Cable board is signing off: City and county officials will take over advisory panel's job

The sun has apparently set on the West Virginia Cable TV AdvisoryBoard.

The board met for its 94th - and possibly final - time Thursdaytohandle housekeeping duties before it goes out of operation June 30.

The Legislature failed to renew the board's operations under thestate sunset law, and a proposal to create a new cable TV consumerprotection agency was vetoed by Gov. Underwood."It's been a lot of fun and a good experience for me," said boardChairman James Sago, who has been a member since the agency wasformed in July 1990."I found out that not all cable operators are bad guys, most areresponsible business people. We have provided a forum to argue anddiscuss …