The Casper City Council agreed Tuesday to receive applications from people and companies interested in operating the city's cable television channel.
Last fall, the council discussed the interest in a local television station, and asked city staff to prepare a request for proposal for individuals and/or organizations to operate Channel 192.
At the council's work session shown on the city's YouTube channel on Tuesday, City Manager Carter Napier said the city must be careful about the contract and the operator because the city receives a franchise fee from Spectrum and doesn't want to lose it.
The operator would need to follow the Public Broadcasting Service model of having sponsors, but not advertisers.