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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Officials say more than 100 people attended a public forum held by Bowling Green State University to get community feedback on the future of its public television station.
If the university sells its PBS station to the Federal Communications Commission, the return for WBGU could net close to $40 million.
Dave Kielmeyer, BGSU's Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, says the school would invest the funds from a sale back into academic programming.
Kielmeyer says if the university doesn't sell, WBGU would still likely be consolidated with another station by the FCC.
Those in attendance at Monday's forum favored the decision not to sell, causing one resident to say "don't make Big Bird go away."
Kielmeyer says a decision will likely be made after a Sept. 18 board of trustees meeting.
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