From 1987 through April 2018, WPAL served the residents of Peotone, Beecher, & Monee, as well as the following five townships: Will, Washington, Monee, Peotone, Green Garden. The station was carried on Comcast cable, channel 4 and completely paid for by fees paid by Comcast subscribers. One of the village administrations did not like that so many people could easily see what was going on at the bo
ard meetings and many of the committee meetings. In the fall of 2017, at a secret and private meeting with the mayors of the other 2 villages, they decided without any input from their citizens or boards to get rid of the station. This plan was implemented without any public notice and without notifying the management of WPAL. Only a few obscure clues were made available buried deeply where the public would never know. So the station stopped broadcasting on it's Comcast feed on May 1, 2018
This page had gotten over 500 followers by that point, so it has been kept going to occasionally share information about local activities and events which may be of interest to residents of the villages and townships which were in our broadcast footprint. It also remains up as it has hosted scores of recorded village & township meetings, as well as other video from the station's last decade of public broadcasting. Should you wish to submit something to be published on the page, please message us though Facebook or e-mail us at [email protected]
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For anyone interested in how this vital public service was eliminated by back-door politics with zero public notice or input, see the following posts:
4/21/18 - SPECIAL NOTICE TO OUR WPAL VIEWERS!! www.facebook.com/WPALTV/posts/pfbid0e5nhReX9smfcQUBJHWk9WSGZUdT3aWoGVLQhba4aR12RLKR3v8qNJYTww14oefmVl
Part 1 - Something is happening behind the scenes and they are keeping you in the dark. www.facebook.com/WPALTV/posts/pfbid02mPCH6AjDjXMpMefGbvopJ76XUBr3Cf53FVFjb6ENGDRFmCNiEXSMT3MZQsejHp5pl
Part 2
www.facebook.com/WPALTV/posts/pfbid036hN2Ww3a25C9hdyYrwXScdvS4J3QkVTsK8yDnfzvk2qAb8CFjEfRuPFTPT6yc1rml
Part 3
www.facebook.com/WPALTV/posts/pfbid02C2YAhubhfW6DHMtcJ4BNd74DrFRSrhEzDfCwuNXcnZJ58Jj4VPLDiaLSoHmVuK6Fl
Part 4
www.facebook.com/WPALTV/posts/pfbid0quC3ubEiKdrXZHn9XcQWVhtWeR2pyrbtrb6zvZGzLTU9kkuzLsdwvo5zMF772PjHl
Part 5
www.facebook.com/WPALTV/posts/pfbid02bNxkFPpdJYGtG95qTQDKuQgEkzuchZzDXXAKkXJkVhVbr5LRCeFk35Q8o68KJtpGl
Part 6
www.facebook.com/WPALTV/posts/pfbid02izps5PUmVELGRZzcihwwK27zRvQ8ZPKjeTQixaeubmsEGmGeWgNc88NFwoiPnLkzl
Part 7
www.facebook.com/WPALTV/posts/pfbid033RED463wj5QMoEDpJCaHMPH4C9rQ8tu2W4Gb1ejgidLoevtxt4BaLgDgRRetuwMLl
