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A plan to provide over-the-air programming to students who lack internet access has emerged as a model for public TV stations across the country.
The school board–owned station may not see much of a bump to its annual budget.
Also named in the complaint are California stations PBS SoCal, KVCR and KLCS.
Thomas began her career in television when she was just 16 years old.
Pubcasters KCETLink and KLCS in Los Angeles have agreed to participate in the upcoming FCC spectrum auction through a channel-sharing partnership that could earn them more than $32 million.
A consultant’s study of public TV’s crowded Los Angeles market, commissioned by CPB, predicts a highly integrated collaboration among the area’s four stations would provide hefty financial savings and grow revenues for all four. The eight-week study by Booz & Co. — a major consulting firm spun off by Booz Allen Hamilton — said the present structure of the market has stunted the four stations. They’ve suffered a 10 percent revenue decline since 2005 and a 26 percent drop in net assets since 2007. All have average audiences below the PBS national average rating of 1.1 percent.