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City of Salina terminates contract with Salina Media Connection
The city of Salina terminated its longstanding relationship with Salina Media Connection after their contract expired Wednesday. The followed a vote Monday by the city commission to allow the agreement to end.
This comes after the commission initially directed staff to bring the recording and casting of public meetings in-house on Apr. 26 and approved a resolution on May 24 to add a new position to manage the technical aspects of broadcasting on Cox channel 20.
Financial details
SMC representatives met with city staff Thursday, June 24, to discuss the future of channel 21, on which SMC broadcasts local community programming. After the meeting, SMC sent a letter requesting a short-term extension of the agreement or a long-term agreement to operate channel 21, asking for $243,207 to provide what they determined as optimum operation or $175,000 to operate at a reduced cost.