A new $1 million community access television center was dedicated Monday in honor of a former Springfield, Massachusetts mayor who brought cable TV to the city.
City officials, former staffers and about two dozen family members gathered for the dedication of the Theodore Dimauro media center. Dimauro, a three term mayor who left office in 1984, died last year. His son, Andrew Dimauro, spoke on behalf of the family.
" To this day, some 30 years after he left office, I am still reminded by people on the street about his kind acts and deeds."
Dimauro negotiated and signed the city’s first cable T.V. contract. It set up a fund to subsidize local programs and required a discount rate for senior citizens. The contract was a template for later municipal cable contracts across the state..
