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Submitted by mauro on May 15, 2008 - 10:54am.

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I understand many people were happy to hear the shouts of city council members order to "file" the report.

The subject of WCCA TV funding and pending contract is a subject that matters to a great many. Jeff the Taxi Guy shares a very clear sentiment.

Thanks for your support and attention.

Submitted by wccatv on December 13, 2006 - 4:56pm.

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Comparison Cities	Number of Subscribers	Research Bureau PEG Amount	True Total PEG Amount Received	Difference	True Public Access Only Amount	Per Subscriber Per Year For Public Access	What WCCA Would Receive at that Subscriber Amount
Fort Worth¹	60,000	$744,000	$1,744,000²	$1,000,000	$872,000³	$14.50	$696,000
Grand Rapids⁴	45,000	$560,000	$1,600,000	$1,040,000	$659,561	$14.60	$700,800
Dayton⁵	32,000	$440,000	$800,000	$360,000	$600,000	$18.75	$900,000
Brookline⁶	19,000	$400,000	$610,000	$210,000	$305,000⁷	$16.05	$770,400
Boston⁸	145,000⁹	$1,700,000	$2,000,000¹⁰	$300,000	$1,642,000 + $1,000,000¹¹ this year for cap/equipment	$11.94¹²	$573,120

Randy Westerman, Manager, Cable Services. Mr. Westerman said he had tried to tell the Research Bureau that the $744,000 was only for capital and equipment, but he felt they didn’t understand. Fort Worth also receives an additional $1,000,000 for operations.
Research Bureau only reported yearly capital and equipment funds (as required by TX law at 1%), it did not report operational funding provided by the city.
Fort Worth runs both Public and Government, splitting the total amount by two, we can assume Public receives this amount.
Laurie Cirivello, Executive Director, Grand Rapids Community Media
Rick Hayes, Executive Director, Dayton Access Television. Randy Bellinger, Station Manager, City of Dayton.
Thomas Bellotti, Executive Director, Brookline Access Television.
Brookline runs both P & G together, splitting the total amount by two, we can assume Public receives this amount.
Curtis Henderson, Executive Director, Boston Neighborhood Network. $1 mil grant in addition to franchise fees, was received in 1999.
Subscriber numbers taken from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors Membership Directory, 2006.
Mike Lynch, Director of Cable Communications. This amount is franchise fees to PEG only. Not capital, equipment grants.
City gave Public access $1mil for building, equipment.
Yearly amount + $1mil from city, amortizing that $1mil over 10 years at $100,000 per year. Franchise is 10 years in length.