CABLE SHOW TO BROADCAST ELECTION NIGHT : LOCAL RESULTS, ANALYSIS PLANNED.

Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer

Live from Thousand Oaks, it's Election Night!

Hoping to go beyond a mere accounting of votes Nov. 5, some watchers of local politics are producing a three-hour ``Election Night Live'' program on public access cable, Channel 8.

The show will start at 8 p.m. after polling places close and feature in-depth information about the candidates and ballot issues along with running tallies of results.

The show will maintain neutrality - facts and analysis will be the name of the game, said producer Tina Carlson. She wants to stimulate public interest in the political process by keeping residents informed about the election through a lively, entertaining format.

``It's about supporting the process - it's not about taking sides; it's about informing people,'' Carlson said. ``I think it's important and if they can learn in a painless way, they will - if they can be entertained and learn about their community, they will.''

The program will be produced with the help of cable company TCI of Ventura County, which is providing its studio facilities in Westlake Village and technical staff, said Carlson, who has been producing public access programs about 2-1/2 years.

``We will have creative control,'' she said. ``It's great because the technical aspect is being provided by TCI. We don't have to worry about it.''

The program is the brainchild of Mario Diaz, the campaign manager for City Council candidate Marshall Dixon. The idea came to him after Wednesday's Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce candidates forum, when he was struck by the lack of thorough election night broadcasts focusing on local races and issues.

Seats on the Thousand Oaks City Council, Conejo Valley Unified School District board and the Conejo Recreation and Park District board are among the local races on the ballot. State and national races also would be reported in the program, he said.

``We thought, `Wouldn't it be nice to have a Conejo Valley election central,' '' Diaz said. ``I thought about it, and the more I thought about it the more I got excited about it.''

As envisioned, ``Election Night Live'' will contain three segments, each about an hour long. The first one will begin when the polls close at 8 p.m., he said, introducing the races, candidates and measures affecting the city and include absentee ballot results, which are usually released about 8:30 p.m. The segment also will include commentaries from political analysts ``who are knowledgeable on the local scene,'' he said.

The public also will be able to call in with questions for the analysts.

The second segment would comprise public service announcements and presentations about the police's Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving program, open space, library, transportation, parks and recreation and many other issues, interspersed with the latest election returns, he said.

The last hour would be devoted largely to community service groups and analysis by local political reporters, he said.

And ensuring that no local races are excluded, the program also would include results from another race - the student council elections at Meadows Elementary School, Diaz said.

``This is a Conejo Valley, down-home, open town meeting, election night-type of process,'' he said about the show's concept.