[CIMC-work] Proposed center panel

[Mitchell Szczepanczyk]

I'd like to post this Wednesday or Thursday.  Feedback welcome.

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_ Z  Mitchell Szczepanczyk
  /  http://home.uchicago.edu/~msszczep http://www.chicagomediaaction.org
     http://www.geocities.com/szczepanczyk http://chicago.indymedia.org


Chicago community broadcaster caught in funding fight

Chicago Access Network Television (<A HREF="http://www.cantv.org">CAN
TV</A>), the cable-access broadcaster in Chicago, is amid <A
HREF="http://www.cantv.org/rcn">a funding fight</A> for the second time in
two years.  The cable company <A HREF="http://www.rcn.com">RCN</A> 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).  
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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 <A HREF="http://www.ci.chi.il.us/CableTV/">City Cable
Commission</A> meeting on February 10 in the basement of the Harold
Washington Library Center.
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<B>Read more</B>:
<A
HREF="http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/36035/index.php">1</A>
| <A
HREF="http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/36036/index.php">2</A>
| <A HREF="http://www.ci.chi.il.us/CityCouncil/">Contact information for
the Chicago City Council</A>