The California Channel
Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | California |
Headquarters | Sacramento, California |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
History | |
Launched | February 4, 1991 |
Closed | October 15, 2019 |
Former names | Cal-SPAN |
The California Channel or CalChannel was a public service news television channel funded by the California Cable Television Association.[1]
History
The channel started out by operating every weekday from 9:00am to 3:30pm; broadcasting proceedings of the
In mid-August 2019, the CCTA announced the network's closure. The organization and network cited the November 2016 passage of Proposition 54, a ballot initiative which required all legislative proceedings to be recorded and made public with posting them on the Internet 72 hours before a vote was tallied, and be accessible for twenty years after a proceeding. As the Senate and Assembly have internal video and radio news services, the CCTA considered The California Channel effectively a duplicative service to those efforts.[4] The legislature has since made efforts to retain the network and its coverage before the network's closure, to keep proceedings public on a televised venue in some form.[5] On October 15, 2019, the channel ceased operations.[6]
References
- ^ a b Chaussee, Jennifer (February 10, 2011). "Don't touch that dial! CalChannel turns 20". Capitol Weekly. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ Haynes, Raymond (September 1, 2006). "Selling Commercials On the California Channel". Metropolitan News-Enterprise. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ "History". The California Channel. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ Hice, Jessica (15 August 2019). "Cal Channel to end broadcasting after three decades". Capitol Weekly. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "California's version of C-SPAN is shutting down. It's a loss for the Capitol — and the public". Los Angeles Times. 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2020-03-26.