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RESOLUTION NO. 7427
(City Council series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY' OF SANTA MONICA
OPPOSING CHANNEL REALIGNMENT OF
KCET
WHEREAS, KCET, cable television Channel 6, is the only Public
Television Station in the top six national media markets that
operates in the Ultra High Frequency Band (UHF), and is therefore
subject to the problems associated with UHF broadcasting:
WHEREAS, PUblic Television Station KCET, despite such
disadvantages, has diligently and meritoriously served the city
of santa Monica and its adjacencies for the past 23 years;
WHEREAS, KCET through excellence in programming and quality
of service has risen to the position of a major station and a
true alternative to other forms of broadcasting:
WHEREAS, KCET in the process of such service has gained the
goodwill and dedicated support from the public, who has helped it
become one of our major cultural resources;
WHEREAS, KCET needs a maximum of visibility to continue its
public service, and generate community support,
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
section 1.
The City Council expresses its strongest
recommendation to the Cable Owners and Operators in Los Angeles
and Southern California to retain KCET in the area of most
favorable access to the pUblic, in close channel proximity to the
major and independent stations operating in the VHF band, as a
gesture of goodwill and civic cooperation towards one of the
area's most valuable cultural resources.
Section 2. The city Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be
in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
city Attorney
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Adopted and approved , 1987.
I hereby certify that th foregoing Resolution No. 7427 (CCS)
was duly adopted by the city il of the city of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on May 12, 1987 by the following
Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Jennings, Finkel, A. Katz, H.
Katz, Zane, Reed, Mayor Conn
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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Ac~y Clerk