[IMC] Fwd: UPTV requests your help

[Danielle Chynoweth]

Please call Senator Kirk to sign on to support legislation to support
Public Access TV (like UPTV Channel 6 in Urbana)

Danielle

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Liggett, Jason <jcliggett at urbanaillinois.us>
Date: Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 10:32 AM
Subject: UPTV requests your help
To: "Liggett, Jason" <jcliggett at urbanaillinois.us>




Friends,



If you have a moment today or tomorrow to dash off a quick note to Senator
Kirk, it couldn't hurt!   This would be a major step forward in preserving
community access television.  Thanks very much!



Jake





Jake Schumacher

UPTV Station Manager

City of Urbana

400 S. Vine Street

Urbana, IL 61801

(217) 384-2452

jaschumacher at urbanaillinois.us

urbanapublictelevision.org









*Action Alert*

*(please do this by Monday)*



American Community Television has been working on behalf of Public,
Educational and Government (PEG) access television on Capitol Hill to get
federal legislation passed to preserve and protect PEG access television.



The *Community Access Preservation Act* (CAP Act) will soon be introduced
by Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ed Markey.



We believe we are close to having Senator Mark Kirk join the bill.



The CAP Act does the following:



·         Allows PEG access channels to use PEG funds for operational
expenses as well as capital expenses.  This removes a major barrier for PEG
television and we believe it will save or create 8,400 jobs nationwide.



·         Restores funding to access channels in statewide franchising
states where PEG funding was eliminated.



·         Prevents a cable operator from charging municipalities and school
districts for the transmission of the channels.



·         Keeps PEG access on the Basic tier of service, prevents operators
from slamming PEG into the high 100's and 900's channels positions.

We have been told by Senator Kirk's staff that it is important that the
Senator hear from municipalities and individuals in Illinois.  *Please
write him a quick note asking him to co-sponsor the Community Access
Preservation Act (CAP Act).  *



You can use the fill in form on his website at:



http://www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=comment_on_legislation



·         Say which access channel you are from (in which city)

·         Let him know how important access is to the community

·         Ask him to co-Sponsor the Community Access Preservation Act (the
CAP Act)

·         Thank him for his service and for supporting the CAP Act.

*Please do this as soon as possible as we would really like to have him on
the legislation as soon as it's introduced.*



Thank You!  Bunnie Riedel

Learn more:  www.acommunitytv.org



410-992-4976







American Community Television

8775 Centre Park Drive, #255

Columbia, MD 21045

410-992-4976

riedel at acommunitytv.org



http://www.acommunitytv.org



Join us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Community-Television/327614886928?fref=ts



Receive our newsletter riedel at acommunitytv.org



Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/actnowforpeg



[image: 2015 button]
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/imc/attachments/20150206/123ef2fa/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 20268 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/imc/attachments/20150206/123ef2fa/attachment.jpg>