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Creating the Illinois Channel Creating the Illinois Channel Interim Report Terrence J. Martin Barbara E. Ferrara Institute for Public Affairs University of Illinois at Springfield April 2001 This project was supported by funds provided by The Joyce Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. We gratefully acknowledge their support. “For 22 years, C-SPAN has allowed citizens throughout the nation to follow the debates in the U.S. House and Senate. We believe the citizens of Illinois deserve the same.” Chancellor Emeritus Naomi B. Lynn University of Illinois at Springfield Chair, Illinois Channel Advisory Board “It is crucial–if our democracy is to survive and be effective–that the people know what’s going on in government.” Former Governor Jim Edgar Vice Chair, Illinois Channel Advisory Board “I’m for informing citizens so we can make the kind of sensible decisions we should make in a democracy.” Former U.S. Senator Paul Simon Vice Chair, Illinois Channel Advisory Board Copyright © 2001 by the Institute for Public Affairs University of Illinois at Springfield P. O. Box 19243 Springfield, IL 62794-9243 ii The Illinois Channel April 18, 2001 Just over one year ago, the Institute for Public Affairs of the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) received grants from the Joyce Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to study the requirements for establishing a statewide public affairs television channel. An advisory board, comprised of statewide leaders, was created to review and evaluate the study’s recommendations. We envisioned a channel that would televise the work of all three branches of Illinois state government, thereby making its activities more accessible to the average citizen, not just in Springfield but from Chicago to Cairo, and Quincy to Danville. Some referred to this proposed channel as a C-SPAN for Illinois. We have come to call it the “Illinois Channel.” We began with specific goals in mind for the Illinois Channel: P A channel dedicated to providing nonpartisan, gavel-to-gavel coverage of scheduled events. P A channel that would free government officials from the abbreviated soundbite and headline format that often dominates current media coverage and limits a full discussion of complex public policy issues. P A channel that would cover other interesting and worthwhile public affairs events around the state. Today, halfway through our two-year study, we are presenting this interim report to the governor, the legislature and the public. It explains more comprehensively just how such a channel could be established, what it would cost and why it is needed. As a result of our study’s preliminary research, we remain convinced that the Illinois Channel will bring coverage of state government into the information age of the 21st century. Nineteen other states already are providing televised gavel-to-gavel coverage of at least their legislature. Many cover all three branches. Other states, such as Wisconsin, soon will join their ranks. Televising state government is not just a timely idea; it is a good idea both for officials and for citizens. Voters and taxpayers have a right to see their government in action, just as elected and appointed officials rely on informed public opinion to conduct public business. We continue to view this as a win-win proposition and invite your consideration and support of the Illinois Channel. UIS Chancellor Emeritus Naomi B. Lynn, Chair Illinois Channel Planning Study Advisory Board Former Governor Jim Edgar Former Senator Paul Simon Co-Vice Chair Co-Vice Chair iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Illinois Channel Planning Study Advisory Board...........................................vi Executive Summary.................................................................viii Frequently Asked Questions .......................................................... xii Acknowledgments................................................................. xvii Introduction ..................................................................1 Need and Interest in the Illinois Channel .........................................3 Unfiltered, Unfettered Communication ..........................................4 Depleted Capitol Bureaus .................................................5 Extending Knowledge of State Government .....................................7 Interest in the Illinois Channel.................................................7 Statewide Survey Results..................................................8 Town Hall Meetings .....................................................8 Endnote: Florida Presidential Contest ...........................................9 Programming on the Illinois Channel ...........................................11 Significance of Gavel-to-Gavel Coverage.......................................11 Editorial Decision Making...................................................11 Program Policy Guidelines ...............................................12 Legislative Coverage.......................................................13 Illinois House of Representatives Coverage ..................................14 Adding a fourth House camera .........................................15 Adopting camera protocols for legislative coverage.........................15 Copyright law to protect misuse of legislative video.........................16 Illinois Senate Coverage .................................................16 Committee Coverage ....................................................16 Sample of Program Coverage in Pennsylvania .............................17 Use of On-Air Graphics.....................................................17 Impact of TV Cameras on Legislative Debate....................................17 Televised Coverage and Legislative Grandstanding: The Experience of Washington State.................................................................19 Benefits to the Legislature of an Illinois C-SPAN..............................21 Illinois Supreme Court Coverage..............................................21 Illinois Executive Branch Coverage............................................22 Public Affairs Coverage beyond State Government ...............................23 Bringing Government to the Classroom .....................................24 Published Program Schedules .............................................25 Video and Audio Archives................................................25 Television Coverage of State Government ................................27 iv Distribution of the Illinois Channel .............................................29 Option One: Cable Distribution...............................................29 Option Two: Internet Broadband Video Streaming ...............................30 A Major Advantage to Streaming Video.....................................31 Building on the Illinois Century Network....................................31 Option Three: PBS Multi-Channel Distribution ..................................32 Option Four: Direct Broadcast Satellite .........................................33 Conclusions..............................................................34 Illinois Channel Operating Plan and Budget .....................................37 Funding a State Channel ....................................................37 Development of the Operating Plan............................................38 Full Coverage Operating Plan ................................................39 Springfield Master Control ...............................................39 Chicago Bureau........................................................40 Covering the Rest of the State.............................................40 Illinois Information Service...............................................41 Satellite Truck .........................................................41 Annual Operating Budget (Full Coverage) ...................................41 Intermediate Coverage Operating Plan .........................................43 Annual Operating Budget (Intermediate Coverage) ............................43 Limited Coverage Operating Plan .............................................44 Annual Operating Budget (Limited Coverage) ................................47 Capital Budget Narrative....................................................48 Full Coverage Capital Budget .............................................50 Intermediate Coverage Capital Budget ......................................51 Limited Coverage Capital Budget ..........................................52 Conclusions..............................................................53 Governance of the Illinois Channel .............................................55 Governing Principles.......................................................55 Ensuring Editorial Independence and Accountability ...........................55 Ensuring Administrative and Fiscal Accountability ............................55 Ensuring Stability and Sustainability ........................................55 Governing Models.........................................................55 Nonprofit Cable-Funded Model ............................................56 Government-Funded Legislative Branch Model ...............................56 Government-Funded PBS Model ...........................................56 Government-Funded Independent, Nonprofit Corporation Model .................57 v Proposed Illinois Channel Governing Structure ..................................58 Nonprofit Corporation with Own Governing Board
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