New public access station on line at www.parkcitytimesnews.com it is the test
site for all time news platform. need contenr.

Hi this is KaRi from Long Beach, CA - we have a pretty strong, cohesive cable
access TV family via CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS.

VERIZON doesn't sound like they "get it".

Maybe you need to DIVERSIFY, upload content onto the above-mentioned URLS,
show Verison that they CAN'T CONTROL what people listen to or watch during
their spare time.

They prob need a REALLY GOOD show or two to sell them on what you need, but that
would mean getting the show to the RIGHT person within their company...
just tell them you have FREE RESOURCES on the web where you can broadcast to
thousands
across the world... LIVE or prerecorded!


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Thought you all would like this!
Steve
www.teckstuff.com

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From: George Antunes <<

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/west/chi-0705170998may18,1,7211161.stor\
y?coll=chi-newslocalwest-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

A long way from 'Wayne's World'

By Suzanne McBride
Special to the Chicago Tribune

May 18, 2007



When Ron Stenger wanted to tell the story of his family's 19th Century
brewery, he didn't have to go far to find an experienced production company.

He turned to his hometown public access station -- Naperville Community
Television (Channel 17) -- to produce an hourlong documentary, set to air
in August.

It will be the sixth documentary produced since 2002 at NCTV17, believed to
be the only cable access channel in the nation regularly producing
documentaries.

The newest, "A Role of Her Own," will be unveiled at a private screening
Sunday. The production, which examines the lives of seven influential
Naperville women, airs in June. It comes two months after the documentary
"The Naperville Riverwalk: The First 25 Years."

"Naperville is just loaded with good stories," said station executive
director Elizabeth Braham Spencer. The station has won a number of awards
for the documentaries, including from the Illinois State Historical Society
in recent weeks.

"Liz has done a fantastic job of giving Naperville something the people are
interested in," said Steve Bartlebaugh, executive director of Evanston
Community Media Center, which operates public access stations in the north
suburb. "We're very jealous of them now that they have (Web) streaming.
They're the top of the food chain."

The turning point for NCTV17 came about five or six years ago when funding
issues forced local officials to debate what to do for the station, said
Kelvin Fee, a NCTV17 board member and senior vice president of Wide Open
West Co.

Customers of Wide Open West and Comcast, the two companies that provide
cable service in Naperville, help fund the station by paying fees on their
monthly bills. Most cities keep the entire 5 percent franchise fee to pay
for police cars and other local services, Fee said, but Naperville gives
some to the station.

"It's extremely unusual that they do this," Fee said. And it's one of the
reasons the station stands out among public access channels in Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, the states where Fee's cable company operates.

The station also has sponsorships from area groups and businesses and seeks
grants, such as the $50,000 recently approved by the Naperville City
Council that will help fund a four-part series on still-to-be-determined
topics. In all, NCTV17's annual budget tops about $400,000.

"It does take money to do this. Sometimes people forget that television and
money go hand in hand," Spencer said.

NCTV17 features some of the more traditional public access fare. There's
coverage of the local school board, as well as footage of the Memorial and
Labor Day Parades. But the station's five full-time employees, five
part-time workers and about 20 volunteers spend a good chunk of their time
producing documentaries.

"It's much more than 'Wayne's World,'
" said Joan Drummond Olson, former television producer and colleague of
Spencer, referring to the 1992 comedy film about two teens who host a
cable-access television show in an Aurora basement.

To tell the story of the Stenger brewery, which during most of its 44 years
of operation was the biggest employer in Naperville, station staff traveled
to Oregon to interview relatives who had settled there and collected
brewery artifacts. One interesting twist: A young Adolph Coors worked his
way up to general brewery superintendent before moving to Colorado and
starting his own brewery.

Inspiration for the Stenger saga came from one of the station's first
documentaries, "One-in-a-Million: The Prince Castles & Cock Robin Story,"
which traced the 76-year history of the Naperville ice cream shops started
by Walter Fredenhagen and Earl Prince.

"When I saw the Prince Castle documentary, I said, 'My goodness, we just
have to get this done for the Stenger family also," said Ron Stenger, whose
relatives are funding the documentary.

The brewery's buildings – now all gone – helped anchor Naperville. "They
were just magnificent. They stood towering over the whole west side for 50
years," Stenger said.

"It's important for people to understand the history," said Stenger, who
runs a financial-planning business. "Preserving the detail of Naperville is
so important. These documentaries are just essential to the community at
large."

Peggy Frank, executive director of Naper Settlement/Naperville Heritage
Society, was one of the first residents to work as a volunteer producer for
the station after it was established in 1986. Local shows by volunteer
producers still is a focus, but so are the larger projects, she said.

"None of us envisioned it would be these high-quality documentaries," Frank
said. "It's definitely exceeded our wildest imagination."

The station branched out last month with breaking news coverage of the
April 17 local election. Fee speculates that one day NCTV17 could produce a
local news show, similar to what Channel 1 in New York City does.<<


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I'm here!
Keep up the fight!
Steve


On 5/6/07, votewilder <votewilder@...> wrote:
>
>   Everyone still here??? ;) Kimberly Wilder
>
> ~
>
> Support Public Access: Thursday, May 10th at 7pm in Town of Islip
> Annex Building, on 401 Main Street Islip.
>
> Zabby is a public access producer on Long Island. She is the leader
> of a group called "PEGLATM", which supports all the public service
> channels that cable companies are supposed to give the community in
> exchange for getting rights to the public airwaves. Zabby will speak
> at the Islip meeting, and tape it. Zabby has asked for other people
> to come speak in support of public access, and to ask that the Town
> of Islip require Verizon to provide studio space and training to the
> Islip community.
>
> Each town in Long Island is responsible for negotiating agreements
> with cable companies so that the community gets its fair share back
> from the company. Due to these agreements, Cablevision allows
> citizens to broadcast on a public access channel (20 or 21 in
> Suffolk County) and Cablevision provides studio time and training to
> citizens who need it to put on their shows.
>
> Evidently, Verizon has been arrogant in insisting it will not give
> any studio time or training to the Islip Community. Verizon is
> trying to demean the idea of public access by claiming it will not
> give support to the 74 public access producers. Yet, that ignores
> the fact that the whole community is served, when those 74 citizen
> activists volunteer to create unique, locally based shows that serve
> the community.
>
> Zabby is using her own public access time to discuss this issue, and
> to broadcast the public meeting. You can look for it on Channel 20
> in the Hauppague/Brookhaven system. Here are some times that
> information on this topic will be aired:
>
> Sunday, May 6th at 11:30 pm on Channel 20.
>
> Monday, May 7th at 3 pm on Channel 20 - Zabby explains the situation.
>
> Thursday, May 10th at 10 pm on Channel 20. (Watch after going to the
> meeting!)
>
>
>


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Everyone still here??? ;) Kimberly Wilder

~

Support Public Access: Thursday, May 10th at 7pm in Town of Islip
Annex Building, on 401 Main Street Islip.

