Local TV News Investigation about a former FTA channel

[skysurfer]

The local news always does more in-depth investigations during sweeps and on Thursday evening, the subject was about our U.S. government wasting money setting up and operating a FTA channel that is no longer in operation.

Link to the video (or a transcript of the story if you would prefer to read it instead of watch it):

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/larry_barker/federal-tv-project-a-10m-boondoggle

 

[FaT Air]

It's another example of gov mismanagement.
From the looks of their schedule, hasn't been operated since 09. https://doiu.doi.gov/niptc/ELKNet/niptc_elknet.html
Typical - let's build it first, then figure out how to use it later.
Whoops, we forgot to do the second part. No long term goals or plan of carrying it out.
Not the biggest waste of our tax dollars, and won't be the last
Stop - wrong area!
Could be a great deal on an uplink/studio facility come the gov auction??
Local college will probably get it @ penny's on the dollar for their media communications school.

 

[chapelrun]

Were can we go to buy the unused equipment???

 

[N5XZS]

Wow that's my local station KRQE-DT!!

That's shame our gov't, does not how to promote FTA FSS or DBS man that's a shame...