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Temporary Televised Blackout for Dover City Council Meetings

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DOVER, Del. (AP) - Dover City Council meetings will temporarily not be televised as the city makes a transition into taking over the broadcasts of the meetings itself.

Dover City Council President Timothy Slavin tells the Delaware State News the city council meetings will likely resume broadcast in March.

Both the Comcast and Verizon cable networks had been showing live telecasts of the meetings, which are normally held on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Recently the city decided to take over and entirely automate the broadcasts following a change in its franchise agreement with Comcast.

Slavin says the council plans to replace the sound and video system.

Until March, those who want to watch the meetings live will have to travel to the council chambers at City Hall.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.