Peters Township Community Television History

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1979

Adelphia in 1979.jpeg

January

Adelphia has 520 cable television customers in Peters Township

February

By the end of the month, Adelphia is up to 885 customers in Peters Township

March

1,225 customers hooked up to cable system by the end of March

April

The April 18th Peters Township Cable Regulatory Board meeting is attended by John Bullock (Board Member), Seymour Lerner (Board Chairman), Robert McMurray (Board Secretary), James A. Ross (Township Manager), and Anthony W. Accamando, Jr. (Manager, South Hills T.V. Cable Company).

Dr. Jack, Superintendent of the Peters Township School District contacts the Board to discuss the School District's participation in Cable T.V. services, 
including the wiring of the school buildings.

May

The Board begins to the discuss the possibility of purchasing the station's first electronic bulletin board, what was then known as a Public Communications Terminal

September

The Board discusses the possibility of creating 4 programming centers for Peters Township: 

Municipal Building: community message center, like the current message center housed in Bethel Park and shared by Peters Township and Bethel Park on Channel 2

Library: Children's and adult programming

School District:to be submitted at a later date