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Community television supporters urge council to fully fund Prince George's Community Television
Summary
Multiple current and former staff, volunteers and users of Prince George's Community Television (PGC TV/CTV) urged the County Council to restore the station's funding in the FY26 budget, describing workforce training, local news coverage and youth programs that would be lost without county support.
Current and former staff, volunteers and viewers of Prince George's Community Television (PGC TV, also called CTV in testimony) told the County Council on May 6 that cutting the station from the FY26 budget would remove hyperlocal news coverage, youth job training and community programming.
The Most Newsworthy: Onichi Chuku, community relations director and project manager for PGC TV, described the station as "more than a station" that provides youth training, internships and community programming.…
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