Not a few people have suggested that educational broadcasting could be carried quite adequately on existing television networks. Even the SBS is rapidly extending its hours. Education could easily be left with only the scraps. It deserves uptime - the best times possible. On the very simplest level a television station can comprise just a videotape player, a transmitter and an aerial.
Further refinements are simply a matter of money.
Many of the stations will indeed be quite simple to start with. The important issue will be the supply of videotapes to be broadcast. Fortunately there is already quite a wealth of locally produced educational material on the shelves of our institutions. Theoretically much of this should be available for broadcast at cost. There is almost certainly a quantity of non-local material available for broadcast at a reasonable price and this source could be a useful supplement.