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1/3/'$4 <br />Page -4- <br />removed. How come the public stations are <br />not back on yet? The last date Given her <br />on when the new channels would come on line <br />was 30 days - perhaps February - would like <br />morE~ specifics. <br />Councilman Cussen Commented that additional question he had <br />was - why was channel 34 of the listings <br />discontinued? Some of the people did not <br />have this information readily available with <br />a current issue of the Louisville Times. <br />Mayor Meier requested that the representa- <br />tivc=_s from Scripps/Howard respond at this <br />time. <br />Dick Lyons, Attorney Mr. Lyons stated that Mr. Callaghan and Mr. <br />Representing Scripps/Howard Romano were unable to make it this evening; <br />however Rod Dagenais, the Assistant Engineer, <br />and Doug Ferguson the Director of Marketing <br />were in attendance. He deferred the pricing <br />and package questions to Mr. Ferguson who <br />would speak later. Stated he wished to make <br />a general statement that may answer many of <br />the questions. Advised that the Franchise <br />Agreement that Scripps/Howard took over from <br />Storer contained a provision that requires <br />the franchise holder to provide the very best <br />state of the arts system. When Scripps/How- <br />ard took over this system their engineers <br />came in and took a look and Louisville did <br />not have a state of the art top flight system. <br />Some converters were capable of receiving <br />35 channels; while in other parts of the City <br />converters were capable of receiving 42 <br />channels. The satellites that are in the <br />sky today are capable of receiving 49 channels. <br />Hovrever, one is x rated and Scripps/Howard <br />refuses to broadcast this channel. So we <br />were not receiving everything that was avail- <br />ab]_e. Scripps/Howard made the decision to <br />upgrade the system, turning it into an address- <br />ab]_e system - by replacing each converter, <br />which is computer operated from the main sta- <br />tion. This type of converter in the address- <br />ab7Le system (to answer Mr. Bradley's question <br />wa:~ it the best deal) it had to be because <br />there is only one on the market - that is how <br />new it is. Of the thousands and thousands <br />cable TV systems in the country, there are <br />no more than 40 or 50 in the nation that <br />have addressable systems. The most obvious <br />