1997-11-03 Cable Television Advisory Commission
City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Members: Meeting of November 3, 1997
MediaOne, 12 Tozer Road. Beverly, Mass.
Dan Murphy - Chairman Present: Murphy, Torsey, Siernasko, Lee, O'Connor. Darla Grondin for
Al Torsey - Asst. Chairman MediaOne
Amy Siemasko
Arthur Crandall Absent: Crandall
Robert Lee
Thomas O'Connor
The meeting of the Cable TV Advisory Commission was convened at 7:15
p.m.
Highlights:
* Darla Grondin, new program .manager, reported on an extensive MediaOne
presence during the Beverly city election. Several 30-minute television
segments were devoted to interviews with the mayoral, ward, school
commitlee candidates and several candidate fortlms were taped for later
broadcast. She praised the diligent work of Jim Maroney and the use of the
City Watch program. She said that the television Bulletin Board was used
extensively for political advertising. After some inconsistency in the initial
stages, the timing of political advertising was timed fairly, she said.
BEV-TV carried election results live from City Hall on November 4.
The next major event will be televising the 50th annual Santa Claus parade
in Beverly.
* Amy Siemasko reported she has talked with School Superintendent
Lupini about the condition and status of the TV studio at Beverly High
School, It is carried on Channel 22 but has been unused for programming
for several months. She said the studio at. the high school has been used
generally for storage since staff was cut at the high school some rime ago.
She said Supt. Lupini will speak with BHS Principal Bill Foye to ascertain
status of the studio. She said that becanss of the need for more channel
capacity, an unused channel at the high school might be. removed. Siemasko
will follow up with a left from the commission.
* Grondin reported that installation of Highway 1, high-speed data trans-
mission service, was proceeding rapidly.
* O'Connor said he was looking into developing a telethon for a charitable
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Dan Murphy - for the commission