[StBernard] Parish Government TV Station

[Westley Annis]

That's great and am sure it will speed up the recovery process. Isn't it
amazing that its been almost 5 months to receive communications? We have
been dependent on the radio for so long it will be nice to get direct St.
Bernard issues. Mudpie 



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	Parish Government TV Station 
	
	January 24 , 2006 
	
	By: Steve Cannizaro 
	
	
	
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	Channel 18 parish government TV station now broadcasting in
Chalmette; can 
	be seen as far as Kenner, Slidell and West Bank. 
	
	
	St. Bernard Parish government is now operating a non-commercial
broadcast 
	television station on Channel 18, known as WBXN-18, which will
provide 
	information about government services and can be seen about as far
as Kenner 
	and Slidell and has good reception on the West Bank. 
	
	Although the parish's cable access channel on the Cox Communications
system 
	was destroyed by the hurricane, "we have now established an over the
air 
	broadcasting channel to more effectively provide timely
communications to 
	our residents,'' St. Bernard Parish President Henry "Junior''
Rodriguez 
	said. 
	
	St. Bernard residents who haven't been able to move back into the
parish but 
	are living within the New Orleans area can see Channel 18 on a
regular 
	broadcast television set, the same kind that can be used to watch
Channels 
	4, 6, 8, 12, 26 and 54, Rodriguez said. 
	
	He said it is hoped there will be live broadcasts in the near future
in 
	which the public can engage in dialogue with parish officials. 
	
	Known as the St. Bernard Community Station, Channel 18, went on the
air Jan. 
	20 under the direction of Ken Winters, director of government access
for St. 
	Bernard Parish government. 
	
	The station's purpose is to "inform the public of the government's
progress 
	and the re-building of St. Bernard,'' Winters said. 
	
	It will provide governmental information including services
available to 
	assist people affected by the hurricane, he said. 
	
	The station is now in Phase 1, providing graphics and information
without 
	sound, recycling every 10-15 minutes 24 hours a day, Winters said.
In Phase 
	2, he said, there will be live programming such as call-ins by
viewers and 
	interaction by e-mail. 
	
	Also,Winters said, at some point there will be streaming on the
parish 
	government website, www.sbpg.net, so that there is interaction on
the site. 
	
	CBS/Viacom, UPN and Cox Communications have all donated services to
get the 
	St. Bernard station running, using a broadcast tower in Algiers,
Winters 
	said. 
	
	The station is low power and the signal fades out at about Kenner
and 
	Slidell but can be picked up well on the West Bank, Winters said.