So, when exactly will Vienna be on TV?
From the Sun Gazette:
The Vienna Town Council on Jan. 25 unanimously approved a franchise with CoxCom Inc. that would abandon the town’s currently unused analog cable channel in exchange for $50,000 and a future digital channel.Local governments receive cable television channels and Public, Education and Government (PEG) funds in exchange for granting cable franchises.
Vienna shares Channel 23 with the town of Herndon. Town officials for years have considered broadcasting town-government meetings over the channel, the way Fairfax County and many other localities do.
Vienna resident George Creed, a Realtor and member of the town’s Board of Zoning Appeals, prodded town officials to move forward with community-access broadcasting.
“It’s a great idea,” Creed said. “The only disappointment is, we haven’t activated [the channel] yet. I think it’s high time we do something.”
In return for its onetime cash contribution to the town, CoxCom will be able to fit four or five digital cable channels in the place of the former analog one, said Town Attorney Steven Briglia.
Comments
Seems really shortsighted to me. But, if they can't be bothered to use it, what difference does it make? Maybe they throw a fun party with the 50K.
Posted by: Dumb | January 28, 2010 11:10 PM
The answer is never. This council does not want anything "on record" that they cannot deny.
Posted by: Fed Up | February 11, 2010 06:43 AM
Actually cameras were just installed in Council chambers. Not sure when they go into operation.
Posted by: Frank | February 25, 2010 12:27 PM