Christian network aims again at KOCE-TV

[question everything]

Published July 12, 2005

Christian network aims again at KOCE-TV

*Dallas-based Daystar Television files with an appeals court to award it sale of the college PBS station.

By Marisa O'Neil, Daily Pilot

A spurned bidder for Orange County's only public television station is asking an appeals court for another chance to buy KOCE-TV.

Attorneys for Daystar Television Network -- a Dallas-based Christian network -- on Friday filed a petition asking the appellate court to award it the sale of KOCE-TV. The court last month overturned the station's sale by Coast Community College District to the station's fundraising arm.

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The three-judge appellate court panel wrote in its June opinion that the district and its trustees showed "the rankest sort of favoritism" in their choice to sell to the foundation rather than Daystar.

Attorneys for the district were not available for comment Monday. But following the appellate court's opinion voiding the sale, Milford Dahl, attorney for the district, said he would recommend appealing the case to the state Supreme Court.

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The district decided to sell the station to help bolster its ailing budget. More than 1,500 classes were cut from Orange Coast College alone in the semesters leading up to the sale. According to state law, school districts may sell property "for cash" to the "highest responsible bidder."

Daystar and other religious television stations submitted bids for the channel. The foundation, made up of business and education leaders, was the only bidder that promised to preserve the station's PBS format. Supporters of the station asked the district's board of trustees to keep the station a public broadcaster. Students wanted trustees to get the most money they could and add more classes to the roster.

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[dhinojosa]

1. Disgusting.....Rightwing Christianity is a virus

Keeps growing and consuming all that is good in this country.

[DanCa]

3. who would jesus bomb?

It seems that for some (not all), the right to life label means we get to decide who has the right to live.

[dhinojosa]

6. Oh, you'll get sent to the chair for that one.

:sarcasm:

[lyberyl_prygryssyve]

8. I couldn't agree more!

Though I feel bad for insulting the viruses.

[DanCa]

2. Are there any liberal christian networks?

I was just wondering if theres a voice for the left out there. If any one has any links to liberal radio shows or tv show please pass them on. Thank you very much.

[dhinojosa]

5. To be honest, I don't think left wing christians have mega-bucks..

to take on TV stations. Left-wing christians mimic Jesus and live simple lives.

[DanCa]

7. True

We are a private and unassuming bunch. Thats both a blessing and a curse. Hah we'll let the christian right rule the sky well inherit the earth. Assuming of course they dont scorch it with thier wars :D

[getmeouttahere]

4. Cool to see folks out picketing in the O.C.

but I have a bunch of relatives there, and even lived there for awhile, and I can tell you that those picketers probably didn't get much support. I applaud them for getting out there and making their voices heard, however.

[Norquist Nemesis]

9. "only bidder that promised to preserve the station's PBS format"

was The Foundation.

It seems that promise was what made them stand apart from other bidders. At the same time, had the other (Christian based bidders) made the promise, that could bring up an issue of state sponsored religion due to government funding with PBS.

This shit's getting so old. No doubt, the tired old argument of war on Christianity and held up high as another example of the persecution of faith-based people will be next week's 24/7 news story. *sigh*