Tri-Valley Community Television started in 1976, founded by Darla Stevens, Charlotte Severin, Marshall Kamena and Lee Horner.
[1] Darla Stevens was executive director of the 501(c)3 California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation known as Tri-Valley Community Television until her retirement in November 2003.
[2] At that point, then Operations Manager Sheila Tole replaced Stevens as interim Executive Director.
[6] In 2014 Executive Director Melissa Tench-Stevens reported that the Digital TV Fairness Act would cost TV30 over $500,000 annually in lost funding.
Those former employees made public accusations about his management style, and threatened lawsuits to the station's board of directors.
After an extensive search for a successor, Glenn Davis was hired as the station's new executive director on July 1, 2005.
After Davis was hired, the station operated in the red for two years in a row for the first time ever.
[citation needed] Furthermore, in mid-August 2007, a Contra Costa Times article came out that said the station was being sued for sexual harassment by the former news director, with Davis the main target of the suit.
In late December, another employee made similar accusations, and Davis was again placed on administrative leave.
[citation needed] According to a March 5, 2008 article in Pleasanton Weekly, Davis resigned after an investigator concluded there was "insufficient evidence" to support the claims of harassment made by one former and another current employee.
A March 7, 2008 East Bay Times article says "While the board of directors credited Davis with reversing the long-deteriorating technical condition of the station and restructuring the program schedule, he is also associated with the financial overages that led to budget deficits two years in a row.
Dublin Mayor Janet Lockhart also told the newspaper "It was never intended that we would all be financing a fully functioning competitive station -- that's not what we originally started out to be....
Bradley sent out a press release on September 12, 2008 announcing the appointment of Melissa Tench-Stevens as the new Executive Director of TV30.
[citation needed] Tench-Stevens is currently the President and CEO of The Evers Group, LLC in San Jose.
Shortly after the newscast was launched, Robin Fahr joined Tom Morrison as co-anchor for the show.
By early 2008, financial problems at the station began to mount, with the news bearing the brunt of the blame.
In a March 5, 2008 Pleasanton Weekly article, Dublin Mayor and TV30 board chair Janet Lockhart was quoted as saying "The news program is the most expensive in the station lineup.
"[8] Lockhart raised concerns over the newscast in the Pleasanton Weekly article, "It makes no sense to me to have a live traffic report aired at 4 p.m. and then the same news repeated through the evening," she added.