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Parent Article: Champaign City Staff Aims to Torpedo New Public Access TV Channel |
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Re: Champaign City Staff Aims to Torpedo New Public Access TV Channel |
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08 May 2006
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Madison has WYOU with its own center. It is very active and popular.
Chicago has WYOU - also a stand alone channel. Extremely active and popular.
See dozens listed here: http://www.communitymedia.se/cat/linksca.htm
In short, public access does not work with coupled with a government channel - it gets controlled and squeezed out. So lots of communities are moving towards stand alone channels.
The cable commissions proposal is for a Community TV station - not an Independent Media Center (which is volunteer run, dedicated to social justice, and part of the IMC network).
The Community TV station would have paid staff and largely serve the non-profit and church community as well as providing a venue for community folks to host call in shows and rebroadcast independent documentaries of interest to them. It would be run by a community board representing the broad spectrum (from left to right) in our community. |
