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SHPL- Library Cable Channel Schedule

History: According to a 1982 library newsletter article, "if you have cable television in your home, you have a direct link to the latest in library information." That was the year that the library channel began broadcasting on cable television. Of course, this "direct link" actually meant viewers reading character-generated text on their television screens.

The Friends commissioned composer Richard Threet to write music to be broadcast with the library's first video productions in 1983. By the Spring of 1985, the Library Cable Channel was broadcasting storytimes, discussions with authors such as Sherwood Anderson, art programs, and a nature discovery series.

Between 1990 and 1991, more educational programs were added to the cable schedule thanks to LSCA Title I funds. Programming hours were increased from six to eight hours a day, with over 30,000 homes in the city wired for cable.

The library broadcasts on Channel 12 on Comcast and Channel 18 on W.O.W. If you have any program suggestions or requests, contact the Library at (586) 446-2669 or by e-mail.

Click HERE to see the channel's schedule for March, April and May.

 

   

 

Last Revised: March 09, 2010
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