Public Access Organizations

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Public access organizations

In alphabetical order by state:

• AR Community Access Television CAT TV, Channel 18, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• AZ Access Tucson Access Tucson, Tucson Community Cable Corporation, cable channels 72-74 on Comcast, 98,99,120 on Cox, Tucson AZ
• CA Access San Francisco Access San Francisco, cable channel 29 and 76, San Francisco, CA
• CA Access Humboldt Access Humboldt, Humboldt County Community Television
• CA AMP AMP (Access Monterey Peninsula), Monterey and Marina, CA
• CA Community Media Center Community Media Access Partnership of Gilroy, CA
• CA Community Access Partners of San Buenaventura Community Media Center of Ventura, CA
• CA CommunityTV.org Community Television of Santa Cruz County, CA
• CA Community Media Center Community Media Center of Santa Rosa, CA
• CA Access Healdsburg Community TV for Northern Sonoma County, CA
• CA Davis Media Access Davis, CA
• CA KMVT Mountain View Mountain View, CA
• CA KRTO Channel 3 KRTO, Rialto, CA
• CA MCTV Millbrae Community Television Millbrae, also serving Brisbane, San Carlos, San Mateo, CA
• CA Midpeninsula Community Media Center Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Stanford, CA
• CA Mountain Community Television MCTV 15, Weed, CA
• CA Vallejo Community Access Television Community media service organization, cable channel 27, Vallejo, CA
• CA Willits Community Television , Cable Channel 3, 85 E Commercial Street, Willits CA
• CT Citizens Television, operating on channels 23 (public access), 26 (educational programming), and 27 (government access), New Haven, Connecticut
• CO Denver Open Media Denver Open Media, CO
• DC Public Access Corporation of the District of Columbia, Channels 10, 11, 95 and 96 in Washington, DC
• FL Tampa Bay Community Network Channels 19 and 20 on BHN Cable and Channels 30 and 36 on Verizon Cable, Tampa, FL
• GA Community TV-25 Cable Channel 25, Atlanta, GA
• ID Treasure Valley Community Television Cable Channels 11 & 98, Boise, ID
• ID Pocatello Vision 12 Cable Channels 11 & 12, Pocatello, ID
• IL Comcast Public Access Serving the suburbs of Chicago, IL
• IL CAN TV Chicago Access Network Television
• IL ECMC Evanston Community Media Center
• IL TV-19 Lake Forest and Lake Bluff Lake Forest and Lake Bluff Public Access Channel 19
• IL NCTV17 Naperville Community Television
• IL BCT6 Bolingbrook Community Television
• IL FVTV Fox Valley Television - Serving North Aurora, Oswego, Plano, Sandwich, and Yorkville
• IL ESCTV East Side Community TV - Serving East Peoria, Washington and Creve Coeur
• IN Wild Out West (W.O.W.) cable offers Public access television, and educational content both on the same Channel 9, Evansville, IN & Newburgh, IN
• IN Insight cable offers Public access television and Vincennes, IN government meetings on the same Channel 7, Evansville, IN
• IN Access Fort Wayne, a dept. of the Allen County Public Library, two ch. of public access on comcast and FiOS, Fort Wayne, IN
• KS Community Access Television channels 19, 20, and 21 Salina, KS
• MA Amherst Community Television, Amherst, MA
• MA Ashburnham Westminster Community Access Television, Ashburnham, MA
• MA Belmont Media Center (BMC), Belmont, MA
• MA Brockton Community Access (BCA) Brockton, MA
• MA Brookline Access Television (BATV), Brookline, MA
• MA Burlington Cable Access Television, Burlington, MA
• MA Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA
• MA East Bridgewater Community Television, East Bridgewater, MA
• MA Fall River Community Television, Fall River, MA
• MA Falmouth Community Television, Falmouth, MA
• MA Fitchburg Access Television, Fitchburg, MA
• MA Framingham Public Access Corporation, Framingham, MA
• MA Hopkinton Cable Access & Media, Hopkinton, MA
• MA Lexington Community Media Center (LexMedia), Lexington, MA
• MA Lowell Telecommunications Corporation, Lowell, MA
• MA Lynn Community Access + Media Television, [[Lynn, MA]
• MA Marlborough Cable Trust and M8, Marlborough, MA
• MA Medford Community Access Television, [Medford, MA]]
• MA NewTV, Newton Community Television, Newton, MA
• MA Plymouth Area Community Television, public access media center, Plymouth, MA
• MA Quincy Access Television, Quincy, MA
• MA Reading Community Television, [Reading, MA]]
• MA Randolph Community Television - RCTV, Randolph, MA
• MA Wilmington Community Television, Wilmington, MA
• MA Worcester Community Cable Access, Worcester, MA
• MD Anne Arundel Community Television, Channel 99, Anne Arundel County
• MD Community Media of Baltimore City, Channel 75, Baltimore, MD see Baltimore Grassroots Media for more information.
• MD Community Television of Prince George's, Channel 76, Prince George's County
• MD Montomery Community Television, Cable 19 and Cable 21, Montgomery County
• MD Community Media Center, Channel 19, Carroll County
• MD PAC 14, Channel 14, Salisbury and Wicomico Counties
• ME Boothbay Region Community Television TV Starring You!
• ME Harpswell Community TV W14CLCable channel 14 LPTV UHF channel 14
