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Local producer says Missoula public-access TV funding at risk as cable subcommittee considers reallocating support

3613313 · May 30, 2025
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Summary

On a recorded Missoula program, host McCarthy Coyle said reports show the Missoula City Council cable TV subcommittee is proposing to cut funding for Missoula Community Access Television and redirect the money to public safety departments; no formal council action was described in the recording.

Missoula public-access television funding may be at risk, the host of a locally recorded program said, after he received reports that the Missoula City Council cable TV subcommittee is proposing to shift money that supports Missoula Community Access Television to the fire and police departments.

"They would like to destroy Missoula Community Access Television, and that they would like to, take the money that supports our work here in Missoula ... and put it into the fire department, the police department," said McCarthy Coyle, the program host. He…

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