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COMMUNITY ACCESS PROGRAMMING | COMMUNITY ACCESS PROGRAMMING. Community Access Programming (CAP) was first announced by Group W Cable in September 1982. CAP would provide free training to interested people, three open cable channels and $500,000 in sophisticated equipment. Community groups would write, direct, and film their own productions and then edit the film for a finished program. It was estimated that the first programs would appear soon after November 1,1982. | ||
CAP was a greatly expanded version of the programming aired locally on Channel 10 from 1973 to 1978. Although Channel 10 suffered from poor equipment and meager budgets, it gained national recognition for airing such programs as [[LORAS COLLEGE]] basketball games, productions of the [[BARN COMMUNITY THEATER]], a children's program and a nightly news feature. The franchise approved by voters in 1981 called for channels and money to be set aside for staff, operating expenses and equipment. Use of the programming would be limited to Dubuque citizens or people representing Dubuque community organizations. | CAP was a greatly expanded version of the programming aired locally on Channel 10 from 1973 to 1978. Although Channel 10 suffered from poor equipment and meager budgets, it gained national recognition for airing such programs as [[LORAS COLLEGE]] basketball games, productions of the [[BARN COMMUNITY THEATER]], a children's program and a nightly news feature. The franchise approved by voters in 1981 called for channels and money to be set aside for staff, operating expenses and equipment. Use of the programming would be limited to Dubuque citizens or people representing Dubuque community organizations. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:34, 24 May 2019
COMMUNITY ACCESS PROGRAMMING. Community Access Programming (CAP) was first announced by Group W Cable in September 1982. CAP would provide free training to interested people, three open cable channels and $500,000 in sophisticated equipment. Community groups would write, direct, and film their own productions and then edit the film for a finished program. It was estimated that the first programs would appear soon after November 1,1982.
CAP was a greatly expanded version of the programming aired locally on Channel 10 from 1973 to 1978. Although Channel 10 suffered from poor equipment and meager budgets, it gained national recognition for airing such programs as LORAS COLLEGE basketball games, productions of the BARN COMMUNITY THEATER, a children's program and a nightly news feature. The franchise approved by voters in 1981 called for channels and money to be set aside for staff, operating expenses and equipment. Use of the programming would be limited to Dubuque citizens or people representing Dubuque community organizations.