Zabby is a public access producer on Long Island. She is the leader
of a group called "PEGLATM", which supports all the public service
channels that cable companies are supposed to give the community in
exchange for getting rights to the public airwaves. Zabby will speak
at the Islip meeting, and tape it. Zabby has asked for other people
to come speak in support of public access, and to ask that the Town
of Islip require Verizon to provide studio space and training to the
Islip community.

Each town in Long Island is responsible for negotiating agreements
with cable companies so that the community gets its fair share back
from the company. Due to these agreements, Cablevision allows
citizens to broadcast on a public access channel (20 or 21 in
Suffolk County) and Cablevision provides studio time and training to
citizens who need it to put on their shows.

Evidently, Verizon has been arrogant in insisting it will not give
any studio time or training to the Islip Community. Verizon is
trying to demean the idea of public access by claiming it will not
give support to the 74 public access producers. Yet, that ignores
the fact that the whole community is served, when those 74 citizen
activists volunteer to create unique, locally based shows that serve
the community.

Zabby is using her own public access time to discuss this issue, and
to broadcast the public meeting. You can look for it on Channel 20
in the Hauppague/Brookhaven system. Here are some times that
information on this topic will be aired:

Sunday, May 6th at 11:30 pm on Channel 20.

Monday, May 7th at 3 pm on Channel 20 - Zabby explains the situation.

Thursday, May 10th at 10 pm on Channel 20. (Watch after going to the
meeting!)

New Television Show on Charter Communications

Swing TV presents The Queen Jamie Show on Charter Cable Television
in Southern California. The musical feature is emerging artist
Melisa Belgrade.

Long Beach, CA (PRWeb) December 22, 2006 -- Swing Management
presents The Queen Jamie Show on Charter Cable Television in Malibu,
Burbank, Glendale and Long Beach, California.

Swing into the holiday season December 23-24th, 2006. The Queen
Jamie Show shines on emerging artist Melisa Belgrade (note the
spelling of MeLisa) showcasing her appearance on CSULB's Internet
radio station, kbeach.org You may view a clip of both the video and
audio now at myspace.com/melisabelgrade )

"Swing," the QJS executive producer, says, "This isn't a 'reality
show,' this is an 'Experience.' The show gives a glimpse behind the
scenes and insight into the songwriting process. My goal is to apply
Six Sigma, a scientific technology, to the Art of Music composition
and performance." Swing chose to feature Ms. Belgrade because she
reminds him of a "modern day Edie Brickell."

Queen Jamie is the wink surrounded in pink, and she does a fine job
of asking the right questions of her guests. The Uninvited Pianist
also appears. Southern Californians may recognize him from the
Beverly Hills Hotel and Celebrity Centre.

The targeted audience of The Queen Jamie Show are those who live,
work and play in the demographic areas of Southern California,
especially Charter cable TV subscribers. In addition, the folks
around the world who also enjoy commercial-free TV can enjoy
segments of the show coming soon to Swing TV and YouTube.

KaRi of TPSradio (CSULB+Cerritos College) and promoter of
LBCTelevision (Long Beach Community Television) via Charter
Communications describes The Queen Jamie Show as "a prime example
of 'infotainment'." She suggests musicians might find the record
label information entertaining and useful and she describes Swing as
a "musical mentor of the mind" who himself has shared the concert
bill with signed bands including Quiet Riot, Foghat, Robin Trower,
Montrose, Molly Hatchet, Edgar Winter and Blue Oyster Cult.

The Queen Jamie Show can be viewed in Malibu on Charter TV December
23rd and 24th on Channel 16 at 7 p.m. and on Christmas Eve (9:30
a.m.) in Glendale and Burbank on Charter TV Channel 31. Dates and
times on LBCTelevision, to be announced.
Swing can be reached at 310-927-7224.

Media Contact: K.M.Nielsen ThePrimeSpot.com 562-804-5625
Ms. Nielsen is a freespirit journalist who lives, works and plays in
Long Beach, CA.


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More Information:
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If you have a link to your "Help Wanted" video then please list it at
www.vdo.kcpa-tv.com. You will save the $25 they charge at
www.HelpWantedVideos.com, but not have your video broadcast on local
TV stations.

D.K. was going to pay the major cable company their fees and start
running some weekly shows. Yard Sales on TV would have locals turning
in a one minute video about their upcomming sale. This weekly would
generate income to do another show, Help Wanted Videos. A dating show
is in the works and you guessed it right if you know the participants
submit a one minute video to be aired.

Financing has always been a problem and a challenge. Charging viewers
$25 and also streaming their video online (www.vdo.kcpa-tv.com) could
prove highly popular.

Additional setbacks began on April 7, 2006 when D.K. filed a police
report with Bakersfield P.D. stating the office manager had been
directly responsible for the loss of cameras and computers used for
editing. D.K. had been contracted as of 10/04/05 to "House Sit" for
the firm, which allowed another individual to have access to the
facilities.

Another camcorder purchased on ebay in June, proved not to be
feasible and was returned to the seller.

D.K. has invested many hours into the programming of the website for
YardSalesonTV.com, and HelpWantedVideos.com, in addition to the
www.kcpa-tv.com/catalog webstore. Affiliate software was installed to
pay a commission whenever a websurfer had convinced someone to try
either TV series. Hopefully soon, these shows will attract local
media attention and become self suporting.

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With The Awful Changes to the way that Yahooey has been formatting the  group
email, many members of my groups have been asking how to block some of the
changes:

Maybe this will help. If you login to Yahoo then go to your Yahoo Groups
page, go into each of the groups you are subscribed to (one at a time) and
click the EDIT MEMBERSHIP link near the top. The next page will have an
option near the bottom to switch back to the Traditional way that Yahoo
Groups use to be. That should help.

I don't think that many like the  new features that Yahoo incorporated.




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Louise,

You sounds like you are about to be eaten by the whale.
It's about time that you folks got screwed!

We have been screwed by Cablevision in NY for 10 years this July and I gave
up after 8.5 years which was 1.5 years ago. The ACM has been useless to
public access (IMO) and the ONLY place left for freedom of speech is the
internet *which is under attack (sort of) and the public soap box in a
public place.

Our politicians screwed us, the NY state public service commission screwed
us and the supreme court here in NY.

