City of Marshall - Studio One TV

The Open Media Globe
Submitted by marshall tv on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 14:36
Contact Information
Individual Applicant Name: 
Jess Nelson
About the Center
1. Does your organization currently have a public computer center?: 
Yes
2. What is the goal of your public computer center? If it currently is not set up do you have organizational capacity for one?: 
To give people internet access.
3. What percentage of content submitted to your station is posted online?: 
100
4. Will your organization's public computer center be available to all members of the general public or a specific population?: 
All of the public will be able to use the center. We just moved into a new studio that is handicap accessible. our local university, Southwest Minnesota State University is a 100% accessible facility.
5. Do you charge membership dues or other fees to the population you are proposing to serve?: 
No
6. What is the disabilities status for members in your area? Check all that apply.: 
Blindness, Deafness or a severe vision or hearing impairment.
A condition that substantially limits one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting or carrying.
A physical, mental or emotional condition lasting 6 months or more.
Center Capacity
7. For the following questions regarding your center's capacity, are the values current or proposed?: 
Proposed
Public computer center name and type.: 
Public Library, Studio One TV - City Facility
Center's Broadband Connection Speed (MBps): 
100
Number of Persons served per 120-hour business week?: 
20
Number of Persons served per 48-hour weekend?: 
10
Center Demographic Information
8. What is the estimated population size of your service area?: 
15000
9. What is your service area identifier?: 
Municipality
10. What age distribution(s) will your center serve?: 
5 to 19 years
20 to 29 years
29 to 39 years
40 to 49 years
50 to 59 years
60 to 69 years
70 and above
11. What ethnicity(s) will your center serve?: 
Hispanic
Non-Hispanic White
Non-Hispanic Black
Non-Hispanic American Indian
Non-Hispanic Asian
Non-Hispanic Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Non-Hispanic Other
12. What gender(s) will your center serve?: 
Male
Female
13. What is the median household income for the population your center will serve?: 
Less than $9,000
$10,000 - $14,999
$15,000 - $24,999
$25,000 - $34,999
$35,000 - $44,999
$50,000 - $74,999
$75,000 - $99,999
$100,000 - $149,999
$150,000 - $199,999
14. What education levels will your center serve?: 
Elementary - Kindergarten to Grade 5
Middle - Grade 6 to Grade 8
Secondary - Grade 8 to Grade 12
College
Masters
Doctorate/Post-Doctorate
15. What is the unemployment rate for your service area?: 
4
16. What describes the language preference of your service area?: 
English - Primary
17. Please describe your center's outreach strategy and how can you reach communities lacking broadband access. : 
Our outreach would include the local area schools, SMSU, and the Adult Community Center
18. If you provide a computer checkout or giveaway program, how many users do you expect to provide equipment or computers?: 
25-30 household, 8-10 Business
19. How will you measure the program's impact in reaching disconnected communities and increase broadband adoption?: 
Southwest Minnesota State University has a marketing department that does survey work for the City of Marshall on a consistant level. we would use them.
20. Please describe your primary training and educational programs, including curricula, student certification programs, etc.: 
training would be based with the Marshall Community Education program using the local school, SMSU and the Adult Community Center. All of thes programs have done their own thing successfully, but this pogram would alllow us to coordinate these efforts into one community centered program.
20a. How many hours of training do you/expect to provide per person on average through training programs(s)?: 
10-12 hours
20b. How many full-time instructors/facilitators do you/will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes?: 
We would use instructors that have already been teaching these classes. We would us 1-2 full time.
Other Information
21. Is there evidence that less than 40% of your service population has broadband web access?: 
Yes
22. How will your center provide a $10,000 match of funds?: 
it wuold come from the Cable Franchise Fee fund.
23. Does your center currently have an online component or plans for an online component?: 
Yes
24. How do you plan to maintain a public computer center?: 
Through Cable Franchise Fees
25. How do you plan maintain a website for your station or for the public computer center?: 
The Economic Development Association arleady provides a website.
26. Are you interested in enabling your community to directly schedule any portion of your programming schedule?: 
Yes
27. Are you interested in sharing content with other public access TV stations?: 
Yes
28. How many total new home subscribers (households) to broadband do you expect to generate over the entirety of the program?: 
100-150
29. How many total new business and/or institutional subscribers to broadband do you expect to generate?: 
10-12