July 30th, 2009 
joel It’s going to cost more each year, but Rogers Cable in London, ON will continue to show WQLN/Erie as it’s PBS channel, according to a Mike Maciag story in today’s Erie Times-News.
Late Tuesday, Rogers agreed to keep WQLN on their system, provided that the public station now provide a fiber-optic back haul to the Canadian cable giant’s network head end in Toronto. Price tag according to the article is $30-50,000 per year.
Such an investment is worth it to better serve the London community and retain the $200,000 per year the station receives in donations. However, it is an additional cost that comes at a time of great difficulty for funding the public media property. Station officials are quoted as counting on some $250,000 in state funding to be restored when the final PA budget is passed. Gov. Rendell’s original budget had no money for public media which precipiated several layoffs and pay reductions in staff.
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Public Media Update
WQLN TV now has a fully automated master control, and that means three MCOs are out of jobs.
Public Media Update
WQLN TV now has a fully automated master control, and that means three MCOs are out of jobs.
Swell…now another Erie TV station will be pulling Lilly boners!!
Nothing unusual about that. It is what TV is evolving into. The old days are gone, were they better quality ? Sure, I think so, as do most others, but today’s management calls this – acceptable risk.