Welcome to the 'You're getting screwed club'

-richie einhorn   'ex public access producer'

'All Aboard'   -richie    Richard Einhorn

TheTrainShow.Com  Members can watch us ONLINE anytime!
"Honorary Member"  Long Island Live Steamers


-----Original Message-----
From: Louise Thompson [mailto:lthompsn@...]
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:29 PM
To: 'Alliance Forum'; 'PEG-Access'
Subject: [FORUM] Here's the BHN Commercial





________________________________

From: Louise Thompson [mailto:lthompsn@...]
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:27 PM
To: 'Alliance Forum'; 'PEG-Access'
Subject: Need Emails Sent



Hi all --



I need your help.  Hillsborough County's Board of County Commissioners
[BOCC] is scheduled to approve a new franchise agreement with Verizon this
Wednesday,  February 1, 2006.  The number of access channels to be provided
has been left blank.  Our Cable Advisory Committee had asked for 12 access
channels, but our BOCC might just let the cable companies get away with two
or three so they can find an excuse to leave PATV out.  BHN's renewal is
also on the table so if the Verizon agreement has only 2-3 channels on it,
then BHN will follow suit.



Last week, BHN started running a misleading ad campaign on 40 channels.
[It's attached for your listening pleasure.]  This weekend, 175,000 cable
subscribers got postcards with the same message.  The campaign tells viewers
that their bills will be higher if they have to provide more access
channels.  It tells them to call our BOCC and email
info@... and tell the BOCC "NO MORE PEG ACCESS.  NO MORE
TAXES AND FEES."



BHN also indicated in a newspaper article that if they keep PATV they will
move to the VOD digital tier and take us off Channel 20.



We [the Education Channel & TBCN] are trying to combat all this, but, as you
know we're tiny fish fighting a 209-ton blue whale.  Hundreds of phone calls
and emails are coming into the County and they're not in our favor.



We need to tilt the tally.



Would you take a moment at right now and email our commissioners and say:
We want MORE access channels - not less.  We want the access channels to
stay on the basic tier level in the lineup they presently occupy.



Thanks.



Louise Thompson



Louise M. Thompson

Executive Director

Tampa Bay Community Network

813-254-1687 ext 16

www.tbcn.org <http://www.tbcn.org/>






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Steve,

NONE HERE,
it's administered by the cable carrier Cablevision, and very poorly at that!

All the Franchise Fee money goes to the local governments
who spend it on everything else except public access.

There is another access center for the Great Neck area,
But they keep other neighbors out and have there own agenda!

In either case, after 8.5 years dealing with law breaking and learning how
public access is controlled, it is really NOT available to the public as
originally intended.

Now we are on Satellite TV coast-to-coast.

-richie einhorn "ex public access producer"

'All Aboard'   -richie    Richard Einhorn

TheTrainShow.Com  Members can watch us ONLINE anytime!
"Honorary Member"  Long Island Live Steamers

Richard Einhorn


-----Original Message-----
From: PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com [mailto:PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of rollatv
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 10:34 AM
To: PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com
Subject: <PEG Access> Funding methods

Hi,

Could as many of you email me or post to the group the answer to a
simple question: Where does the funding for your station come from and
how much is there?

In other words: Is it based on a franchise fee or is it a flat amount
from a City or cable company? Is it supported by the community as a
whole or just the cable subscribers...

Thanks,

Steve Leonard








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In a message dated 11/12/2005 7:15:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,
dynamitemedia@... writes:

is  there  a website or list floating around with a number of teh
current  programmers ou there?

i been doing research on this and its hard to  find info...

can anyone help me out?

iguess id be willing to pay  for some info, as i have a deadline on
this...

please contact via  email asap...






_PEGchannels.com - Menu  Links_ (http://www.pegchannels.com/MenuLinks.html)


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is there  a website or list floating around with a number of teh
current programmers ou there?

i been doing research on this and its hard to find info...

can anyone help me out?

iguess id be willing to pay for some info, as i have a deadline on
this...

please contact via email asap...

Glad you liked it!  There is nothing wrong with internet radio.  My Public
Access television/radio show was on internet radio, which I should be
returning to host and produce again soon.  TeckStuff was on the
satellite/internet non-profit station The W0kie Satellite Radio Network (see
www.w0kie.com or www.dishnuts.net).

The great thing about Public Access television, internet radio, and of
course now podcasts, is that ANYONE can do their own show.
Steve

----Original Message Follows----
From: theprimespot@...
Reply-To: publicaccess@yahoogroups.com
To: publicaccess@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [publicaccess] LPFM article...
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 22:16:42 -0500

AWESOMe article!  Thanks Steve... I wish to have TPSradio, a "demographic"
radio show about the 562 area (code) of SoCaLifornia heard on LPFM.  For now
it's
(just) on two college internet radio stations, CSULB's kbeach.org and
Cerritos College's WPMD.org

******************
TeckStuff Steve
www.teckstuff.com
******************

AWESOMe article!  Thanks Steve... I wish to have TPSradio, a "demographic" radio
show about the 562 area (code) of SoCaLifornia heard on LPFM.  For now it's
(just) on two college internet radio stations, CSULB's kbeach.org and Cerritos
College's WPMD.org

-----Original Message-----
From: TeckStuff Steve <teckstuff@...>
To: medianews@...; tomanddarryl@yahoogroups.com;
PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:19:15 -0800
Subject: [publicaccess] LPFM article...


Here is an interesting article on LPFM...

http://www.cjr.org/issues/2003/5/radio-kelliher.asp

Have a great weekend!
Steve

******************
TeckStuff Steve
www.teckstuff.com
******************





Check out our web site for Public Access Information
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Here is an interesting article on LPFM...

http://www.cjr.org/issues/2003/5/radio-kelliher.asp

Have a great weekend!
Steve

******************
TeckStuff Steve
www.teckstuff.com
******************

Richard Einhorn
The Train Show . Com

-----Original Message-----
From: richardeinhorn@... [mailto:richardeinhorn@...]
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:14 PM
To: 'anthony riddle'; pattyd@...;
access-forum@...; alliance-announce@...
Subject: RE: [FORUM] Access producers who moved over to commercial channels?

I'm always sad to see Public Access Channels [controlled by cable carriers
and not for profits],
when they stoop to censorship. [which comes in many forms]
When you can't get ON your local channel, where else can you go?

Just because it's commercial in distribution doesn't mean the message is
different.

As a matter of fact (in 6 months) I have had LESS PROBLEMS with
'control over the content of my show' than 8 years of Cablevision's hell.
Now how do you explain that?

Re

Richard Einhorn
TheTrainShow.com

-----Original Message-----
From: anthony riddle [mailto:raiseeveryvoice@...]
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:09 PM
To: pattyd@...; access-forum@...;
alliance-announce@...
Subject: RE: [FORUM] Access producers who moved over to commercial channels?

