FOR COMCAST CUSTOMERS, CITY CABLE MOVES ON JUNE 5TH FROM CH16 TO CH22

SOMERVILLE

- Director of Communications and Cable Thomas P. Champion announced

today that the City of Somerville's "City Cable" government

access channel, currently broadcast at Ch16 on the Comcast cable

system, will be moving to Ch22 effective June 5, 2012. The move is a

result of adjustments Comcast is making to accommodate the

FCC-mandated relocation of a Massachusetts-based shopping channel,

WWDP. The City's Education Channel (Ch15) and Somerville Community

Access Television (SCAT, Ch3) are unaffected by the change. RCN

subscribers will see no changes in the current locations of any of

their public access channels, with City Cable remaining at Ch13, SCAT

at Ch3 and the Education Channel at Ch15 on the RCN system.

"Comcast

is making this change in cable markets across the Boston metro area,"

said Champion. "It's not something they wanted to do, but FCC

rules mandate that some television providers must be carried in the

1-20 channel group if they so request. Some providers also have the

right to be carried on cable in the same channel positions that they

occupy on the airwaves. Regular City Cable programming will simply

shift to the new location on Channel 2 on June 5th.

In the meantime, we will be working closely with Comcast to make

sure the viewing public knows where to find us."

A

May 3rd

letter to City officials from Comcast Gov't and Regulatory Affairs

Sr. Manager David Green stated, "As a result of WWDP electing

must-carry status under FCC Rule 76.56 . . . WWDP will move from Ch72

to Ch10; WGBX will move from Ch10 to Ch16; Government Access will

move from Ch16 to Ch22. Customers will receive notice of these

changes in advance via direct mail communication.

"I

have verified with RCN officials that they have not been asked to

make a similar adjustment and that they have no plans to do so,"

said Champion. City Cable video content is streamed online at

http://www.somervillema.gov/view-videos.

City Cable also offers live and archived broadcasts of Meetings of

the Board of Aldermen at

http://somervillecityma.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx.