The Angers channel has go the official "green light", not yet the one of the local audience

Even before its opening, the future local tv channel has already an audience... negative among inhabitants and Angers representatives. So there is a lot of work to do between the "green light" got on december 12th by Angers city from the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (Csa) and the beginning of the programmes, planned on next spring.

Two critics come from Angers minority representatives. The economic situation is not propicious to such a project whose profitability would be far from sure. Added to others expenses, the preleminary studies of the tramway second line, the water centre Aquavita, the new pace of shool schedules, they claim these projects foreshadow future taxes increases while the population is in bad shape. Moreover, the minority thinks the future station will above all be useful as a tool for propaganda to the Angers majority town council (It has been said that programmes broadcasted before March 31 will not be considered as electoral campaign costs).

According to the first supporter of the future channel, the Angers mayor, Frédéric Béatse, the news coverage of the city by the regional State channel is not what it should be, in comparison with neighbouring towns like Nantes or Le Mans. "The news coverage of Angers territory is very reduced", he regrets assuring, first, the city investments in the channel are due to decrease along the course of years and, second, that the editorial line will be independant from the Angers authority.

But, ultimately, the public will be the final decision-maker. According to a local opinion poll, Angers viewers think the presence of Angers city among the shareholders is not a good idea. And, regarding all the opinion till now in favour of public spending, that's really a news. And it must be added that, since a few months, Angers did't faced good news...