 10-02-25

2:00 pm Conservation Commission 10-02-25

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Franklin TV schedule for Wednesday, October 8, 2025 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = WEDNESDAY

7:30 am     Mental Health: Diane Plouffe & Jamie Barrett

8:30 am Arts and Culture Symposium 2025

10:00 am Second Sunday Speaker Series: Leigh Schoberth

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Ice Cream

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Brownies

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Italian Sausage

1:30 pm     Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 1

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 5

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Spring 2019 Show 2

3:30 pm More Perfect Union: Teachers Unions

5:30 pm Election 2025: Town Council - Michael LeBlanc

6:08 pm Election 2025: Town Council - Max Morrongiello

6:30 pm Concerts on the Common: Matt Zajac

8:30 pm Circle of Friends: Joe Jencks

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = WEDNESDAY

7:00 am Public School Concert: FHS Chamber Music

8:30 am Lifelong Music: Strings School 01-22-25

10:00 am SAFE Coalition: Overdose Awareness 2025

11:00 am Public School Event: FHS Pops Night 05-09-18

12:30 pm FHS Varsity Volleyball v Canton 09-29-25

2:30 pm Franklin Fury Softball v Attleboro 07-22-25

6:00 pm FHS Varsity Field Hockey v Concord Carlisle 09-18-24

8:30 pm FHS Varsity Football v Algonquin 10-03-25

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = WEDNESDAY

8:00 am  Town Council 09-17-25

2:00 pm  Town Council 09-17-25

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Franklin TV schedule for Tuesday, October 7, 2025 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = TUESDAY

7:30 am     Joe Landry: Funeral Homes

9:00 am Mental Health: Diane Plouffe & Jamie Barrett

10:00 am Frank's Musings: Gaza

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Brownies

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Italian Sausage

1:30 pm     Pizzapalooza: Meat-Lovers Pt. 1

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 5

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Spring 2019 Show 2

3:30 pm Riffin' on Main Street: James Johnston

4:30 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage 2

5:30 pm Election 2025: Town Council - Kenneth Ojukwu

5:59 pm     Election 2025: School Committee - Henry Reis Hansen

6:30 pm Talk Franklin: Habitat for Humanity

7:30 pm Battleship Cove: Inside The History Pt. 6

8:00 pm Concerts on the Common: Matt Zajac

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = TUESDAY

7:00 am Public School Concert: FHS Chamber Music

8:30 am Lifelong Music: Strings School 01-22-25

10:00 am Mental Health: Diane Plouffe & Jamie Barrett

12:30 pm Public School Concert: MICCA Showcase Pt. 2 03-14-18

2:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Soccer v Stoughton 09-30-25

4:00 pm Franklin Fury Softball v Attleboro 07-22-25

8:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Referee Shortage 2

9:00 pm Critical Conversations: Student Wellbeing

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = TUESDAY

8:00 am School Committee 09-30-25

2:00 pm School Committee 09-30-25

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