Comparison of Worcester Regional Research Bureau Findings With Actual Numbers

Submitted by wccatv on December 13, 2006 - 4:56pm.
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Comparison
Cities		 Number
of Subscribers		 Research
Bureau PEG Amount		 True
Total PEG Amount Received		 Difference True
Public Access Only Amount		 Per
Subscriber Per
Year For Public Access

 What
WCCA Would Receive at that Subscriber Amount
 
Fort
Worth1 
  
60,000		  
$744,000		  
$1,744,0002		  
$1,000,000		  
$872,0003		  
$14.50		  
$696,000
 
Grand
Rapids4 		 
45,000		  
$560,000		  
$1,600,000		  
$1,040,000		  
$659,561		  
$14.60		  
$700,800
 
Dayton5 		 
32,000		  
$440,000		  
$800,000		  
$360,000		  
$600,000		  
$18.75		  
$900,000
 
Brookline6 		 
19,000		  
$400,000		  
$610,000		  
$210,000		  
$305,0007		  
$16.05		  
$770,400
 
Boston8 		 
145,0009		  
$1,700,000		  
$2,000,00010		  
$300,000		  
$1,642,000
+

$1,000,00011
this year for cap/equipment

  
$11.9412		  
$573,120

Footnotes

  1. Randy Westerman, Manager, Cable Services. Mr. Westerman said he had tried to tell the Research Bureau that the $744,000 was only for capital and equipment, but he felt they didn’t understand. Fort Worth also receives an additional $1,000,000 for operations.
  2. Research Bureau only reported yearly capital and equipment funds (as required by TX law at 1%), it did not report operational funding provided by the city.
  3. Fort Worth runs both Public and Government, splitting the total amount by two, we can assume Public receives this amount.
  4. Laurie Cirivello, Executive Director, Grand Rapids Community Media
  5. Rick Hayes, Executive Director, Dayton Access Television. Randy Bellinger, Station Manager, City of Dayton.
  6. Thomas Bellotti, Executive Director, Brookline Access Television.
  7. Brookline runs both P & G together, splitting the total amount by two, we can assume Public receives this amount.
  8. Curtis Henderson, Executive Director, Boston Neighborhood Network. $1 mil grant in addition to franchise fees, was received in 1999.
  9. Subscriber numbers taken from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors Membership Directory, 2006.
  10. Mike Lynch, Director of Cable Communications. This amount is franchise fees to PEG only. Not capital, equipment grants.
  11. City gave Public access $1mil for building, equipment.
  12. Yearly amount + $1mil from city, amortizing that $1mil over 10 years at $100,000 per year. Franchise is 10 years in length.
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