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TX Religious Broadcaster, Local CA Group Fight For PBS Station License
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenneger's Veto - of a bill designed to ensure local control of a California public television broadcast license - was the latest development in a long running struggle between a local entity and Texas based religious broadcaster Daystar, for Orange County's sole public television station.
As the Orange County Register reported on Sunday, October 1, 2006:
The legislation, AB523, would have paved the path for the station to be resold to its own foundation rather than the highest bidder. That bidder --
DayStar Television, a Texas-based televangelist network -- is currently suing the Coast Community College District for not accepting its previous offers.
The struggle for control of KOCE-TV is only the latest in a series of pitched battles fought over the past decade as religious broadcasters have begun to pick up broadcast licenses in bands previously controled by local and public broadcasting entitities.
For related stories, and wider background, see CSN, Christian LPFM Empire threatens to Self Destruct. But don't hold your breath., Theocratic Media Advancing ? Pay No Mind, Have a Tawdry Scandal !, and Talk To Action's Broadcast And Media topic area. |
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