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RICHARD SZELUGA OF 597 LAYPORT DRIVE, SEBASTIAN, PRESIDENT <br />OF VIDEO PRODUCTIONS OF INDIAN RIVER, INC., INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />HE IS AN INDEPENDENT TV PROGRAMMER AND PRODUCER AND HE HAS BEEN <br />TRYING TO ESTABLISH SOME SORT OF PROGRAMMING IN THE SEBASTIAN AREA. <br />HIS QUESTION RELATED TO WHETHER .JONES INTERCABLE ENTERTAINS ANY <br />POSSIBLE FUTURE PROGRAMMING OF LOCAL AREA NEWS AND EVENTS RATHER <br />THAN JUST NATIONAL NEWS, SPORTS, ETC. MR. SZELUGA COMMENTED ABOUT THE <br />FACT THAT CHANNEL 5 ORIGINATES FROM THE CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE OF WEST <br />PALM BEACH AND NOTED THAT AT TIMES THE CBERS CAUSE INTERFERENCE. <br />HE APPRECIATED THE PROBLEMS THE CABLE COMPANY IS FACED WITH AND <br />BELIEVED THEY WOULD IMPROVE IN THE FUTURE. <br />MR. SISK STATED THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED LOCAL PROGRAMMING <br />WITH MR. SZELUGA AND WHILE THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING THIS, <br />THEY FIRST NEED TO GET THEIR REGULAR PROGRAMMING STRAIGHTENED OUT <br />AND RESOLVE THEIR VARIOUS PROBLEMS. IN ADDITION, THEY ARE A SMALL <br />SYSTEM, AND SUCH PROGRAMMING IS MARGINAL ECONOMICALLY EVEN FOR LARGE <br />SYSTEMS. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS ASKED MR. SISK HOW MANY GOOD CHANNELS THEY <br />HAD AT THE PRESENT TIME, AND MR. SISK STATED THAT CHANNEL Z IS MARGINAL. <br />HE NOTED THAT ALL THE CHANGES THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING ARE <br />FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE SYSTEM. HE CONTINUED THAT CHANNEL 3 <br />OUT OF ORLANDO IS CONSISTENTLY GOOD AND SO IS CHANNEL 4, THE <br />CHRISTIAN BROADCAST NETWORK. CHANNEL 5 IS GOOD FOR THE MOST PART, <br />BUT IT COMES FROM A LONG WAY OFF AND FADES OCCASIONALLY. CHANNELS <br />6 AND S ARE GOOD; 11 WHICH IS A LITTLE SHAKY ALSO COMES FROM A LONG <br />WAY OFF - THE TAMPA, ST. PETERSBURG AREA. <br />A LADY IN THE AUDIENCE OBJECTED TO MR. SISK'S RECITAL AND <br />STATED THAT HER CHANNELS ARE PRACTICALLY ALL BAD. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS FELT IT IS APPARENT THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE <br />NOT GETTING AS GOOD RECEPTION AS OTHERS, AND HE ASKED MR. SISK WHAT <br />THEY INTEND TO DO ABOUT IT. <br />MR. SISK INTRODUCED RICK COLLUSO, FLORIDA REGIONAL MANAGER <br />FOR JONES INTERCABLE. MR. COLLUSO STATED'THAT SINCE PURCHASING FROM <br />INDIAN RIVER CABLEVISION, .JONES INTERCABLE HAS CHANGED A TREMENDOUS <br />AMOUNT OF CABLE IN THIS AREA, AND OVERALL IN THEIR LAST FEDERAL <br />COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION F.C.C.) TEST, THE IMPROVEMENT IN THIS <br />eoo 6 FADE 81°7 <br />JUL 14 1901 5 <br />