In 1977 Manhattan Cable TV designated 3 video facilities in NYC as "Local Injection Points" (LIP's) that produced local origination programming. Soon after I arrive in the city, I was lucky enough to be taken on as one of the fulltime staff. (There weren't many paying jobs available in the upstart medium at that time.)

In the early 60's pre-eminent labor negotiator Theodore Kheel established Automation House in order to for "people to adjust in a rapidly changing world of automation and helping the individual to have a sense of participation in the society in which she or he lives." Kheel's forward-thinking insight was to take advantage of emerging technologies (affordable video) and bandwidth (cable TV channels) in order to do some social good.

As a low-end video production facility, Automation House was perfectly positioned to be the point of implementation for anyone who was looking to develop new channels. MTV first appeared right around this time.

Corporate Training	The late 70's saw the emergence of "media sensitivity" as a skill for anyone who was going to be in the public eye. Jack Hilton provided corporate players with an "in the trenches" sense of what it was like to be on that stage. We provided the stage.
Urban Planning	Joined with several local community activists and designers to establish the Municipal Access Cable Channel L in NYC, modeled on the Municipal Cable Project that I had pioneered in Somerville, MA, during the previous year.
Local Programming	TBD
Art Performances	TBD

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For many of us who were committed to local programming, one of the challenges at this time was to "Do well by doing good".

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