There, the cable board will lease Intermedia's existing studio in Highland Heights instead of opening a new one. The local boards are promising better promotion of shows, training for interested citizens and recruitment of new volunteers. It's a great opportunity for organizations with a message, says state Rep. Dick Murgatroyd, director of the Covington center. I say, let's go for it. You can't beat this deal.
Cable companies have monopolies and run their lines through public land.
Thus, they're obligated to give citizens airtime, and the federal government leans heavily against censorship. Say what you will about vast government conspiracies, you've got to love a government that lets us go on and on about them. Ideally, groups on both sides of the abortion issue might present their views on one of the local channels, followed by a discussion between the two. Let's let intelligent Northern Kentucky individuals decide whose ideas are best. Of course, at this point most volunteers would be happy just to wrap up their next program.