We received a press release from Jaime, head of Development and Marketing, at SCAN (Seattle Community Access Network), Seattle/King County’s public access television, which runs City Council and other public meetings and a variety of community shows.
Jamie tells us that SCAN is at risk of losing its funding, and is holding a "Rally for SCAN’s Future" at 6pm tonight at the Miller Community Center in Seattle.
The rally is to help gain support for its request to the City of Seattle to continue its contract for another four years as the "Designated Public Access Manager for Seattle" with a requested budget of $650,000 a year, plus capital funds.
The funds provided by the City to SCAN are those that are designated as such from cable companies, Comcast and Broadstripe. The specific funds are provided to the City solely for providing P.E.G. television channels which are public, educational, and government channels - such as SCAN, the Seattle Channel, and UWTV, the press release says.
SCAN reaches about 450,000 cable subscribers in Seattle, most of King County, and part of southern Snohomish County King County on Comcast 77 and Broadstripe 23.
"SCAN programs tell the story of people’s lives, to communicate what is important to them locally, in their faith life, in their neighborhoods, and on the political front. SCAN preserves the history of our community for future generations and is a place where communities come together to share their message. SCAN is a commercial-free station, and embraces the notion of free speech.
SCAN covers a wide variety of programming including cultural, political, religious, youth, ethnic and social shows; SCAN is a voice for under-represented sectors of the community," the press release says.
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