the studios and broadcast facilities and wrote all of the rules and regulations governing program content. During the late-1990s, Cablevision began ignoring requests to repair the equipment at WFAC, instead diverting some of the funds designated for WFAC to Cablevision's Norwalk, Connecticut facility (which was also used to produce programming for Cablevision's News 12). In 1999, due to concerns about Cablevision's total control over (and lack of maintenance to) the WFAC production facilities, an independent group which called themselves SoundView Television was organized. Soundview was composed of people from the local broadcast area who were involved in many different fields of expertise in broadcasting and production, including some former Producers of programs at WFAC. The group also had the assistance of The Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut as well as AT&T and Con Edison. SoundView planned to petition the Connecticut DPUC (the state's governing body which oversees the cable television companies) and wrest control of the local-cable television facilities from Cablevision. The SoundView group was concerned that, if Cablevision learned of their plans to petition the DPUC, then Cablevision would attempt to repair and revamp the WFAC facilities, to win favor from the DPUC. This would have hindered or halted the petition process, as the DPUC would be more likely to rule in favor of the group which already had an operational facility (Cablevision) over the group which only had plans to build a new facility (SoundView). Because of these concerns, the SoundView group began meeting in secret to discuss their plans for the petition, as well as plans for the new studio and broadcast facilities. The Lone Shark’s Producer, Sean Haffner, was asked to sit in on some of the group's meetings and provide ideas and input from the point of view of an active Producer. After a few months of meetings, SoundView filed their petition with the DPUC, and after a few more months of DPUC hearings, the SoundView group was awarded control of the production and broadcast facilities. SoundView built their new facilities in the newly revitalized McClevy Green area in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut, and in July 2000, SoundView Television Studios opened. The Grand Opening ceremony was attended by over 350 people, including local and state government officials, along with the members of local news media and the general public. The ceremony was also broadcast live on the three television stations that the SoundView Television facilities would