Mayor Eugene Brune takes office, appoints a new CAB, and hires Howard Horton to head an Office of Cable Television (the state’s first municipal cable regulatory office) that will handle cable regulation and program the government access channel. He appoints the Somerville Educational Cable Council (SECC) to advise on educational access, and convinces the Board of Aldermen that the cable franchise fee should fund only cable-related activities. The new CAB begins work on a new cable contract, which includes plans to found a non-profit access center.
Warner wires Somerville’s schools and gives the City $70,000 for government and educational access equipment and $50,000 for equipment for public access.
Warner hires Irwin Hipsman to coordinate public access
