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Norwood holds Verizon cable license renewal hearing; community media leaders urge continued funding
Summary
The Town of Norwood held a public ascertainment hearing April 8 on Verizon’s cable license renewal. Norwood Community Media leaders and Norwood High School students described local programming, government meeting coverage and education partnerships and asked the town to protect funding and access during relicensing.
The Town of Norwood Board of Selectmen convened an ascertainment hearing on Verizon’s cable license renewal on the evening of April 8, 2025, inviting public comment on cable-related needs, community programming and Verizon’s past performance.
Norwood Community Media (NCM) executive director Jack Tolman told the board that NCM depends on cable-subscriber funding tied to the cable license and that the station’s services — local government meeting coverage, school partnerships and live coverage of local events — justify continued support. “We receive all our funding from the cable subscribers in Norwood,” Tolman said, and NCM’s work, he said, “keeps the entire community informed about the work being done by these boards and committees.”
Station manager Megan Corbett detailed the scope of NCM’s local-government coverage: “NCM…
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