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Channel 28 advocates urge city to reopen community access with new operator team
Summary
A group of Wilmington media producers, filmmakers and past station staff urged council during public comment to reestablish local public access (Channel 28) and asked for an opportunity to present a plan to run the station as a community TPO.
A coalition of former Channel 28 staffers, filmmakers and community media organizers asked Wilmington City Council on Thursday to help restore local public‑access television and give a new operator a chance to present a plan.
Tim Qualls, who described decades of local programming experience and said he “programmed 70% of channel 28,” urged the council to allow him and his team to present how a third‑party operator (TPO) could relaunch the station as a community broadcast service. Don Thomas,…
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