• MI Clarkston Public Access Center CPAC CTV10 - This Is Your Access To Clarkston, MI
• MI GRTV Public Access Grand Rapids, MI
• MI Waterford Township Public Access Media Network of Waterford WTV10 Waterford, MI
• MN Access Television 8, 18 community television for Fergus Falls, MN
• MN AFRCC 6, 10, 12, 16, 22 Apple Valley Farmington Rosemount Cable Commission
• MN BCAT 16 Bloomington Community Access Television Channel 16
• MN BECT 14, 16, 18, 19, 20 Burnsville/Eagan Community Television
• MN CCTV 12, 13, 21 Mankato Community Connection Television
• MN CCTV 15 Chaska Community Television
• MN CTN 15, 16, 19 CTN Studios of Coon Rapids
• MN CTV15 Public access for the inner north suburbs of the Twin Cities
• MN ETC 33 Everyone's Television Channel 33, Fridley
• MN FCTV 10 Faribault Community Television
• MN FMT 17 Fridley Municipal Television Channel 17
• MN HCTV 14 Hastings Community TV
• MN HCVN 7, 10 Hutchinson Community Video Network
• MN Howard Lake Cable Access Channel 10 Public access for Howard Lake, MN
• MN HPAT 12, 22, 23 Hibbing Public Access Television
• MN ICTV 2, 5, 7, 32, 35, 37 Itasca Community Television
• MN KING 11 Spring Valley Community Television
• MN Lakeville Cable Television Channel 16 Public access for Lakeville, MN
• MN LMCC 8, 12, 20 Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission
• MN MCATV Moorhead Community Access Television; public access for the city of Moorhead, MN
• MN MCN 6 Metro Cable Network Channel 6, serving the seven-county metro area around the Twin Cities
• MN MTN 16, 17, 75 Minneapolis Television Network (a.k.a. Minneapolis Telecommunications Network)
• MN NDC4 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 Northern Dakota County Cable Communications Commission, serving Inver Grove Heights, Lilydale, Mendota, Mendota Heights, South St. Paul, Sunfish Lake, and West St. Paul
• MN North Metro TV 14, 15 Public access for the outer north suburbs of the Twin Cities, including Blaine, Centerville, Circle Pines, Ham Lake, Lexington, Lino Lakes, and Spring Lake Park
• MN NTV 12, 26 Northfield Community Television
• MN NWCT 12, 16, 18, 19, 20 Northwest Community Television serving the Twin Cities northwestern suburbs, including Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth, and Robbinsdale
• MN NWCT's Channel 12 Northwest Community Television news channel
• MN PACTV 7, 16, 20 Duluth Public Access Community Television
• MN QCTV 15, 16, 19 Quad Cities Community Television, serving Andover, Anoka, Champlin, and Ramsey
• MN Savage Community TV 14, 15, 16 Public access for Savage, MN
• MN SCC 15, 16, 18, 19 Suburban Community Channels, serving Ramsey and Washington counties, Birchwood, Dellwood, Grant, Lake Elmo, Mahtomedi, Maplewood, North St. Paul, Oakdale, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, White Bear Township, and Willernie (MySpace page)
• MN SCTV 19 Sauk Centre community television, serving Sauk Centre, Melrose, Eden Valley, Watkins, Kimball, Meire Grove, Grey Eagle, Greenwald, New Munich, St. Martin, and Ward Springs
• MN SLPTV 14, 15, 16, 17 St. Louis Park Community TV (alternate site)
• MN Shakopee Channel 15, 16 Public access for Shakopee
• MN SPNN 15, 16, 19, 20 Saint Paul Neighborhood Network
• MN SPPA 7, 8 St. Peter Public Access Television
• MN SWC-TV 14, 16, 18 South Washington County Television, run by the South Washington County Telecommunications Commission (SWCTC)
• MN VACTV 14, 15, 16, 18 Valley Access Channels Television
• MN TV 3 Worthington, Minnesota, Cable Channel 3 Community Internet
• MN WRAC 8, 18, 19 Willmar Regional Access Channels
• MN Windom Channel 3 Windom Local Access
• MO KDHX TV 21 & 22 Public access in St. Louis, MO
• NH Cheshire TV on Channel 8 in Keene, Marlborough and Swanzey.
• NH Valley Vision quality community access in the Mount Washington Valley
• NH Pemi-Baker Community Access Media Channels 3 & 20 in Plymouth, NH, and nine surrounding towns
• NC The Peoples Channel, public-access station in Chapel Hill, NC
• ND Community Access Television, cable Channel 12 in Bismarck, ND
• NJ Princeton TV 30 in Princeton, NJ
• NM Quote-Unquote TV 27 in Albuquerque, NM
• NY Bronxnet, a group of public-access channels in the Bronx, located at Lehman College
• NY BCAT - Brooklyn Community Access Television, several public-access channels in Brooklyn, NY
• NY QPTV - Queens Public Television, Public access Channels 34,35,56 & 57 in Queens, NY
• NY MNN - Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Public access Channels TW 34 / RCN 83 TW 56 / RCN 84 TW 57 / RCN 85 TW 67 / RCN 86 in New York, NY
• NY LMC-TV - Larchmont-Mamaroneck Community Television, Public access Channels 75, 76, 77 in Mamaroneck, NY
• NY PATV - The Public Access TV Corporation, Great Neck/North Shore, Public Access Channel 20 in Great Neck/North Shore Villages]
• OH Dayton Access Television Channels 12-spiritual, 20-public Montgomery County, OH
• OH Hudson Cable Television Channels 9 & 25 in Hudson, OH
• OH Waycross Community Media Channels 4, 8, 15 & 23 Hamilton County, OH

