Acadiana Open Channel hasn’t paid its rent in over a year

Acadiana Open Channel hasn’t paid its rent in over a year

Lafayette’s only non-commercial community media center and public access channel, Acadiana Open Channel, is way overdue on its rent. The organization hasn’t paid its rent for over a year, as fees from local cable subscriptions dwindle, and a recent appeal for rent relief to Lafayette Consolidated Government, the channel’s landlord, fell on deaf ears.  “If it continues down this path, we won’t be financially viable,” says Jamie Angelle, the chann…