City Council approves CVT Commission’s recommendation to name DETV as next Public Access/Leased Access station operator

WILMINGTON– The Wilmington City Council has voted to accept the Cable, Video & Telecommunications Commission’s recommendation to select DETV as the next manager of its Public Access/Leased Access (PALA) television station.

By a vote of 7 to 4 Council Members endorsed the recommendation to select DETV to take over the broadcast operation of Channel 28.

The current agreement with the Leased Access Preservation Association (LAPA) is set to expire on March 31, 2019, which prompted a Request for Proposal to be sent out to the public in November soliciting interested Third Party Operators (TPO).

The CVT Commission, chaired by Council President Hanifa Shabazz, is made up of representatives from the Wilmington City Council and the Mayor’s Administration.

The Commission reviewed the proposals it received from LAPA and DETV, and conducted interviews, which began on November 26, 2018.

The process culminated with the Commission submitting a recommendation for the agreement between the City and DETV at tonight’s meeting, which garnered the necessary votes to move forward with the new arrangement.

Per the agreement, DETV will formally take control of the station on April 1, 2019, for a term of three years with two, one-year options to extend the contract.

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