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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 99
BY REPRESENTATIVE GUILLORY
TELEVISION/EDUCATIONAL: Urges and requests all cable and satellite television
providers to provide access to all three La. Public Broadcasting channels
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request all cable and satellite television providers serving the citizens of2
Louisiana to provide access to all three Louisiana Public Broadcasting channels to3
their customers.4
WHEREAS, Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) has been providing quality5
educational and informative programming to the people of Louisiana since 1975; and 6
WHEREAS, Louisiana Public Broadcasting has produced thousands of hours of local7
programming that celebrates the people, the history, the culture, and the achievements of8
Louisiana; and9
WHEREAS, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, as the only media outlet able to reach10
all of Louisiana, has demonstrated itself essential to the people of Louisiana in times of11
natural disasters by providing emergency broadcasts; and12
WHEREAS, Louisiana Public Broadcasting has grown from a single television13
channel to three television channels, LPB, LPB2, and LPB3, each broadcasting twenty-four14
hours a day, seven days a week; and15
WHEREAS, Louisiana Public Broadcasting is a high-definition channel offering16
programs from the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and those produced locally; and 17
WHEREAS, Louisiana Public Broadcasting's online education website is accessed18
more than one million seven hundred thousand times a year where more than two thousand19
teachers are enrolled in professional development courses from LPB; and20 HLS 10RS-1586 ENGROSSED
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WHEREAS, Louisiana Public Broadcasting's pre-school reading camps have shown1
proven increases in understanding letter sounds, spelling, word recognition, and reading;2
and3
WHEREAS, LPB2 provides educational children's programming in prime-time4
evening hours and all day Saturday and Sunday, and is the only television station providing5
regularly scheduled French-language programming; and6
WHEREAS, LPB3 presents lifelong learning programs including those that celebrate7
Louisiana's rich history and heritage; and 8
WHEREAS, thousands of Louisiana's citizens receive their television service from9
cable and satellite providers; and 10
WHEREAS, cable and satellite providers are offered all three Louisiana Public11
Broadcasting channels free of charge; and12
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest for all residents of Louisiana to have access13
to emergency information and educational, historical, and cultural programming. 14
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby15
urge and request all cable and satellite television providers serving the citizens of Louisiana16
to provide access to all three Louisiana Public Broadcasting channels to their customers.17
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted18
to every cable and satellite provider doing business in the state of Louisiana.19
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Guillory HCR No. 99
Urges and requests all cable and satellite television providers serving the citizens of La. to
provide access to all three La. Public Broadcasting channels to their customers.