Fiber Connection from Capitol to Wisconsin Public Television
The history and details of a fiber optic connection between Vilas Hall and the State Capitol for the purpose of television transmission.
Wisconsin Public Television needed a fiber optic connection from the State Capitol to Vilas Hall to allow them to provide live television coverage of events like the Governor's State of the State speech at the Capitol. WPT had used a microwave system for this coverage, but construction of high-rise apartment buildings would block the path for the microwave.
The path is as follows
Lisa Gilbert <Lisa.Gilbert@wisconsin.gov> (608)224-4056 (office) or (608219-7510 (cell) of DOA can also assist in the Capitol and the Risser Justice Center.
| Building | address | Room | Fibers | Patch Panel | Contact |
| Vilas | 821 University Ave. | 3030 (Television Control) | 5&6 | Patch Panel | Mike Kedzie kedzie@wpt.org (608) 263-3627 |
| Vilas | 821 University Ave. | 1164 (MDF) | 5&6 to 3030 3&4 to CCB |
Patch Panel | Mike Kedzie kedzie@wpt.org (608) 263-3627 |
| City County Building | 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. | CCB Phone Room (GA2) | 3&4 to Vilas 5&6 to Risser Justice |
Patch Panel | Terry Jensen tjensen@cityofmadison.com |
| Risser Justice Center | 17 West Main Street and 120 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd | P1-7 | 5&6 to CCB 11&12 to Capitol |
Shelf 193 Shelf 229 |
Contact |
| Capitol | Capitol Square | B5 | 11&12 | shelf 228 | Tim Diedrich tim.diedrich@wisconsin.gov (608) 267-2409 |
| Capitol | Capitol Square | B11 thru B9 to B5 | 1&2 | duplex fiber | Tim Diedrich |