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“This year, I’ve been asked to present to the Legislature a plan on how OETA could operate — I think the operational word there is could operate — without state funding in a three-, five- and seven-year plan. Short of an $80 million endowment, we’re going to need the help of the state of Oklahoma, in order to operate the state network.”
-Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) Executive Director Dan Schiedel, speaking to a Rotary club on Monday. State funding currently comprises about one-third of OETA’s budget (Source: bit.ly/10nbpy0)
