Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	H.R. No. 1677
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Austin Public, the city's public access television
6	6	station, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding in
7	7	June 2023; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Now the longest continually operating public access
9	9	television station in the country, Austin Public launched on
10	10	Capital Cable channel 10 in June 1973 as Austin Community
11	11	Television; community media activists, members of the Texas
12	12	Commission on the Arts, and radio-TV-film majors joined forces to
13	13	learn about access television, then available in only two cities,
14	14	and obtain channel space and a corporate charter; in the early days,
15	15	with no cable lines or satellite dishes in the heart of the city,
16	16	broadcasting required a trip up Mount Larson to wire a playback
17	17	device into the cable system; the first live music cablecast
18	18	involved a musician performing at the site with the city in the
19	19	background; and
20	20	WHEREAS, The channel reflected the community with its wide
21	21	variety of programming, including city council meetings, sermons,
22	22	live music, offbeat call-ins, reports on civil strife, and shows
23	23	with such unlikely titles as The Pun Zone and Face Your Pets; famed
24	24	film directors Richard Linklater and Robert Rodriguez availed
25	25	themselves of the resource, and a number of producers, activists,
26	26	and board members from the station have gone on to serve as
27	27	executive directors of access television in other cities; and
28	28	WHEREAS, Since 2015, the Austin Film Society has administered
29	29	Austin Public, carrying on its tradition as an independent,
30	30	noncommercial free-speech forum that is open to all Austinites; it
31	31	has expanded its platforms, broadcasting over cable channels 10,
32	32	11, and 16, and streaming simultaneously on the Internet;
33	33	empowering individuals and nonprofit organizations, it offers low
34	34	and no-cost training, equipment, facilities, and content
35	35	distribution to facilitate communication, community building, and
36	36	diversification of the media landscape; and
37	37	WHEREAS, For a half century, Austin Public has amplified the
38	38	voices of area residents, helping them to entertain, inform, and
39	39	maintain the city's proud reputation for weirdness, and the
40	40	community is indeed fortunate in the continuing existence of this
41	41	notable incubator for creativity and civic engagement; now,
42	42	therefore, be it
43	43	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
44	44	Legislature hereby congratulate Austin Public access television on
45	45	its 50th anniversary and extend to all those associated with the
46	46	organization sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it
47	47	further
48	48	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
49	49	prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the
50	50	Texas House of Representatives.
51	51	Hinojosa
52	52	______________________________
53	53	Speaker of the House
54	54	I certify that H.R. No. 1677 was adopted by the House on May
55	55	25, 2023, by a non-record vote.
56	56	______________________________
57	57	Chief Clerk of the House