According to Maryann Arrien of the Alliance of Community Media of New York there are vast areas of New York State that have either no Local Community Access TV channels, or an inadequate number of channels and staffing to support their operations, putting New York State residents at a disadvantage compared to other states in the North East Region when it comes to seeing their local government and school meetings, as well as local cultural programming on Community TV channels.
On Saturday, April 18, 2015 there was a Roundtable Discussion at Schenectady’s Open Stage Media at Proctors entitled “The Future of Community Media in New York State” that concerned the future of local Public, Educational and Government channels in New York State. A short 21 minute highlights video version entitled “The Issues”, a 1.5 minute trailer as well as the full-length 90 minute discussion are all available for viewing on YouTube and can also be downloaded at links here.
The rest of the 9/10/15 press release on ACMNY’s roundtable discussion is on the News section of their website, together with photos of the participants.