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Seattle Community Access Network (SCAN) is one of the Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable television channels in Seattle, Washington. The station provides camera equipment, television studios and training that allow residents of King County to create and cablecast their own television shows for a small fee.
Philomath, Oregon - free 300 kbit/s access, paid tiers. Serves city limits: also has APs in downtown Corvallis. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - free downtown 2 hours per day; Plattsmouth, Nebraska - free in all public buildings (Court House, Public Library, City Hall, Community Center) and Main Street; Ponca City, Oklahoma - covers the whole city [123]
Wireless public municipal broadband networks avoid unreliable hub and spoke distribution models and use mesh networking instead. [4] This method involves relaying radio signals throughout the whole city via a series of access points or radio transmitters, each of which is connected to at least two other transmitters. Mesh networks provide ...
Public-access television was created in the United States between 1969 and 1971 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under Chairman Dean Burch, based on pioneering work and advocacy of George Stoney, Red Burns (Alternate Media Center), [1] and Sidney Dean (City Club of NY). Public-access television is often grouped with public ...
New York City, NY : 2004– Christopher Kromer R. Brandon Johnson Shirley Rumierk [15] Disco Step-by-Step: Buffalo, NY: 1975–1980 Marty Angelo [16] The Dr. Susan Block Show: Berkeley, CA : 1990– Susan Block [17] Fantasy Bedtime Hour: San Francisco, CA (Access SF) 2001–2009 40 Heatherly Stankey Julie Breithaupt [18] The Folklorist: Newton, MA
In 1969, the State developed a new arrangement whereby the Bureau of Governmental Research at the University of Washington was dissolved. In its place an independent nonprofit called the Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC) was created and contracted with the State's newly formed Municipal Research Council. [5]
The term consolidated city-county refers to a consolidated jurisdiction in a state that is otherwise divided into counties. In Louisiana, which is divided into parishes, the equivalent jurisdiction is known as either a city-parish or a consolidated government, depending on the locality. [4]
San Francisco is the only consolidated city-county in the state. The city of Lakewood pioneered the Lakewood Plan, a plan under which the city reimburses a county for performing services which are more efficiently performed on a countywide basis. Such contracts have become more widespread throughout California, as they enable city governments ...