Commission members voted in favor of moving equipment to Town of Esopus hall.
Commissioners; Joe DeFalco, Ann Marie Harms, Ron Markisenis, Brian Barnes, Anthony Watson & John Simek.
in attendance are Alan Tyler and Jean Jacobs from FOPA and Clark Richters a Former Commissioner/Producer at Channel 23
Kingston Area Public Access Channel Equipment Auctioned Off - December 18, 2011
Kingston Area Public Access is a public, education and government access channel serving the City of Kingston, the Towns of Esopus, Hurley, Kingston, Marbletown, Rosendale and Ulster. KPA's locally produced programming is carried on Time Warner Cable channel 23. currently Channel 23 is now under Esopus Community TV 23. UPDATE 7/7/2019
CHARTER/SPECTRUM CONTRACT - TB Town of Esopus Workshop Minutes on 5/7/19 Esopus Community TV 23 - Tuesday, June 4, 2019
The Town has been facing challenges with the Public Access Channel for more than a year. At Town Hall there is Public Access broadcasting equipment that is outdated and Spectrum is not helping us pay for it. Supervisor Harris has started to explore putting a Franchise Fee in place to pay for updated equipment because she said that by law the Town needs to broadcast public access and allow the public access for their broadcasts as well. Supervisor Harris said, at this time the Town is getting close to falling out of compliance with the law. Read More.
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