The shortest speech by a candidate for the WCTV board came from 76-year-old Tom Worthen.

Speaking to the nonprofit community access TV organization's membership on Sept. 28, Worthen updated the audience on the score of the final game of the Red Sox, and on his own behalf, said that WCTV needed a board member who "was around before television."

When the votes were tallied, Worthen had won a first-time seat on the governing board. Re-elected to the board were teacher and nonprofit organizer Sally Morrison and Peter Barrows, who serves as treasurer.

(In addition to abbreviated speechifying, Worthen owns Fireslate-2 in East Wareham and plays an active role in the Gatemen organization.)

In other business at the WCTV annual meeting, held at Salerno's in Onset:

-- Bruce Gannon was honored as Volunteer of the Year. The moving force behind WCTV's live music programming, Gannon was lauded for also spending countless hours helping the staff and other volunteers with their projects.

"He's a worker bee. He's a helper behind the scenes. And he's an awesome guy," Morrison said in an impromtu testimonial.

In thanking the staff for the award, Gannon said it was his good fortune to have been presented with the opportunity to "bring bands into town who didn't know where Wareham was or what we do here."

-- Morrison presented representatives of the three nonprofits benefiting from the annual Live Auction & Entertainment event with their share of the proceeds. This year those nonprofits were Gianna's House, the Boys & Girls Club, and the Onset Summer of Love concert series.

-- Director Jay Heard and President John White updated the membership on the organization's financial status (good) and some accomplishments of the past year: new programming, new cameras, and a new studio at Wareham High School.