{"id":65006,"date":"2019-09-23T17:57:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T17:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?p=65006"},"modified":"2019-09-23T17:59:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T17:59:37","slug":"grange-encourages-congress-to-reauthorize-local-broadcast-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-encourages-congress-to-reauthorize-local-broadcast-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Grange encourages Congress to Reauthorize local broadcast act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-65008 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/STELAR-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/STELAR-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/STELAR.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The National Grange sent a letter Monday, September 23, to ranking members of several House and Senate committees encouraging quick review and action on the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization\u00a0(STELAR). In it, the Grange noted that more than &#8220;870,000 satellite TV customers, <u>mostly in rural areas<\/u>, will lose basic protections that afford them access to basic broadcast network programming in places where over-the-air signals can\u2019t reach\u201d\u00a0without such Congressional action before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rural residents should not be needlessly punished and their access to network entertainment should not be curtailed because they live in a less convenient area to service,\u201d the Grange said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/STELAR-Expanded-Letter-to-Congress-9-23-19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full letter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 The National Grange sent a letter Monday, September 23, to ranking members of several House and Senate committees encouraging quick review and action on the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization\u00a0(STELAR). 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