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-APR 2 3198® nox 43 fcf286 <br />LISTEN TO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LOCAL NEWS. MR. BISHARA HAS TRIED FOR <br />FIVE YEARS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE THE MANAGER, BUT HAS NEVER <br />BEEN ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT. <br />PETE NOEL, OF STATION WGYL, ASKED IF THERE WAS A REGULATION <br />PROVIDING FOR LOCAL ORIGINATION IN EFFECT AND IF CABLEVISION PLANNED <br />TO DO THIS TYPE OF PROGRAMMING. <br />MR. CROSBY RESPONDED NEGATIVELY AND EXPLAINED THAT THE FCC <br />Av <br />HAS REVISED THIS REGULATION FOR LOCAL ORIGINATION, BUT DOES REQUIRE <br />THAT FLORIDA. CABLEVISION CARRY CHANNELS 9 AND 12. HE ADDED THAT <br />CHANNEL 10 HAS BEEN ON THE SYSTEM FOR TWENTY YEARS AND THEY CAN <br />TAKE IT OFF IF THEY CAN FIND SOMETHING BETTER BUT ONCE A CHANNEL HAS <br />BEEN TAKEN OFF, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT BACK ON, IF THEY SO <br />DESIRE. MR. CROSBY STATED THAT IF THE PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS, <br />THEY SHOULD CALL HIS OFFICE AS HEIS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO TALK TO THE <br />PEOPLE. HE THEN AGREED THAT THERE ALWAYS HAS BEEN PROBLEMS WITH <br />CHANNEL 2 AND THE COMMON CARRIER THAT THEY BUY THIS CHANNEL FROM HAS <br />PROMISED TO GET THEM A BETTER CHANNEL 2 IMMEDIATELY. MR. CROSBY <br />OFFERED OTHER POSSIBILITIES: CHANNEL 42 WILL BE AN EDUCATIONAL <br />CHANNEL FROM PALM BEACH; THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GET ANOTHER EDUCATIONAL <br />PROGRAM FROM THEIR SATELLITE; CHANNEL 2 IN MIAMI HAS APPLIED FOR A <br />GRANT T.0 MAKE THEIR MICROWAVE LENGTH EXTEND FROM MIAMI TO VERO BEACH, <br />WHICH MIGHT ELIMINATE THESE PROBLEMS. HE REPORTED THAT IN 1975, THEY <br />ADDED HBO, WHICH MEANT ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THEM, AND THROUGHOUT <br />THE YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN EXPANDING WITH MORE CUSTOMERS, THEREFORE, <br />THEY DID NOT HAVE TO ASK FOR RATE INCREASES, BUT NOW THEY FEEL IT <br />IS FAIR AND NECESSARY. <br />THE BOARD THEN DISCUSSED THE VARIOUS CHANNELS THAT FLORIDA <br />CABLEVISION HAD TO OFFER, AND WHAT PROGRAMS COULD BE OBTAINED WITH <br />JUST A STANDARD ANTENNA. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy SAID SHE WAS SORRY THAT OTHER PEOPLE DID <br />NOT GET AS GOOD A RECEPTION ON CHANNEL 2 AS SHE DID, AND FOR FLORIDA <br />CABLEVISION TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT TAKING ANOTHER EDUCATIONAL <br />CHANNEL, AS CHANNEL 2 HAS BEEN ACCLAIMED AS BEING THE BEST EDUCATIONAL <br />CHANNEL IN THE UNITED STATES. <br />� w � <br />