Re: C-SPAN radio

[Richard Chonak <rac@gabriel.cambridge.ma.us>]

One of the prime movers in starting C-SPAN was Amos Hostetter, who at
some time was CEO of Continental Cablevision (now MediaOne).

--RC


> 
> As far as I remember (and I think it's all on their website, C-Span.org)
> C-Span was started in 1979 by a conglomerate of cable companies when they
> heard the US House was planning to install cameras in the chamber.  
> Officially, it's run as a private not-for-profit, with a board of
> directors representing 20? cable companies/other groups. Brian Lamb (the
> Booknotes host) is C-Span's president. 
> 
> --Scott--
> 
> 
> Scott Saloway
> Acting Senior Producer/Weekend Edition
> WBUR Radio
> saloway@bu.edu
> 
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> 
> On Thu, 27 Jan 100, Sven Weil wrote:
> 
> > How did C-SPAN get started? And who did it?
> > I didn't know they were non-profit.
> > 
> > Garrett Wollman said:
> > > 
> > > Um, C-SPAN is a section 501 not-for-profit corporation.  By law,
> > > no-one can own it.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Sven Franklyn Weil            "The needs of the many outweigh 
> > <sven@lily.org>                          the needs of the few
> > <http://www.lily.org/~sven>                      or the one." 
> >                                                      -- Surak
> > 
> >