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Sacramento Bee
Sacramento City Council cancels contract for free Wi-Fi network project
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 21, 2008 - 4:31pmLast updated: August 21, 2008 - 4:31pm
On Tuesday, the Sacramento City Council voted to terminate a contract with a technology group that planned to blanket the city with a free wireless network. That tech consortium -- Sacramento Metro Connect -- was never able to come up with the money to set up the network, according to a city staff report.
Local Radio Market Failure in Sacramento
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 14, 2008 - 6:57pmThere's a mournful hush in Sacramento these days, the empty sound of an entire political viewpoint quieted. More than 32,000 weekly listeners who once tuned to KSAC (1240 AM) to hear partisan Democrats beat up on President George W.Bush, now hear only Christian hip-hop.