Sure thing, but I'm always sad to see access programs
stoop to commercial distribution....

tr


--- Patricia Dee <pattyd@...> wrote:

> Tony -
>
> Could you post this somewhere after it's collected?
> I know any one of us
> might not like one or another show, but I'm really
> impressed with the sheer
> number of folks and I think that it could be a nice
> reference to have around
> somewhere.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Patricia Dee
> MATA Community Media
> Milwaukee WI
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: anthony riddle
> [mailto:raiseeveryvoice@...]
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:45 PM
> To: access-forum@...;
> alliance-announce@...
> Subject: [FORUM] Access producers who moved over to
> commercial channels?
>
>
> I know this is old info, but a reporter we are
> working
>  with is asking for names of access programs or
> producers who have moved over to commercial channels
> after being with us.  Let me know and I will pass
> them
> on.  Thanks.
>
> TR
>
>
>
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Well, if it says we don't have to spend more than 2% of our revenue...and we
are basically volunteer community producers...then our revenue is 0%.
Steve

******************
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www.teckstuff.com
******************

----Original Message Follows----
From: jonathan@...
Reply-To: publicaccess@yahoogroups.com
To: PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com
CC: publicaccess@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [publicaccess] Re: <PEG Access> Closed Captioning
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 13:41:06 EST



In a message dated 11/2/2005 1:17:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
richardeinhorn@... writes:

With Jan  2006 coming up fast, does anyone know the exceptions for
independent  programs ?
Is this the demise of many programs that can't afford  it?

Richard Einhorn
TheTrainShow.com




_http://www.robson.org/capfaq/standards-and-laws.html_
(http://www.robson.org/capfaq/standards-and-laws.html)

Does the FCC mandate captioning on everything now?
On Thursday, August 7th, 1997, the FCC unanimously approved new regulations
which will mandate captioning on virtually all television programming in the
United States. _Section  305_
(http://www.robson.org/gary/captioning/telecomm-act-text.html#305)  of the
_Telecommunication  Act_
(http://www.robson.org/gary/captioning/telecomm-act.html)  of 1996 is being
implemented as a new section
(Section 713) of the  existing Communications Act. On Thursday, September
17,
1998, the FCC modified  their rules, in what can be considered a victory for
caption viewers.
The ruling took effect on January 1st, 1998, and it phases in requirements
separately for "old" and "new" programming.
For programming that first aired prior to the effective date of the law, the
FCC is allowing a ten-year transition period, after which 75% of the "old"
programming must be captioned. This decision (the choice of 75% as a
benchmark
value) will be reevaluated in four years by the FCC.
For "new" programming, airing for the first time after the effective date of
the law, the FCC is allowing an eight-year transition period with milestones
along the way. At the end of that eight-year period (as of January 1, 2006),
all  new programming must be captioned (the original ruling said 95%, but it
was  updated to 100% in September 1998).
The FCC allowed quite a few exemptions to the rules, including:
      1.  No video programmer will be required to spend more than 2% of its
annual  gross revenues on captioning.
      2.  All non-English programming is exempted.
The Sept 1998 update makes  Spanish required by 2010 (new programs) or 2012
(old programs).
      3.  "Non vocal" programming is exempted.
      4.  Commercials and public service announcements are exempted.
      5.  Programming from "new networks" is exempted.
      6.  All programs aired between 2:00am and 6:00am are exempted.









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_www.stuffbygriff.com_ (http://www.stuffbygriff.com/)



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In a message dated 11/2/2005 1:17:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
richardeinhorn@... writes:

With Jan  2006 coming up fast, does anyone know the exceptions for
independent  programs ?
Is this the demise of many programs that can't afford  it?

Richard Einhorn
TheTrainShow.com




_http://www.robson.org/capfaq/standards-and-laws.html_
(http://www.robson.org/capfaq/standards-and-laws.html)

Does the FCC mandate captioning on everything now?
On Thursday, August 7th, 1997, the FCC unanimously approved new regulations
which will mandate captioning on virtually all television programming in the
United States. _Section  305_
(http://www.robson.org/gary/captioning/telecomm-act-text.html#305)  of the
_Telecommunication  Act_
(http://www.robson.org/gary/captioning/telecomm-act.html)  of 1996 is being
implemented as a new section
(Section 713) of the  existing Communications Act. On Thursday, September 17,
1998, the FCC modified  their rules, in what can be considered a victory for
caption viewers.
The ruling took effect on January 1st, 1998, and it phases in requirements
separately for "old" and "new" programming.
For programming that first aired prior to the effective date of the law, the
FCC is allowing a ten-year transition period, after which 75% of the "old"
programming must be captioned. This decision (the choice of 75% as a benchmark
value) will be reevaluated in four years by the FCC.
For "new" programming, airing for the first time after the effective date of
the law, the FCC is allowing an eight-year transition period with milestones
along the way. At the end of that eight-year period (as of January 1, 2006),
all  new programming must be captioned (the original ruling said 95%, but it
was  updated to 100% in September 1998).
The FCC allowed quite a few exemptions to the rules, including:
     1.  No video programmer will be required to spend more than 2% of its
annual  gross revenues on captioning.
     2.  All non-English programming is exempted.
The Sept 1998 update makes  Spanish required by 2010 (new programs) or 2012
(old programs).
     3.  "Non vocal" programming is exempted.
     4.  Commercials and public service announcements are exempted.
     5.  Programming from "new networks" is exempted.
     6.  All programs aired between 2:00am and 6:00am are exempted.









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_www.stuffbygriff.com_ (http://www.stuffbygriff.com/)



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With Jan 2006 coming up fast, does anyone know the exceptions for
independent programs ?
Is this the demise of many programs that can't afford it?

Richard Einhorn
TheTrainShow.com



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LPFM Alternative Expands Long Island Coverage

WLIX-LP/Ridge, NY
PINE BARRENS BROADCASTING Alternative WLIX-LP (RADIOX)/RIDGE, NY expands its
coverage area in NASSAU-SUFFOLK with the addition of  translator stations
104.5 in FARMINGVILLE, NY and 94.9 in HAUPPAUGE, NY, which makes WLIX one of
the largest low power FM radio stations in the country.   The station first
signed on in AUGUST.

WLIX-LP President/GM SCOTTY HART, a native LONG ISLANDER and veteran radio
personality, said, “This has been over five years in the making and now with
such a large potential audience, it's more than I could have ever imagined.
I think this is an opportunity to bring true community-based radio with
today’s edge to LONG ISLAND.” <<

******************
TeckStuff Steve
www.teckstuff.com
******************

In a message dated 10/29/2005 3:35:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
richardeinhorn@... writes:
OK, I'll bite... What is OLN?

-r


Outdoor Life Network


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OK, I'll bite... What is OLN?

