[HISTORY: 1988 Code §§ 5A-1—5A-8 adopted as amended through December 31, 2013. Additional amendments noted where applicable and include Ord. No. 2-2025.]
[Amended 2-5-2025 by Ord. No. 2-2025[1]]
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Editor's Note: Former Art. I, Cable Television Committee, was repealed 2-5-2025 by Ord. No. 2-2025. This ordinance also redesignated former Art. II, Regulations, as Art. I, and former §§ 5A-6 through 5A-8 as §§ 5A-1 through 5A-3.
A. 
The Community Bulletin Board (CBB) shall accept announcements from departments, agencies, boards and committees of Wayne Township, local school systems and regional and state agencies, as well as, from local nonprofit groups including civic, social, political and non-regularly scheduled events from religious organizations, and individuals not engaging in commercial enterprises.
B. 
No fee will be charged for the announcements.
C. 
Announcements.
(1) 
Announcements in the following categories will be acc OS2025-
(a) 
Programs.
(b) 
Meetings and events, including fund-raising projects.
(c) 
Municipal job openings.
(d) 
General information.
(2) 
The acceptance of announcements for the CBB will not imply Wayne Township Municipal Cablecasting (WTMC) endorsement of the content of the announcement or of the sponsoring organization.
D. 
The announcements shall be given priority based on space available in the following order:
(1) 
Emergencies, weather and acts of God.
(2) 
WTMC program schedule.
(3) 
Wayne Township municipal government and schools, including agenda for municipal government meetings.
(4) 
Non-profit organizations.
(5) 
Individuals not engaging in commercial enterprises.
(6) 
Regional/state agencies.
E. 
WTMC may not seek out announcements from any organizations, but may run announcements of public events which have not been submitted.
F. 
Forms for the CBB are available from WTMC.
G. 
Announcements to publicize an upcoming event must be received three weeks prior to the date of the event.
H. 
CBB announcements shall be considered in the order in which they are received, and WTMC cannot guarantee that every announcement submitted will be telecast, nor can it guarantee the length of time an announcement will be telecast, nor shall WTMC be responsible for typographical error.
A. 
Announcements and programs shall contain the name of the sponsoring agency or organization.
B. 
WTMC reserves the right to schedule the time to air announcements and programs in its sole discretion. Any scheduling of an announcement or program will be allocating time among competing applicants on a reasonable basis.
C. 
Community-organization-sponsored candidates' forums. Community organizations may request to schedule candidate forums for the purpose of giving candidates the opportunity to participate in cablecast forums open to all candidates for the offices being contested. WTMC will not become involved in determining the format or content of these forums. WTMC will not be responsible for the guidelines proposed by the sponsoring organizations. The sponsoring organization(s) will be responsible for documenting that all candidates have been invited and have been given the opportunity to participate in the event on an equitable basis.
D. 
WTMC-sponsored candidates' profiles.
(1) 
WTMC finds that it is in the public interest for residents of the community to be informed about individual candidates for the offices of Mayor, Municipal Council and Board of Education elections. WTMC will provide an opportunity for profiles of candidates to be videotaped by and cablecast on WTMC as candidate profiles.
(2) 
Candidates will have two opportunities to be videotaped and cablecast with their own statements. A maximum taping time not to exceed seven minutes is established with cablecast and candidate order drawn by lot; recablecast, the same and equal for all candidates, will be announced and will end not later than the Sunday preceding Election Day.
E. 
Equal time; fairness; slander and defamation.
(1) 
WTMC is not subject to regulations of the FCC on equal time and other considerations which provide equal access to the broadcast media. The objective is to ensure fairness in whatever is produced and/or cablecast so as not to give an advantage to one candidate over another candidate.
(2) 
WTMC has no responsibility to guarantee the accuracy of any statements made on live cablecasts.
(3) 
The channel operated by WTMC is a government, education and public access channel. Any person's action which would limit WTMC's right to provide government and public access cablecasting service will be deemed as grounds for denial of access for that person.
(4) 
William Paterson University is solely responsible for the operation of the channel assigned to it by the Township without any oversight and/or supervision by WTMC and/or the Township. All expenses, obligation or liability created as a result William Paterson University's operation of this channel will be solely responsibility of William Paterson University without any recourse to WTMC and/or the Township.
F. 
Liability.
(1) 
The Producer acknowledges that he/she has obtained all necessary copyright clearances and releases for the cablecasting of any and all material contained within the program.
(2) 
The Producer assumes all responsibility for his/her program, agrees to indemnify WTMC and/or the Township, and agrees to hold the aforementioned harmless for any liability, loss, or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees, caused by or arising out of any material supplied by the Producer.
(3) 
The Producer further agrees to indemnify and save WTMC and/or the Township, and/or their respective officers, members, and employees, harmless of any and all claims, damages, costs and liability of any nature whatsoever, including counsel fees, which may be imposed by reason of any claim that any material cablecast and/or disseminated by the Producer, violates or infringes upon the rights, trade names, trademarks, copyrights, patents, literary or dramatic rights, or rights of privacy of any other owner, licensor, copyright holder, writer, composer, or other person, corporation or partnership, that said material constitutes libel or slander.
(4) 
The Producer hereby releases WTMC and/or the Township from any legal action, claims, and demands which the producer or his/her organization ever had, has, or may have, which may arise against WTMC and/or the Township as a result of cablecast presentation on its cable system or the production of any material for said presentation, or for any mistakes, omissions, or interruptions.