Programs, Correspondence, 1968, January-July (1968)

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- 66 - other program areas. We suggest, further, that it would create a situation which would be rep¬ licative because of existing systems, and because of the fact that we can provide access to those existing systems at a fraction of the cost. If there were no facilities available to us, then an investment in systems would be justified, and we would recommend it. The electronic communications media we are recom¬ mending 0E0 relate to has, already, responded to some of the needs of community agencies in a ten¬ tative way. ETV and ER stations are, today, a national resource. There are 155 operating ETV stations, community- based, scattered throughout all but three states. There are 335 ER stations operating. Professional, nonprofit broadcasters have contributed some outstanding examples of radio and television programming on many of the problems a Community Action Agency faces. Another of the more significant reasons for recommending the use of ETV and ER capability is the fact that