JP Montalvo

JP Montalvo is a production professional at TV Santa Barbara, one of California's long-established community media centers, and a member of the ACM Western Region board. His work combines station-level production with regional field leadership, supporting local programming and community access in Santa Barbara while contributing to the peer network of western community media practitioners who share strategies, resources, and advocacy across the region.

TV Santa Barbara serves the Santa Barbara area with public, educational, and government access programming, and the station's production work reflects the range of content that community media centers support: local events, government coverage, independent producers, and community organizations with stories to tell.

JP's regional board service connects the daily work of a California access center to the wider field conversations about how western community media organizations sustain their civic role as cable systems change and PEG funding faces ongoing pressure.