Plano ISD and City of Plano Bring 24/7 Weather Radar Back to the Community

May 29st, 2007

Plano ISD and City of Plano Partner to Bring 24/7 Weather Radar Back to the Community

City of Plano City Manager Tom Muehlenbeck and Plano Independent School District
(PISD) Superintendent Dr. Doug Otto are pleased to announce a joint partnership agreement to air the 24 hour weather radar Doppler service on Time Warner Cable Channel 98. This service will be carried on Basic cable service and will be available to all Time Warner cable subscribers. This will be effective May 29, 2007.

This channel had been removed from the channel line-up by Time Warner during the transfer from Comcast to Time Warner.

The City and PISD worked together to find a resolution to bring back the weather radar channel. In order to do this, PISD relinquished one of its two cable channels. PISD and the City recognize the importance of the weather information in the local community.

Although this channel was not offered in the basic package in the local franchise agreement, the school district was willing to forego one channel allocated to its use to reinstate the weather channel in the Plano community.

“This comes as a positive resolution after much discussion between the city and school district to meet the community's need,” said Karla Oliver, PISD executive director for government and community relations. “This is evidence of a positive working relationship between two entities striving to meet the expectations of the community. No corporate solutions were to be found so a grassroots effort was made within our community for our community. Dr. Otto and Mr. Muehlenbeck are to be thanked for allowing us to implement this solution."