Some changes may be coming to Insight’s cable access programs.
This from Rick Redding:
Shows like DotCom, with Bob Sokoler, and the lineup of sports programming (Red and Blue Review, Page One Sports) as well as a diverse group of programs including Villionaire, Our Kids by JCPS, Kentuckiana 2day and the Scott Davenport Show (Bellarmine’s coach) are all carried on Channel 2.
No one, including Sokoler, that I talked with knew what the plans are. There are about a dozen freelance production personnel who work on the local programming at the company.
Jason Keller, an Insight spokesman, acknowledged the company is working with TV consulting company Frank Magid Associates (which has done work with WHAS-TV) and is considering changes for the station.
“Insight is focused on making all our products better,” he said. “We are reviewing ways Louisville families can receive expanded news and entertainment about our community.”
I’m a big fan of cable access programming. I don’t like it ironically, I genuinely like it. The wide-array of quirky and flat-out bizarre programs available in St. Louis brightened my Saturday afternoons when I was a kid. Insight’s shows are much more professional than a lot of what I used to watch, but I wonder if this change will make everything even more slick. I kind of miss the madcap shows (with names like The St. Louis Beach Report and Worldwide Magazine) of my hometown. What should I be watching locally to see that “Let’s put on a show!” spirit?
