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Public media officials seek continued state support for Ohio Channel, Statehouse News Bureau and radio reading services
Summary
Officials from the Broadcast Educational Media Commission, public broadcasters and the Statehouse News Bureau told the Senate Higher Education Committee that state funding is essential to sustain the Ohio Channel, emergency communications and services such as the Ohio Radio Reading Service.
Executives from the Broadcast Educational Media Commission (BEMC), Ohio public broadcasters and the Statehouse News Bureau asked the Senate Higher Education Committee to maintain state support for a set of interconnected public‑media services the witnesses described as vital to civic information, emergency communications and statewide programming.
Jeffrey Phillips, executive director of BEMC, framed the agency’s request around three interlocking components: Ohio Government Telecommunications (the Ohio Channel), the Statehouse News Bureau and the network of Ohio public broadcasters.…
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