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AUGUST 15, 2024 • Vol. 4, No. 17
City of Novi builds TV and podcast studio with PEG funds BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
The city of Novi recently transformed an old storage area of the Novi Civic Center that was affectionately known as the “dungeon” into a stateof-the-art TV and podcast studio. The studio, called “Studio No.VI,” took a little over a year to design and build. It was budgeted into the 2023-2024 city budget. Construction began in late August, and the studio officially opened in February. The $800,000 studio was funded by public, educational and governmental funds. PEG funds are accumulated annually by the city from federal fees charged to cable consumers. One of the charges included in a cable bill is a 1% PEG fee required by federal law. “Whether you like to pay it or not, if you have Comcast, Charter, Spectrum or AT&T, they have what they call PEG and franchise fees, and that is for use of the rights of way — for the fiber — and when we sat down maybe a couple of years ago, we had over a million dollars in PEG fees from our relationships/partnerships with those cable entities,” said Sheryl WalshMolloy, director of communications for the city of Novi. “The kicker is that See STUDIO on page 4A
ABOVE: The Novi Community Relations Department, using public, educational and governmental funds, turned a storage space into a modern television and podcast production studio. LEFT: Trevor Walega, Novi video production specialist, and Sheryl Walsh-Molloy, Novi director of community relations, sit in front of a video wall that is set up for one of the city’s podcasts. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
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