-r


-----Original Message-----
From: publicaccess@yahoogroups.com [mailto:publicaccess@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of TeckStuff Steve
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 5:35 PM
To: PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [publicaccess] Cablevision Comcast and OLN

For my friends and colleagues in New York...
Steve

The Evening Bridge - October 28, 2005
TOP STORY - Cablevision and Comcast-backed OLN reached an agreement in which

the New York-area cable operator will include the network as part of its iO
digital service. New York area hockey fans with Cablevision's iO service
will be able to watch Monday's Rangers game on OLN as well as the
programmer's regular season NHL coverage, numerous playoff games and the
first two games of the Stanley Cup Finals.

******************
TeckStuff Steve
www.teckstuff.com
******************

For my friends and colleagues in New York...
Steve

The Evening Bridge - October 28, 2005
TOP STORY - Cablevision and Comcast-backed OLN reached an agreement in which
the New York-area cable operator will include the network as part of its iO
digital service. New York area hockey fans with Cablevision's iO service
will be able to watch Monday's Rangers game on OLN as well as the
programmer's regular season NHL coverage, numerous playoff games and the
first two games of the Stanley Cup Finals.

******************
TeckStuff Steve
www.teckstuff.com
******************

> RIAA Continues to Sue File-Traders
> The RIAA today announced a new round of copyright infringement
> lawsuits against 745 individuals accused of illegal P2P file-trading,
> including computer network users at 17 colleges.
>
> “Theft is theft and should be treated as such,” said RIAA Pres.
> CARY SHERMAN. “When college students illegally download, they not only
> put themselves at risk for lawsuits but also put the next generation of
> music at risk as well. Our ability to invest in new bands and new
music is
> seriously threatened by online theft.”

The quote by Cary Sherman is interesting to me, as he (and others)
call file sharing "theft". Interesting, because this is an
adaptation/co-option/corruption of common law theft, which
is defined as "depriving the rightful owner of his property".
No such deprivation occurs with software/intellectual property,
which can be reproduced at-will.

Unless the property is the profit from rental, which is not what
they usually are talking about. It's the digital bits, that's the
property, that's the theft.

But if you listen to them, the RIAA and their lawyers,
this is inconsistant! They try to have it both ways.
If their property is the bits, then when I purchase
a CD or DVD, I buy the bits, right? I'm the new owner,
they're mine to do with as I see fit, including
file sharing, etc.

The legal basis of IP law is very tenuous indeed.
The recording industry is in fact inventing a new
branch of law in an attempt to hang on to the
power they've had over consumers and artists for
years.

The model they're using is more like a rental
agreement. When you purchase CD or DVD, you
don't actually own the bits. You are just
purchasing a license for certain use. But
if the bits are placed on the internet by
an anonymous untraceable source, then there no
actionable offense against anyone who grabs
the bits, since there was no contract with
them, only the original (anonymous) purchaser /
uploader.

The scary thing is that to get around this
legal inconsistancy (which the RIAA lawyers
are well aware of) they are beginning to
pressure computer manufactures to include
special hardware and software to handle
"rights management", which could make it
impossible in the future to anonymously
post the bits. Scary, not so much for the
file-sharing issue, but because the free
flow of any/all information on the internet
will be severely restricted, which does
not serve the public interest.

But IP law has never been about serving
the larger public interest, just to server
a handful of already wealthy corporations
and fat cats...


--
Bill Huston
607-724-1755
bhuston@...

Hmmm!
Why am I not surprised?
Steve

----from AllAccess.com----
RIAA Continues to Sue File-Traders
The RIAA today announced a new round of copyright infringement lawsuits
against 745 individuals accused of illegal P2P file-trading, including
computer network users at 17 colleges.

“Theft is theft and should be treated as such,” said RIAA Pres. CARY
SHERMAN. “When college students illegally download, they not only put
themselves at risk for lawsuits but also put the next generation of music at
risk as well. Our ability to invest in new bands and new music is seriously
threatened by online theft.”

******************
TeckStuff Steve
www.teckstuff.com
******************

Interesting...
Steve

----Original Message Follows----
From: George Antunes
Subject: [Medianews] Teens Turning Off Bay Area's Most Popular Music
Stations
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:47:03 -0500

Tuned out
Why teens are turning off some of the Bay Area's most popular music stations

By Momo Chang
TRI-VALLEY HERALD STAFF WRITER

http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_3144258


SAN FRANCISCO — USING THE BACK of a rental pickup truck as their platform,
50 youths, activists and poets chanted in front of the Bay Area
headquarters of the largest radio corporation in the United States.

As a dozen or so police looked on, they sang, read poetry and rallied using
a single microphone running off a generator, trying to elicit some kind of
response from Clear Channel Communications.

But the corporation, with 1.5 million listeners in the Bay Area and $9
billion in annual revenue, gave no indication that the protesters existed
on this particular afternoon in September, except for the few curious
employees who peeked through their office windows from above.

When protesters tried to deliver a letter signed by organizations such as
La Pea Cultural Center, Media Alliance, Youth Movement Records and EastSide
Arts Alliance, they were turned away by a security guard.

Most of the noise against Clear Channel comes from Oakland-based Youth
Media Council, an umbrella organization composed of more than 20 community
groups asking for better representation of youths in media.

And youths — the target audience of 106.1 KMEL-FM and 94.9 KYLD, or "Wild
94.9" — are challenging the company, accusing the stations of lacking
community programming and leaving local artists at the door. In June,
94.9's hiring of controversial producer Rick Delgado sparked a fire in the
anti-Clear Channel campaign.

It has been an ongoing challenge for the group after Clear Channel bought
KMEL and Wild 94.9 in 1999. Two years later, KMEL, a local hip-hop station
geared toward a younger market, fired its popular host and community
affairs director, Davey D, and other employees, which sparked protests from
local listeners.

So what's all the fuss about now?

Clear Channel, like all radio stations in California, is applying to renew
its radio licenses this year through the Federal Communications Commission,
an organization better known for slapping indecency fines against breast
exposure at the Super Bowl and shock jock Howard Stern. The renewal process
is one that occurs every eight years and consists of pushing paperwork
through the FCC, an event that usually goes unnoticed by listeners.

Opponents know it is unlikely the FCC will yank Clear Channel's radio
licenses, including those for the two most popular radio stations geared
toward youths, KMEL and Wild 94.9.

But protesters want to make sure someone is listening.

Since Aug. 1, YMC has promoted an "Unplug Clear Channel" campaign. The
public - since it technically owns the airwaves - has until Nov. 1 to
comment either in favor or opposition to any radio station in California;
all are up for renewal this year. By Dec. 1, the FCC will decide which
stations' licenses will be renewed.

