Local Access, EPGLOCL, Live TV Spectrum TV

The City of Kingston and Towns are collecting revenue from the cable franchise fees over 1/2 million dollars from the cable subscribers, and doesn't direct any funds to the public access station... City of Kingston and the Towns lack to appoint any residence to the Cable Commission. Support the Voice of Kingston: Demand Mayor Noble to Fund Public Access TV! 

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Kingston 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. Local Public Access 23 on Spectrum. currently Channel 23 is now under Esopus Community TV.

Common Council Laws & Rules 2/17/2021

Video by City of Kingston, NY link to Agendas & Minutes 

Agendas 1. Mayor Noble- Planning Board Code Language Change 2. Mayor Noble- Ratifuing the Public Safety Task Force Proposal 3. Alderman Hirsch- Short Term Rentals 4. Planning Dept.- Rezoning of 79 Hurley Ave. 5. Request for Release of Reverte 

OLD BUSINESS: Chicken Law and Cable Commission / Public Access at 26:12

RESOLUTION 137 OF 1995 Cable franchise Fee

City of Kingston and the Towns lack to appoint any residence to the Cable Commission. City of Kingston receives $405,000 from the Cable franchise fees from the Cable subscribers

RESOLUTION 137 OF 1995 -2- Kingston Public Access Cable Television - SECTION 4.That upon approval by the Common Council's Temporary committee on cable Television, these nine names will be sent to the floor of the common council for flnal approval. SECTION 5.That the Kingston Public Access Cable Television Commission make-up will be as follows: Clty of Ktngston Five Members Town of Ulster One Member Town of Esopus - One Member Town of Kingston One Member Town- of Hurley plus 33 Town of Marbletown Subscribers One Member SECTION 6.That thls resolution shalI take effect immedlately. Adopted by Council on May 2 1995.

Here's a link to the County's website CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS there are several franchises but not all are posted for Ulster County

CHARTER/SPECTRUM CONTRACT - TB Town of Esopus Workshop Minutes on 5/7/19 Esopus Community TV 23

Esopus Community TV 23

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 At Town Hall there is Public Access broadcasting equipment that is outdated and Spectrum is not helping us pay for it.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.

Supervisor Harris explained that Charter has their heels dug in due to another franchise agreement at the southern end of the Town which is now in the hands of the lawyers. Supervisor Harris is also going to invite the Public Access Committee Chair to the next Ulster County Supervisors’ meeting. At this time there are approximately 8 other municipalities for whom the Town of Esopus is the broadcasting center. All these municipalities are collecting franchising fees and are not giving the Town any money for updating the equipment. There is a bit of negotiation going on. The Town would like the other municipalities to give the Town money toward updating the equipment but we don’t know how that will go over. This is still a work in progress. The Town has called in the Public Service Commission to help with this issue.

Councilwoman Van Vliet mentioned that the franchise fee will get passed down to the consumer with a small fee of $1.00 or $2.00 on the cable bill and Supervisor Harris confirmed this.

Supervisor Harris discussed that the concept of a consortium will come into play and contributions from the other municipalities who benefit from our Public Access Chanel with be asked for money. They need not get involved other than providing funds to update the equipment. The Town of Esopus should not have to bear all the costs especially when we don’t even charge a franchise fee.

DRAFT TB WORKSHOP 5/7/19 PDF

Support Your Public Access Television

Channel 23 would be a great opportunity for the City and the Towns to utilize by posting notices, filming meetings and local news, which serves City of Kingston, Town of Kingston, Ulster, Rosendale, Hurley, Marbletown. currently Channel 23 is now under Esopus Community TV 23.  The City of Kingston​ receives $405,000 from cable franchise fees from the cable subscribers, and doesn't direct any funds to the public access station. 

Related Post  CHARTER/SPECTRUM CONTRACT - TB Town of Esopus Workshop Minutes on 5/7/19 Esopus Community TV 23

City of Kingston Public Meetings are not broadcasted on Public Access Television Read more.

Public Hearing Cable Franchise Agreement Kingston, NY

This Public Hearing was in relative to Renewal of the City of Kingston's Cable Franchise Agreement with Time Warner Cable. (Spectrum) 10 year contract Expired in 20!6 Speakers Mayor Steve Noble and Clark Richters - Former Film/Producer at Channel 23 which serves City of Kingston, Town of Kingston, Ulster, Rosendale, Hurley, Marbletown. currently PEG Channel is now under Esopus Community TV 23 in Town of Esopus, New York.

Link Video: Kingston Area Public Access Tv Meeting on 1/13/2011 Commission members voted in favor of moving equipment to Town of Esopus hall.

Assemblymember Kevin Cahill co-sponsors a bill A03534 in support of Public Access Tv

A03534 Summary: Requires the establishment of a citizens' committee on cable television prior to granting or renewing a cable television franchise by a municipality; such committee shall study and make recommendations on the requirement of the municipality for public education and local government programming; all such recommendations shall be included in the franchise agreement; eliminates the authority of counties to enter into franchise agreements with cable television systems; requires every municipality having a population of less than one million, which charges cable television fees to annually put aside not less than $250,000 to be spent exclusively for the creation, operation and maintenance of a public access television station; requires cable television systems to post municipal franchise agreement on their internet websites.

PUBLIC AUCTION: Unit of Kingston Public Access Tv Equipment #KingstonNY

Photo by Clark Richters 

Legal Notice Allways Self Storage operators sale for non-payment of storage charges pursuant to the power of sale contained in NYS CLS 182. The following property will be sold at public auction on 1/4/12, at 1:00pm on the premises of Allways Self Storage at 85 Grand St. Allways Self Storage reserves the right to cancel a sale at any time for any reason. Customer Name, Unit #, Description of Goods- Kingston Area Public Access Channel, 067, TV production studio equipment & office equipment @ MyPublicNotices.com 

Kingston Area Public Access Tv Meeting on 1/13/2011

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.

Woodstock Public Access TV Channel 23

WoodstockTV on USTREAM: Public Access community television. Municipal TV.. 7pm – 8pm. Elliot Auerbach discusses the job of Comptroller along with his issues for the upcoming election.