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New Jersey Nets Lay Off 130 Staffers

AP, Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:15 PM

Employees at New Jersey Network received 45-day layoff notices Tuesday as the public television and radio network prepares to move off the government payroll. Whether the station moves off the air on Jan. 1, when it stops receiving state funding and the layoffs take effect, remains to be seen. The notices went out to 130 employees; 17 additional employees who are paid through a private foundation are also expected to receive layoff notices.

The notices said the layoffs were done "for reasons of economy," but provided few other details about the fate of New Jersey's only public network. NJN was incorporated in 1968 and went on the air in 1971. Its purpose was to provide New Jersey-specific programming for viewers living between the major New York City and Philadelphia markets. New Jersey has two commercial TV stations, WMGM in Atlantic City and WWOR in Secaucus.

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