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local government use of TV in the US (from Communet)
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Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 14:35:18 -0500
From: Jeff Clements
Many thanks to all who responded with info on local government use of television - I received several dozen responses. For the information of those who might be interested, here is an archive of sorts of the responses, including contact persons where provided.
Tempe AZ: broadcasts city council and school board meetings
Nashville TN: Metro Council meetings televised live on educational channel operated by public library; committee meetings, budget hearings, civil service commission meetings, etc. telecast on community access cable channel
Wilmington DE: cable channel devoted to city government
New York NY: several cable channels devoted to city government - job listings, meeting notices, educational, etc.
Mississauga ON Canada: cable station devoted to city government - city councillor interviews, mayoral call-in show, council meetings, etc.
Columbus OH: city-owned and -operated cable channel, broadcasting city council meetings, school board meetings, press conferences, department hearings, contract bidding show, and others. Government Channel 3, City of Columbus 614-645-6555
Charlotte NC: government TV station broadcasting city council meetings, etc. with in-house production staff
Sacramento CA: local gov't cable channel broadcasting city and county council meetings, board and commission meetings, agenda scrolls, etc. Have capability for mayor/meeting chair to take citizen phone-ins during meetings. Rich Esposto, Sacramento Metropolitan Cable TV Commission 916-440-6661
Joplin MO: community access cable channel run by Missouri Southern State College broadcasts council meetings, special topic programs, and call-in programs prior to elections.
Ames IA: gov't access cable channel broadcasts city council and board and commission meetings, departmental videos, and crawls of meeting announcements, upcoming events, phone numbers, etc.
Austin TX: gov't access cable channel broadcasts council meetings, council member-hosted shows, job openings, etc. Bruce Todd, Austin Mayor's Office 512-499-2250
Bloomington IN: gov't access cable channel broadcasts city council, school board and planning commission meetings Michael White, Community Channel 3 812-339-2271
Santa Monica CA: dedicated city cable channel broadcasts city council and rent control board meetings, department videos, educational programs, band concerts, etc. Keith Kurtz, Santa Monica Public Electronic Network 310-458-8383 communet@pen.ci.santa-monica.ca.us
Fitchburg MA: city-owned public access cable channel broadcasts council and school board meetings, high school football (tape delay), and various educational programming with volunteer personnel.
Lincoln NE: city council, school board and other meetings and aother governmental programming broadcast on cable TV via the production facilities of Nebraska Educational Television. They are looking to develop an electronic companion service to the broadcasts that would allow viewers to access agendas, ordinances under debate, etc. via on-line comupter while watching the debate on TV. Randy Bretz, NETV rbretz@unlinfo.unl.edu
New Orleans LA: separate channels for city and school board
Burlington VT: gov't access cable channel covers council and other meetings, in-studio interview shos, chamber of commerce info, candidate forums, election coverage, etc. Laura Glenn-Davitian, CCTV cctv@emba.uvm.edu
San Diego CA: local access cable channel broadcasts council meetings, with possible upgrade to full-time government channel when cable company upgrades capacity with fiber optics. San Diego is also experimenting with government kiosks. Jim Madaffer, San Diego MIS Dept. jvm@cd7.sannet.gov
Blacksburg VA: council meetings and public hearings televised Public access TV contact at 703-961-1199
Cincinnati OH: CitiCable 23 is a full-time city government channel broadcasting all city council and council committee meetings live and on tape replay, along with weekly call-in programs, information, entertainment activities, announcements, etc. John Hingsbergen, Manager of Cable Communications, City of Cincinnati hings@tso.uc.edu
Eugene OR: Shared public access/gov't access channel broadcasts city council and county commission meetings, council and commission committee meetings, budget committee, planning commission, mayor's fireside chats, county commission chairman's show, elections results, etc. On weekends the channel is used for police, fire and EMT training videos (scrambled to the public) Charles Aylworth, Public Access Producer chucka@enf.org
San Antonio TX: city gov't cable channel broadcasts council meetings, mayor's forum, city manager's report, public health shows, bidding opportunities, city events, announcements, informational videos, etc., programmed by the city's Public Information Office. Carmen Vasques-Gonzales, PIO Director 210-207-7235
Portland OR: community access channel broadcasts county board of commissioners meetings and other local meetings of general interest such as the Public Affairs Forum. Marc Ivanish, Tualatin Valley Community Access 503-629-8534
Tacoma WA: public access channel broadcasts city and county government meetings and other programming. Marc Pease 206-591-5168
Tampa FL: Both Tampa and Hillsborough County have full government access channels broadcasting meetings and other public service information. Mindy Snyder, Tampa Director of GATV 813-227-7033 Tom McGuigan, Hillsborough Director of GATV 813-276-2680
Madison WI: gov't access cable channel broadcasts city council and county commission meetings, school board, CDBG advisory board, PSA infomercials, community band concerts, adopt-a-pet, etc.
OTHER CONTACTS:
Alliance for Community Media 202-393-2650 alliancecm@aol.com
National Assocation of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (National League of Cities affiliate) 202-626-3160 ```
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