Region. TVS sets up a foundation

TVS, Sydney’s free-to-air community TV channel has set up the Television Sydney Foundation to seek tax-deductible donations from viewers and from socially engaged companies and individuals. Funds will be used to support the creation of locally made programs from the Sydney communities. TVS, located at the University of Western Sydney’s Werrington South campus, at Penrith, is a not-for-profit company licensed under the provisions of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Services Act (1992) governing community television. Its transmitter’s coverage includes Wollongong, the lower Blue Mountains and Central Coast.