A radio industry representative says stations rely on the community to stay
in business.

"Everybody's got a different idea of what they want in a local radio
station," said Mark Powers, vice president of the California Broadcasters
Association, a trade organization. "That's why there are so many types out
there."

Youths speak
But Meuy Saephanh, 21, of Oakland, a member of YMC for five years, says she
likes the type of music the two stations play - she just wants them to be
better. She still listens to 94.9 and KMEL - which is exactly why she is
protesting them. The groups are asking Clear Channel to hire a community
affairs director for each station, give local artists more airtime and
include community affairs programming.

For listeners who don't tune into these two stations with an "urban"
format, there are many choices, from iPods to satellite radio. Many young
people at the rally, though, want these stations that are supposedly geared
toward them to be better.

Leslie Santiago, a 16-year-old poet with Youth Speaks and student at
MetWest High School in Oakland, says she is concerned that the way
corporate rap radio portrays youths perpetuates stereotypes.

"Youths of color are already getting stereotyped," she said. "The music
promotes too much violence. There's already enough violence on the streets.
When someone listens to these stations, they might think all youths are
like that."

"It's a serious battle over the airwaves and brain waves," said Chris
Wiltsee, founder of Oakland's Youth Movement Records, an organization that
works with teenagers to produce their own music and shows. "If you're 14
and on a steady diet of this corporate radio that's just all about sex and
thugging, what does that do to your perception of reality about what's
normal?"

Others complain that stations just seem to rotate the same few songs and
that KMEL and 94.9 are beginning to sound more and more alike.

"A lot of people are dissatisfied and don't like how the stations are,"
said Chris Lyons, 17, a member of YMR. "It's hard to listen to these
stations because it's repetitive. They don't give you too much selection."

A community affair
FCC's deregulation of media in 1996 has created near monopolies in regions
such as the Bay Area. In 1996, Clear Channel owned 40 radio stations in the
United States. By 2002, it controlled 1,200.

Former FCC Chairman William Kennard said the 1996 laws "unleashed a frenzy
of consolidation in the radio marketplace and forever changed the economics
of radio station ownership." Activists say they deserve better than
"cookie-cutter radio."

Their goal is to have each station add a community affairs director, which
Clear Channel eliminated when it bought the stations. Currently, there is
one community affairs director for all 11 Bay Area stations Clear Channel
own, which range from conservative talk-radio station KNEW-AM 910 to Al
Franken's liberal talk-radio KQKE-AM 960, plus KMEL, 94.9 and seven others.

"Anybody who owns a station is committed to that particular geography to
try to serve it," said radio industry representative Powers. "They'll try
to make sure their audience is satisfied, or they go out of business."

One way that radio stations appear to be community-oriented is through
"instant requests," though they are almost never live, says former KMEL DJ
Davey D.

The stations will take calls, record them and then look at the computer
where playlists are preprogrammed. When a certain song that a listener
requests is about to be played, the station will play the recording of the
request and then the song, making it appear that listeners are being
listened to.

"Nobody just gets to play whatever they want on the airwaves," Davey D
said. "People who really control the strings hide their faces."

Powers says that corporations such as Clear Channel are targeted because
they own so much wattage.

"There's a mind-set that bigness is somehow bad, but one of the best things
about the radio industry is that you've got a huge spectrum that serves
different needs," he said.

Racial controversy
But Clear Channel recently made other groups, not normally heavy media
critics, upset. In July, Wild 94.9 fired the "Doghouse" morning show crew
after guests claimed sexual harassment - and replaced them with Rick
Delgado, a DJ/producer from New York famous for writing and airing an
offensive "tsunami song."

Delgado, who worked at New York's Hot 97, wrote a song that poked fun at
the tsunami disaster in South Asia, including lyrics such as "screaming
chinks," "little Chinamen swept away" and "Africans drowning." After much
community outcry, the station fired him.

Bay Area listeners say they are livid that a local station would hire
someone who was fired for airing an allegedly racist song.

"To us, that's unacceptable, particularly in a city that's 33 percent Asian
American," says Malcolm Yeung, staff attorney at San Franciso-based Asian
Law Caucus.

A Clear Channel spokeswoman said she will not comment about the youth
campaign or the hiring of Delgado.

Within a week, 500 people in the Bay Area signed an online petition, and
many threatened to boycott the station. In response, Clear Channel
executive Kim Bryant sent the same e-mail to petitioners, including the
statements:

"We'd like to emphasize that Rick brings to the table great connections,
and that is the sole function he was hired to fulfill. While Rick Delgado
was previously part of a controversial morning team, and involved in some
inappropriate on-air bits, neither of those two facts are true today, nor
are they useful in the San Francisco Bay Area market."

Petitioners who received this letter say they were baffled, since Delgado
was also an off-air producer at Hot 97 and it was clear that the station
only cared about Delgado's "connections."

Real alternatives?
Although more teens are listening to iPods and downloading music, some said
it is just not a realistic option for them. Alternatives to KMEL and 94.9
do exist but may be difficult to access.

"It isn't realistic that everyone has access to iPods, buys a whole bunch
of CDs or listens to satellite radio," said Lyons, a senior at Oakland
Technical High School.

He says he doesn't own an iPod, nor do most of his friends. He adds that
his peers also don't own computers, much less have Internet access to
download songs.

There are other alternatives to corporate radio - college or independent
stations such as Berkeley's KALX 90.7, San Francisco's KPOO 98.5 and
Stanford's KZSU 90.1, which each have hip-hop shows, as well as Pacifica's
KPFA 94.1. But for youths who don't have cars or a radio with a huge
antennae, they usually can't pick up such low-frequency stations.

Instead of KMEL, 16-year-old Leslie Santiago listens to underground hip-hop
such as Oakland rapper Ise Lyfe and Latino artist Panama.

"They're not big or famous or well-known, so they're not catching the
stations' attention," she said. "But they're talking about the truth and
sending a good message."

Laney College student Leslie Lopez, 18, says it is hard not to listen to
these stations.

"I don't really like listening to the radio, but that's all that's on."

YMC is leading the first concerted effort involving youths to challenge
Clear Channel license renewals. In 2003, Essential Information, a
Washington, D.C.- based public interest group, unsuccessfully challenged 63
of the corporation's stations in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.

"You get to vote with your ears for the kind of community radio you want,"
Powers said.

-----------------------------

The public can make comments, in favor or against, any California radio
stations, which are all applying for renewal through the FCC through Nov.
1. Visit www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/renewal/index.html for instructions or
www.action.youthmediacouncil.org under "Take Action" to file a public
comment.

Jim,|

The fact that it is local and serves the school, students and public MAY be
enough to win!
The Diocese of Rockville Centre took advantage of a public access channel
here on Long Island until we got involved.

