August 13,1977 County's First TV Station (Continued From Page 1> ' Patricia Burrows of Broom field; Michael Garcia of Broom field, an administrator with the Colorado Migrant Council; David Worstell, a Lafayette at torney; Rhoda SevelyrStark, a Boulder artist, and Cynthia Small, public affairs moderator and producer at KMGH-TV in Denver. Programming Planned Schwartz said the program ming will be divided into three parts: entertainment, public af fairs and network (PBS) pro grams. Public affairs programs will focus on issues that are of in terest to the entire metro area, not just Boulder County, said Schwartz. An example, he said, would be initiative issues such as thosejn the last general elec tion, and locally produced government affairs programs. “We have an obligation to the needs of Broomfield," said Schwartz. “But it would not be efficient use of the station to concentrate on an issue of in terest to only a few people." The entertainment offerings have the potential to be the most innovative, and in teresting, segment of Channel 12’s programming. Schwartz said independently produced films and tapes including documentaries, drama, the arts and even abstract video, will be included. Experimental TV “Experimental TV," as Schwartz calls it, “will not be limited to stuff that we make. I’ll be screening films and video tapes at shows around the area. We’ll be making a major invest ment in time and money to get these types of tapes. "A lot of people are tearing their hair out trying to get the things they make shown. We’ll only be able to pay them a nominal sum, our acquisition budget will be relatively meager. “But we’ll be able to help them in other ways such as distribution." Patricia Burrows said she became involved in Front Range at Schwartz’s request. “It’s a great opportunity for Broomfield," she said. "We’re looking for a broader represen tation (of corporate officers) to get a good balance." As a representative on the station’s board, Burrows said she hopes to represent interests Sunflower of the small cities in the area,’ and also of women. She said she was excited about the station and its poten tial. ‘.‘We won’t have to cater to the lowest common denominator like commerical TV does," she said. Selling Ideas Schwartz refused to be pinned down as to when Channel 12 will go on the air. He said people would begin working in the buy ing and seeking donations of equipment and selling program ideas to local people. "We want to demonstrate our ability to do what we say we’re going to do,” said Schwartz. He said he was in no hurry to get the station on .the air, but was instead more interested in making sure the program is top quality right from the start. "Because we’ll be on VHF (channels 2 through 13 are all VHF stations), we’ll have a very large audience immediate ly because people will come across it as they turn the dial. The quality of what we do first will be critical. If we’re good, we’ll catch on quickly. If we’re not, it could take years to recover.”