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OFFICIALS MEET WITH FUTURE OF WCTV IN LIMBO

(Richmond, IN)--Local officials are working quickly to solidify the future of WCTV.  Late last week, all part-time employees were immediately laid off and the remaining full-time employees were notified that they had 30 days remaining.  WCTV is community-access television that operates from the campus of IU East.  Richmond Mayor Ron Oler hosted a meeting Monday to try to come up with a plan.  "I convened a meeting today between the county, IU East, and the WCTV Board to discuss it's future.  All I can say right now is 'more to come.'  For the rest of this month, we're covered.  We'll figure out next month going forward," Oler said.  WCTV covers a wide variety of community events, including video of city, town, and county council meetings across Wayne County.  The shake-up comes just a few months before a new requirement in Indiana that all meetings of governmental entities be livestreamed and archived.