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City School Board Will Encourage Private Purchasers for TV Outlet

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City School Board Will Encourage Private Purchasers for TV Outlet • With prospects for a state takeover fading, t the Ogden Board of Education Monday evening decided prospective private purchasers for its educatonal television channel should be encouraged. The action came after Dr; Gerald H. Raat, assistant su-|to perintendent, reported that he has heard indirectly the Ogden board "has no reason to be optimistic about chances of • the state taking over" Channel facilities, which the Ogden district has been u using for educatonal television broadcasts. Dr. Raat said a state commit. tee is working still on the matter of preparing a recommendation to the state board of publie instruction and is planning at least one more meeting be-| fore it decides on a stand. He said a couple of agents | : representing private persons or| Dr. William L. Garner, said groups have made inquiries the station's facilities have been about the station but the dis- cleaned and opened to one such trict has been reluctant to give prospect already, and he will them encouragement because of invite others Interested. the possible state takeover The station has not been in still he operation for the current school being decided. The state board, said, plans take up the matter at. a year because of financing probmeeting in middle or late Octo- lems. It has been operated in ber, and "I believe we can af- recent years in cooperation with ford to wait that long." the Weber School District, The Ogden board authorized which also owns Channel 18 and 9|Dr. Raat to write at once to has discontinued its use. the Federal Communications Studio facilities are. on GibCommission asking an extension son Street in northwest Ogden.| for another 90-day period of its and 1 the transmitter is on Little authority to remain off the air Mountain in western Weber and still keep its license. County. Board Vice President Glen V. The FCC • •in a previous inHolley said with the state situ- stance refused to authorize the ation dubious, he favored giving transfer of rights to Channel 9 more encouragement to interest- to a prospective private purred private purchasers, and other| chaser who would have moved board members agreed. the station to Salt Lake City,
Article from 25 Sep 1973The Ogden Standard-Examiner(Ogden, UT)
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