FCAT tables budget vote for lack of quorum

FCAT Board of Directors · Meeting of March 19, 2026

COLRAIN — The FCAT Board of Directors tabled a vote on its proposed $121,805.51 fiscal 2027 budget after only three of seven directors showed up, falling short of quorum. The station's general manager, unnamed in the meeting record, reported 60 Frontier sporting events covered this school year and a 20th-anniversary celebration disrupted by a January snowstorm. Payroll figures included a $56,160 general manager salary and $35,880 for Youth Outreach Coordinator Kevin Murphy.

Members discussed raising sports underwriting fees from roughly $100 toward $700, and sought corporate sponsors, including Deerfield Academy and Yankee Candle, to help cover a $50,000 to $100,000 server replacement. The general manager reported FCAT still receives 4.8 percent of cable revenue despite cord-cutting concerns. The budget vote was tabled to the board's May 14 meeting.

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Source: the FCAT Board of Directors meeting of March 19, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.