I wonder how they decide that numbers RULE and not the content and basis of
the broadcast.

Perhaps FM will go bye-bye and wireless IP will work for us when radios are
equipped with IP capability.


-----Original Message-----
From: Russell, James [mailto:jamesr@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:03 PM
To: access-forum@...; publicaccess@yahoogroups.com;
PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FORUM] Massachusets High School Radio loses license...



Maybe you've all heard about this, but if not I thought I'd share.

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=112103

It sees a high school radio station is losing their license to a larger
religious broadcasting network.  This just doesn't seem right.  But I've
heard it from a couple of sources and read this news article on-line.

I'm writing my senator, representative, and all the members of the FCC to
complain.  Hopefully we get get them some support from on here. Please
consider writing, calling, etc. on behalf of this high school group.

Jim Russell

Vocational Radio/TV Teacher

Richmond High School

(765) 973-3380

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looks like work." -- Thomas Edison

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"I'd be interested in finding out if in reality cable companies are actually
providing nothing to the local communities, but rather simply walking away
with exorbitant profits under the guise of providing  PEG for communities."

Jeff,

I hope you are KIDDING and that was tongue-in-cheek!
Does it matter what GUISE they use?

Or perhaps you never heard of Adelphia or Cablevision....

Adelphia, the Rigas Family Thief's!

or

Cablevision, that owns Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden and a
few more venues AND the local NEWS 12 Channel,
[yeah the one that NEVER covers Public Access Television issues]

When you control the NEWS and don't educate the public about public
access... Well I think you get the picture!

The profits come from the Subscribers paying an inflated price for
programming
And forced to pay for programming they NEVER watch!

Ever notice how [perhaps majority of subs] can't GET their favorite things
without going into the higher priced package?
Like should we pay higher prices to get NASA TV?

The profits come from Advertisers & Subs

-r

-----Original Message-----
From: jeff garland [mailto:digitaleye@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:43 PM
To: Steven Leonard; Alliance Forum
Subject: Re: [FORUM] Re: customer pays city tax on cableco's profits (was:
Q: rights of way etc)

Aloha,

FYI, federal law caps franchise fees at 5%. Here in Hawai'i they only
collect 4.67%.

In some states &/or municipalities they have what is known as "enterprise
zones" for "High Tech" companies in which companies that are involved in
certain "High Tech" businesses get tax breaks up to the full taxes that
would normally be assessed. In other words, some cable companies, seeing as
they are providing high speed internet access, pay no state & or local tax.
I wonder if the Alliance has compiled a list of cable companies that don't
have to pay taxes, pass on franchise fees on to the community, and an
average cost per providing a PEG channel (which is also passed through). I'd
be interested in finding out if in reality cable companies are actually
providing nothing to the local communities, but rather simply walking away
with exorbitant profits under the guise of providing  PEG for communities. I
have always found it odd that the franchise fee is said to be rent for the
cable company's use of the Public's right of way, but the public pays it. We
pay ourselves for the cable company to use our property? Because Hawai'i
PEGs are "non membership", we have no say in how the money we pay ourselves
is used!

  'Olelo is trying to obtain an additional channel to facilitate more
government programming and Time Warner is vigorously fighting it
<http://www.hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/catv/decisions_orders/reconsideration/twe/
> , even though it would appear it won't cost them a dime. The channels that
are next to the PEG tier are Fit TV & HSN. I'm betting that Fit TV will be
the one provided to 'Olelo  (if they get it) so the revenues from the home
shopping channel, which in Hawai'i are excluded from their "gross revenues"
for franchise fee calculation, will not be interrupted.

FYI    Time Warner appoints 3 of 'Olelo's 9 board directors. Time Warner
alleges that 'Olelo is not properly promoting the channels they already have
and the viewership for all 5 of the channels they already have is less than
.6% of all viewing. Makes one wonder why the 3 Time Warner appointed
"volunteer" board director's would be approving 'Olelo's $247,000.00
"Advertising and Promotions" budget knowing that it will ineffectively
promote the channels. The franchise authority obviously sees no conflict in
Time Warner appointing the 3 Time Warner directors. Time Warner is the only
cable company in the entire state (monopoly), thus the only company the
franchise authority oversees. The franchise authority's wife works for Time
Warner. Due to the toothless ethics law in this state, the Ethics Commission
found no conflict in the franchise authority's wife working for Time Warner.
Would it not be appropriate for the Alliance to come out with a position
paper regarding the appearance of this and openly send to the Hawai'i state
legislature and Governor?

It appears that all PEG access is in reality is a PR tool, at our expense,
that is designed to make the cable company look like a good neighbor while
assisting governments in distributing propaganda while we the people are
being told it is for our access to the medium! I look forward to the day
that the Alliance comes up with legislation that exposes this reality and
proposes the necessary changes to protect the original intent (or illusion)
of Public Access media. I have been asking the Alliance for their draft
legislation for going on 10 years! It's time for the Alliance to be
proactive rather than reactive!

Tony, does the Alliance have the original committee reports from the
original federal legislation for Public Access (that should show the
original intent) on your website?

jg

________________________________


Steven Leonard wrote:

	 No doubt that this abuse and the cable consumer will suffer because
of this.

	 But: The bad guy is not Time Warner, it is the City for making this
silly tax on advertising.

	 Typically here in Missouri most franchises are 5% or 6% on cable
service. There is no fee on advertising that goes to the City.

	 Steven

	 BHUSTON@... wrote:

		 Steven Leonard wrote:
		 > I know my response is a little sarcastic, but I think we
all need
		 > to realize that businesses do not pay taxes and fees,

		 It's far worse than the Time Warner not paying their taxes.

		 The new franchise agreement explicitly states that franchise
		 fees will be collected on advertising, but these are passed
		 on to the customer.

		 So if Time Warner can increase their revenues by replacing
		 a channel with content with a shopping channel, then their
customers
		 pay the city 3% of whatever this revenue increase is! It's
insane.
		 As Time Warner gets more advertising revenue, the is a
corresponding
		 transfer of wealth from their customers into the city's
general
		 fund!

		 So if the city wants more money for fixing potholes or for
maintence
		 on their fire trucks, all the Mayor needs to do is tell Time
Warner
		 to add a shopping channel!

		 The customer pays twice, once because their paying for one
less
		 channel w/content, but again as a tax to the city on the
cable
		 co's increased ad revenue.

		 > If the City doesn't like it, than
		 > they either need to buy the system, or start their own.
Which can
		 > be done! Municipalities running cable as a cost-of-service
utility
		 > is a great idea if a city is committed to letting
professionals run
		 > it.

