CABLE COMMUNICATIONS BOARD:

An Inventory of Its Subject Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota Cable Communications Board.
Title:Subject Files.
Dates:1973-1985.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Correspondence, clippings, reports, and related materials covering such topics as access, board membership and orientation, cross-ownership, discrimination, federal cable legislation, franchise development, interconnection and municipal cable systems, regional channels, and sales tax.
Quantity:1.2 cubic feet (2 partial boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Cable Communications Board. Subject Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 988-151

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017139340104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
107.C.8.8F1Access channel requirements, letters concerning, 1979-1982.
Access operating rules: Class A, B, C systems, 1984.
Access operating rules, samples of (municipalities and counties), 1982-1984.
Board membership lists, 1973-1985.
Board orientation/video workshop, 1978.
Cable commission chronology, 1973-1974.
Cable communications in Minnesota: Suggestions for systematic development, August 1975. 1 volume.
Report prepared for the commission by Thomas Baldwin, Thomas Muth and Michael Wirth.
Cable communications in Minnesota, 1984. 1 volume.
Correspondence, 1982-1985.
Cross-ownership, 1980-1981.
Discrimination reports, 1984.
Discrimination rules, 1982-1983.
Discrimination rules, responses to, 1983.
Federal cable legislation, 1983.
Franchise development report for communities of Edina, Richfield, Hopkins, Golden Valley, and Eden Prairie, September 1973.
Report to subsidiary management from Warner Cable Corp.
Interconnection, 1973-1983. 6 folders.
Design of a prototype interconnection system, 1980. 3 volumes:
Reports prepared for the commission by Telecommunications Management Corp.
Task 1: Analysis of interconnection services.
Task 2: Engineering analysis of interconnection alternatives.
Task 3: Management and financial analysis of inter-connection alternatives.
Mankato cable TV clippings, 1976-1983.
Metropolitan municipalities, 1978-1984.
Minnesota cable and local self-determination, 1979.
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107.C.8.9B2Municipal cable systems removed from provisions of Minnesota cable statutes, 1982-1985.
Municipal ownership rules, solicitation of opinion or need for, 1984-1985.
Municipalities approached regarding cable, 1979-1982.
Municipalities Cable Communications Policy Act, 1984.
News clippings, 1984-1985.
Regional channel, 1979-1984. 4 folders.
Regional channel: clippings/news releases, 1982-1983.
Regional channel committee, 1982-1985. 3 folders.
Minutes, agendas, reports, correspondence, and related papers.
Sales tax, 1982.
Small community antenna system survey, 1978-1981.
Statewide cable interconnect via satellite, 1976-1977.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Cable television -- Minnesota -- Government supervision.
Cable television -- Access -- Minnesota.
Cable television -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
Municipal franchises -- Minnesota.
Sales tax -- Minnesota.

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