Live Patchogue Board Meeting TV Broadcast
The possibility of having our Patchogue Village Board Meetings televised has once again become an active issue. I would like to mention that this idea is not new; members of the Maple Avenue Neighborhood Watch Group have suggested a Patchogue Village Television Channel, as far back as 2001.
The following is a re-print of my 2001 article in the Maple Avenue Gazette, asking for a village TV Channel.

Our Own Village TV Station!
(May 2001 Issue of the Maple Avenue Gazette)


A small community in Brooksville Florida, called Cloverleaf, has their own cable TV channel. On this channel they "air" their own community related material such as, up-coming events, special occasions, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, etc. When the local residents simply do not want to look at TV, they just set their dial to channel 52, which is the "Town Crier TV Channel." The locals, simply love their own personal TV Channel.

In an attempt to promote a sense of family and community, in our village, I suggested to our village government, the adoption of a "PatchogueVillage Cable TV Channel." A single TV channel would display pages of text, informing our residents of upcoming events, birthdays, anniversaries, and special occasions, to the background of some soft music. Our village representatives have been negotiating with the cable TV Company for a long term contract. This is the ideal time to negotiate our own TV Channel, with the cable company. As it turned out, our village government did not implement my idea! The contract is signed, and we do not get our own, village cable TV channel.

I have a feeling that we may not need to bother our village government, because of "Public Access TV." If anyone would like to help, implement, or discuss this issue, please send an email to XXXX@email.com I could think of no better way to create a sense of community, and family.

My suggestion for a Patchogue Village Television Channel was rejected in 2001, hopefully we could get our TV Station in 2012.


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