Chicago Community Broadcaster Caught in Funding Fight
Author
Mitchell Szczepanczyk, CIMC
Date Created
04 Feb 2004
Date Edited
04 Feb 2004 11:28:41 PM
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Chicago Access Network Television (CAN
TV), the cable-access broadcaster in Chicago, is amid a funding fight for the second time in
two years. The cable company RCN has
defaulted on a $215,000 due payment, which threatens the viability of the
network and a key media outlet for community groups (including Chicago
Indymedia).
Activist efforts won a similar funding fight with RCN, and the hope is
that community pressure can win the day again. The next stage in the
struggle is a City Cable
Commission meeting on February 10 in the basement of the Harold
Washington Library Center.