History of Channel 17
Davis Cable Channel 17 was conceived of at a board retreat of the Davis Chamber of Commerce, one of the Chamber’s missions is to bring the Davis County community together and create more awareness of the wonderful place to live and work. The concept, created by Chris Dallin, the CEO of the Davis Chamber of Commerce, has been worked on since November of 2002. The Channel started broadcasting its signal beginning on October 1, 2004. The Channel is available to each resident in Davis County with cable access; it consists of community events and information both in slate form (like a PowerPoint slide) and video. The channel broadcasts talk shows, events, and voter education, always allowing both sides of the issue to be broadcast. After all, it will be critical to broadcast quality, true information and allow the voter to make the decision on what is right for them. Quality information is the job of the cable channel, interpreting that information is the job of the cable watcher.
Cable Channel 17 is the voice of the cities and the county in Davis County. For the most part, the channel consists of information and events that carry no controversy. Events like the buffalo round-up on Antelope Island, meet the candidate nights, city parades, plays, concerts, high school and college sporting events.
The Channel is owned by the Davis Chamber of Commerce, as such it seeks to promote local business and contribute to the economic development of the county through providing good information about business.
Thanks to the generous contributions of the Davis Applied Technology College, Channel 17’s studio is located at the DATC; they have provided cameras, lighting, and location for equipment and the filming of certain programs. Not to mention the opportunity for students to learn and participate, in short Channel 17 is truly a community channel promoting public, educational and governmental information.
Like every responsible government entity, the channel will live off of volunteerism, donations, and sponsorship. These private donations will leverage the finances in such a way that we will be able to provide an incredible resource to the community. The cities in Davis County, for the most part are not accessing their residents for the cable channel, rather using marketing and contingency funds to fund the channel, in contrast other cities across the nation charge their residents specifically for the cable channel.
Those supporting the channel understand the tremendous potential for economic development and quality community information. Throughout the last several years, Davis County has recognized that it is a strong force in the state of Utah; Channel 17 is another way that the county will become closer, stronger, and more educated about the incredible people that live and things that happen in Davis County.
We need your help, we need your donations to ensure that the funding is in place to allow the channel to work, sponsorships and volunteerism opportunities are available, get involved and make our community a better place to live and work. Businesses can sponsor programs like high-school sports, the arts, and parades. For more information please contact the Cable Channel located in the Davis Chamber of Commerce offices at 593-2213.
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