There may be an educational public television station coming
soon to Morgan Hill, but the city’s Utilities and Environmental
Committee is still considering proposals from organizations wanting
air time.
Morgan Hill – There may be an educational public television station coming soon to Morgan Hill, but the city’s Utilities and Environmental Committee is still considering proposals from organizations wanting air time.
Tony Eulo, in charge of environmental programs for the city, said the committee will consider proposals from Gavilan College, the Morgan Hill Unified School District and the Media Access Coalition of Central California, which is the parent company of Morgan Hill Access Television (MHAT).
Committee members want to discuss the proposals with representatives of the groups, Eulo said; but there was no school district representative at the last committee meeting. The committee’s next meeting is April 4, Eulo said, and he will contact the district about having a representative there.
MHUSD Assistant Superintendent Michael Johnson said the district was not yet ready to talk about the possibility of a channel.
“Since the City Council has not yet approved it, we’re not going to comment at this time,” Johnson said. “Once the council approves it, we’ll be able to talk about it.”
MHUSD Superintendent Alan NIshino told a group of school principals and presidents of the district Home and School Clubs earlier this year that he was hopeful the district would be able to use the channel for various types of educational programming, including airing videotapes of school board meetings. One of the district’s goals includes resuming the taping of all meetings, a practice that was halted more than a year ago due to lack of volunteers to film the meetings.
The channels are available through a negotiated franchise agreement with Falcon Cable, the predecessor to Charter Communications. The agreement included up to four public education and government channels. The city has a government channel and public access channel, and recently, Eulo said, the three organizations have submitted proposals expressing their interest in the channels.
