The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Independent Public Media is helping a community group put together a plan to buy WMFE-TV. The former PBS affiliate went up for sale over a year ago. Initially a faith based group wanted to buy the station but, that deal fell through after the group had difficulty meeting the requirements of the FCC.
IPM is developing a new model for community television that helps struggling public television stations "operate sustainably and in ways that reflect the full spirit of the legislation upon which educational public television was founded." Funding support for IPM is coming from five non-profits that make up The EBS Companies.
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