Public TV plan airs
City looks at public access channels
Cable is making TV accessible to more and more people. In
Eugene, community access has become an issue, and soon
may be a reality.
By HARRY ESTEVE
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Cable television programming in Eugene may
mean a big step forward for ttie city 's non-profit
organizations if an idea for four "public-access”
channels wins city council's approval
A report published by the public access sub
committee of the Metropolitan Cable Television
Commission reveals plans for a "community
television corporation” that would oversee local
public programming The report named several
non-profit organizations — including the
University — as potential members of the cor
poration
At the heart of the corporation would be a
fully-equipped television studio, capable of
producing professional shows According to the
report, qualified non-profit agencies could use
the studio for free to produce shows about their
services
Lane County Commissioner Jerry Rust, who
chairs the subcommittee says once a show has
been produced, an agency would only need to
pay the cost of putting its show on the air The
subcomittee currently is asking non-profit
agencies how much they could afford to pay for
air time
A seven-member board of directors, made of
representatives from non-profit groups, would
be responsible for running the studio and keep
ing the channels on the air. while a 21-member
advisory committee would make recommenda
tions on programming
Teleprompter of Oregon currently owns the
sole cable television franchise in the city, but
according to the subcommittee's report, the
profit-oriented company “has not encouraged
public access "
"Teleprompter has generally not seen this as
a financial plus tor them." the report says
So Rust says Teleprompter will be asked to
foot the initial bill for the proposed studio He
estimates it will cost more than $200,000
““We re not out of line on this,” Rust says
"The way we see it, we re letting (Teleprompter)
in this town What they have is essentially a
monopoly"
Rust says the Teleprompter corporation spent
$750,000 in Dubuque. Iowa on a similar protect
"It s good for their public image," he says
Continued funding for public programming
would come from fees charged for air time and
from "leased access" programs
Under the "leased access" clause, indepen
dent or commercial film and video makers "who
are recognized as legitimate artists" could buy
air time
Kent Gorham, technical advisor to the Me
tropolitan Commission, says filling all four
channels with public programs will not be a
problem as the public becomes more aware of
the abilities of the system "
He says public air time will be in big demand
"I don't see it devoured, but I do see a rush on
it."
Gorham estimates the project will require at
last 3.000 hours of volunteer work to build and
staff the studio, train users and inform the
community of the new service
Plans call for the studio to operate 18 hours
per day, seven days a week
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Cable TV
prompter's "superbasic" pack
age is ESPN, a network that
shows nothing but sports, 24
hours a day
In the same package is Ted
Turner's "superstation' from
Atlanta that boasts television's
largest library ot movies, from
Bogart to Travolta
Available in another package
is the "USA network" that airs
all the events in Madison Square
Gardens, including animal
shows, rock concerts and
professional sports
Teleprompter sells its sub
scriptions in various blocks of
channels for various prices
After the initial hook-up tee —
S20 for houses that never had
cable services and $10 tor the
ones that had discontinued ser
vice — the cost for "basic ser
vice" is $6 95 per month
Basic service includes the
two locally broadcast stations
but guarantees better recep
tion It then adds nine other
channels, including OEPBS —
the Oregon Educational Public
Broadcasting Service — and an
independent Portland station
that carries Trailblazer basket
ball games and Oregon State
University basketball and foot
ball games
For another $2 per month.
Teleprompter adds on "super
basic" service and another
eight channels Among these
are a station from Canada that
Sullivan says "shows a different
perspective on things," an
educational channel that fea
tures "telecourses" from Lane
Community College and a
24-hour religious channel
Three other channels — in
cluding the "USA network," a
cable news network, and
"Nickelodeon," a commercial
free arts and instructional
channel — are available for
$1 65 per month for any one
channel and 65 cents per month
extra tor either of the next two
Perhaps the most popular ca
ble services offered by Tele
prompter are "Showtime" and
“Home Box Office" two com
mercial-free channels that
specialize in unedited and unin
terrupted movies Each month a
new series of movies is fea
tured. usually including at least
one recent box-office hit
These channels are priced at
$9 95 per month for one or
$16 SO for both
Teieprompter representatives
will be stationed outside the
University Bookstore during
class registration Thursday and
Friday handing out $5 hook-up
discounts to students who sign
up for cable subscriptions
‘Tonight Show’ musician
performs at ‘superpops’
Trumpeter and late-night
jokester Doc Severmsen — of
Tonight Show fame — will take
the stage with the Eugene Sym
phony Orchestra Oct 3 at 8pm
Severinsen will be the first
guest performer in the orches
tra s 1981-82 superpops ser
ies
Tickets for the cabaret-style
performance currently are
available at the Eugene Sym
phony box office 1231 Olive St
Prices are $24 $12 and $8
Student and senior citizen
prices are S20 50. $10 25 and
$7
Severinsen, whose music is
described by symphony repre
sentatives as a unique blend of
jazz and pop will play at the
Lane County Fairgrounds in the
exhibition hall His hits include
arrangements of "McArthur
Park and Malaguena He will
also play original tunes includ
ing Stop and Smell the Roses "
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