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Cablevision Chaos Grips Gotham!
Posted on Friday, December 13 @ 12:04:42 EST by jfbailey
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WPCNR White Plains Variety. By John F. Bailey. December 13, 2002 UPDATED 2:45 P.M. E.S.T.: There is something wrong with your TV Set, but it should be corrected tonight according to a Cablevision spokesman.
Cablevision has scrambled the city cable television channels, turning them into “mystery channels” where no one knows where to find them. But, Bill Powers, Director of Media Relations for Cablevision in Yonkers, says the correct line up of Government Access on 75, Public Access on Channel 76, and Educational Channel on 77, should be switched to, sometime today.
Cablevision, the service that carries the City of White Plains Public Access, Government, and Educational channels, spent thousands of dollars advertising a switch of Channels 71,72, and 73, to channels 76, 75 and 77 respectively only to play “3-card monte” with the channels when they went live on Thursday and Friday morning.
White Plains Cable Television Program Director, Fred Strauss, was attempting to get Cablevision to straighten out and confirm what the new city cable lineup would be Friday morning.
Cablevision reported and notified White Plains residents last Monday of their new television cable lineup, in which they are freeing up space for i/O Optimum Direct service by putting all municipal channels on the same station channels. Beginning Thursday, White Plains residents were told they would receive the City Government Channel on Channel 75, the Public Access Channel (Home of White Plains Week), on Channel 76, and the White Plains Public Schools Channel on 73.
Now You See Them Now You Don’t
Mr. Strauss said that on Thursday at midnight when the system went live with the change, Public Access appeared on 75, the government access city channel on 76, and the educational channel on 77.
On Friday morning, they changed places again, placing the Public Access Channel on Channel 76, the Government Access Channel on 77, and the School Channel on Channel 75. This is the present cablecast order of the channels as of noon.
Strauss told WPCNR he is working the telephones to Cablevision to straighten out whether this is the permanent line up, whether they will be switched back to the lineup originally advertised ( City Government on Channel 75, Public Access on 76, and School District Channel on 77), or return to what White Plains Cable Access Commission would prefer, Public access on 75, government on 76, and school district on 77.
Meantime, in tuning in tonight’s programs, be advised that you may have to do some channel surfing to find your favorites, and, of course, White Plains Week at 7:30 PM on Public Access Television, Channel 76.
Powers, speaking for Cablevision said the switching problems occurred because personnel making the switch could not distinguish between what was the government access channel, the educational channel, and the public access channel. "We're working on the problem, and it should be corrected to the lineup as advertised sometime today," he told WPCNR. He said in many communities the lineups are different and there were problems identifying which access channels were which.
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