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Alert Cable TV of North Carolina, Inc, <br /> P.o. BOX 309 • CARRBORO,N.C.27510 • (919)967-7068 <br /> 1o4 <br /> ALERT CABLE TV OF NORTH CAROL INA, INC. <br /> REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT TO CABLE TV FRANCHISE <br /> Alert Cable TV of North Carolina, Inc. (Alert) currently <br /> operates in Orange County under a very restrictive franchise <br /> - which permits it to serve only those homes which were connected <br /> to Alert's system on November 24, 1980. Alert requests that its <br /> franchise be amended to remove this restriction, so that it may <br /> provide service generally to the citizens of Orange County. <br /> Alert's history and its record of progressive, quality cable tv <br /> services-to 80,000 subscribers in North. Carolina more than <br /> justify this requested amendment. <br /> Alert Cable TVhoNoth Carolina, Inc. originated in n Orange CountY in 1974 of its first North Carolina <br /> cable system in Hillsborough. Alert is a subsidiary of Wometco <br /> Cable TV, Inc. Wometco Enterprises, which was originally <br /> founded in 1925 with the start of a movie theater business, <br /> entered the cable television industry in the early 1970's. <br /> Currently, Wometco Cable TV is owned by the investment firm of <br /> Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. Milton Lewis is the President <br /> of Wometco Cable TV, Inc. , which is operated out of Miami, <br /> Florida. . Joe Surles, whose home base is in Goldsboro, North <br /> Carolina, is the Regional Vice President for North Carolina. <br /> Wometco is currently the 22nd largest multiple systems operator <br /> in the nation, serving some 177 franchised communities. <br /> Today, Alert has 80,000 subscribers in over 45 North <br /> Carolina communities served by twelve offices. This <br /> progressive, responsive growth in a twelve year period <br /> represents a significant commitment in capital expenditures. <br /> None of the franchises acquired by Alert have been sold or <br /> remain unbuilt. Four of the franchises Alert has operated for <br /> the past nine years have recently been renewed for fifteen year <br /> terms. One of these renewals is the Carrboro franchise. <br /> Alert's record demonstrates that it does not make commitments it <br /> cannot keep and that it keeps the commitments it makes. The <br /> company has responsible management and a large pool of resources <br /> to draw from. <br /> Alert offers a programming mix of primarily entertainment <br /> programming, information programming second, and third, <br /> programming which is "narrowcast" (programming of interest to <br /> CARRBORO, NC HILLSBOROUGH, NC ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 967-7068 732-6860 967-7068 <br />