		 Yes. I have been advocating this since learning about
Glasgow, KY,
		 Burlington VT, the http://newrules.org project, etc.


		 Bill Huston
		 607-724-1755
		 bhuston@...




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I gave up on public access television when our State PSC, Muni's,
Cable Operator and Courts ruled that a LOTTERY is acceptable.

One of the points that should be fought is 'non discriminitory'...

When a ORGANIZATION can afford to send in 1000 applications
and the general public sends in only one, the orgs have a EDGE 1000:1 to be
picked.

I pointed this out BEFORE the first lottery hoping that it would be
over-ruled, but no go!

-r


-----Original Message-----
From: Lauren-Glenn Davitian [mailto:lgdavitian@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 3:03 PM
To: richardeinhorn@...; access-forum@...;
PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com; publicaccess@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [FORUM] Comment about the Alliance for Community Media

The ACM is a mutual aid society that is a strong as its members. No
national structure, whether it has 2 overworked people (like the ACM) or
15+ (like Free Pess) is going to be effective at the local level. That
is our job. All we can hope is that our national representatives have
enough energy and enough hootzpah to climb that capitol hill on our
behalf when we need them most. Long Island, Vermont, where ever we are
-- free speech is our privilege and it is our responsibility. If you
feel you must exercise your free speech in this forum (on this list
serve), fine. But for heavens sake, direct your wrath at the people who
make policy and run companies that edge out the public share of
communications and media. Kick a lamp-post. But get on with it.
Lauren-Glenn

-----Original Message-----
From: richardeinhorn@... [mailto:richardeinhorn@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1:55 PM
To: access-forum@...; PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com;
publicaccess@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [FORUM] Comment about the Alliance for Community Media

I did ask for help in the late 90's and nothing ever came of it.

You would think that a phone call saying that the dedicated channel
(Public
Access)
is NOT there as required by law and franchise; would get them going.

How about a Little re-write on the current rules, like first-come
first-served.

If the ACM doesn't monitor the LARGEST areas for Public Access in our
country, then what ARE THEY DOING?
It shouldn't be up to the 'little guy' to get the ACM to perform on
behalf
of millions of people.

I would think that the statistics on WHAT areas of our country are
having
EXTREME problems would surface,
And the ACM would put it on their radar.

-richie einhorn

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph L. Schofield [mailto:jlschofield@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:29 PM
To: richardeinhorn@...; access-forum@...;
PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com; publicaccess@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FORUM] Comment about the Alliance for Community Media

What, specifically, was the ACM asked to do for LI producers, within its
mission and resources, that it did not do? Who asked and when?


----- Original Message -----
From: <richardeinhorn@...>
To: <access-forum@...>; <PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com>;
<publicaccess@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 6:18 AM
Subject: [FORUM] Comment about the Alliance for Community Media


> The ACM SUCKS in my opinion!
>
> They have done NOTHING to help us here on Long Island where the cable
> carrier (Cablevision) has NOW gone to a lottery.
> Since 1996 the ACM has done nothing (Locally) to help us here, where
we
> reach over 2 million people.
>
> We have a local access center (within our area) that does not show our
> programming BUT they can come into our area!
>
>
> The ACM doesn't seem to have a problem that the NY State PSC that we
deal
> with is the Municipal Assistnace Section!
> There is no public access advocate.
>
> The ACM is a JOKE!
>
> Now if I was a member of the ACM, would the ACM be taking credit for
ALL
the
> hard work I have done?
>
> The agenda of the ACM does not address SERIOUS PROBLEMS with public
access
> television access and administration NATIONWIDE.
> You can change and write all the laws and rules YOU WANT, if they are
not
> adhered to or misinterpreted by Judges and courts does it matter?
>
> In my opinion the places that provide services for the public and call
> themselves PEG centers, get the help!
>
> I would like to see a law that SPLITS PEG centers into  P and E/G
centers.
>
> The public has been duped, and screwed all along!
> Has the ACM done anything regarding Public Television?
> Yeah that group that confuses everyone with it's oxymoron name, that
> generates MILLIONS every year.
>
> The basics of Public Access Television has been lost and community
media
> SHOULD start with the public!
>
>
> -r    www.PublicAccessMovement.org   www.TheTrainShow.com
>
>

I did ask for help in the late 90's and nothing ever came of it.

You would think that a phone call saying that the dedicated channel (Public
Access)
is NOT there as required by law and franchise; would get them going.

How about a Little re-write on the current rules, like first-come
first-served.

If the ACM doesn't monitor the LARGEST areas for Public Access in our
country, then what ARE THEY DOING?
It shouldn't be up to the 'little guy' to get the ACM to perform on behalf
of millions of people.

I would think that the statistics on WHAT areas of our country are having
EXTREME problems would surface,
And the ACM would put it on their radar.

-richie einhorn

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph L. Schofield [mailto:jlschofield@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:29 PM
To: richardeinhorn@...; access-forum@...;
PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com; publicaccess@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FORUM] Comment about the Alliance for Community Media

What, specifically, was the ACM asked to do for LI producers, within its
mission and resources, that it did not do? Who asked and when?


----- Original Message -----
From: <richardeinhorn@...>
To: <access-forum@...>; <PEG-Access@yahoogroups.com>;
<publicaccess@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 6:18 AM
Subject: [FORUM] Comment about the Alliance for Community Media


> The ACM SUCKS in my opinion!
>
> They have done NOTHING to help us here on Long Island where the cable
> carrier (Cablevision) has NOW gone to a lottery.
> Since 1996 the ACM has done nothing (Locally) to help us here, where we
> reach over 2 million people.
>
> We have a local access center (within our area) that does not show our
> programming BUT they can come into our area!
>
>
> The ACM doesn't seem to have a problem that the NY State PSC that we deal
> with is the Municipal Assistnace Section!
> There is no public access advocate.
>
> The ACM is a JOKE!
>
> Now if I was a member of the ACM, would the ACM be taking credit for ALL
the
> hard work I have done?
>
> The agenda of the ACM does not address SERIOUS PROBLEMS with public access
> television access and administration NATIONWIDE.
> You can change and write all the laws and rules YOU WANT, if they are not
> adhered to or misinterpreted by Judges and courts does it matter?
>
> In my opinion the places that provide services for the public and call
> themselves PEG centers, get the help!
>
> I would like to see a law that SPLITS PEG centers into  P and E/G centers.
>
> The public has been duped, and screwed all along!
> Has the ACM done anything regarding Public Television?
> Yeah that group that confuses everyone with it's oxymoron name, that
> generates MILLIONS every year.
>
> The basics of Public Access Television has been lost and community media
> SHOULD start with the public!
>
>
> -r    www.PublicAccessMovement.org   www.TheTrainShow.com
>
>