• OR Portland Community Media Channels 11, 21, 23, & 30 in Portland, OR
• OR Tualatin Valley Community TV Channels 11, 21 23, 28, 30 in Washington County, OR
• OR MetroEast Community Media Channels 11, 21, 22, 29, 30 in Multnomah County, OR
• OR Rogue Valley Television Channel 9, Ashland, OR
• OR Capital Community Television Channels 21, 22, 23 in Salem, OR

• PA Peters Township Community Television Channels 7, 17, 19 in Peters Township, McMurray, PA
• PR Puerto Rico's Public Diffusion Corporation Channels 3 and 6 serving Puerto Rico
• RI PATV18 - COX Communications Public Access, Public access Channel 18 in greater Rhode Island
• TN Community Television of Knoxville Channels 6 and 12 in Knoxville, TN
• TX Austin PACT Channels 10,11, & 16 in Austin, TX
• VA Arlington Independent Media, Channel 69 in Arlington County, Virginia
• VA Blacksburg Community Access, WTOB Channel 2 serving Blacksburg, VA, home of Virginia Tech
• VA Charlottesville Public Access Television Channels 10, 13 and 14, serving Charlottesville, VA and surrounding counties
• VA Fairfax Public Access Channels 10, 30 and 37 in Fairfax County, Virginia
• VA Falls Church Community Television, PEG station serving Falls Church, VA, a suburb of Washington DC

• VT Vermont Community Access Media, a Public Access center airing on Channel 15 in the Chittenden County Area of Vermont

• WA TCTV Olympia Thurston Community Television
• WA SCAN Seattle Community Access Network
• WA PSA Kent Puget Sound Access

• WI Chippewa Valley Community Television(CTV) Public access Channels 11 & 12 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
• WI MATA Community Media (MCM) Public access Channels 14 & 96 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• WI WSCS TV-8 Public access Channel 8 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• WV SCTV Summersville, WV Community Television Summersville, West Virginia

Educational access organizations

• IN LTV, Fort Wayne Comunuity Schools on comcast and FiOS, Fort Wayne, IN
• IN College 5, IPFW run college access on comcast and FiOS, Fort Wayne, IN
• MA Falmouth Public Schools Educational Access TV-14 in Falmouth, MA
• MN Bloomington Educational Cable Television in Bloomington, MN
• NC University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Cable Television (UNCC-TV) in Charlotte, NC
• NH Salem Educational Access Television since 1971 in Salem, NH
• WV Lewis County Education Access Channel(WTGN) Weston, West Virginia WTGN Channel 20 on the Rapid Cable system.

• NY Niagara Falls City School District -The Our Schools Channel OSC-21 in Niagara Falls, NY

Governmental access organizations

• IL [1] Government Access Channel EGTV Channel 6 in Elk Grove Village, IL
• IL [2] The Lake Forest Community Network (LFTV Channel 17) The City of Lake Forest, IL
• IL [3] Government Access Cable Channel 98 in Princeton, IL
• IN Access Fort Wayne, City TV (City of Fort Wayne) on comcast and FiOS, Fort Wayne, IN
• MA Cambridge City TV-8 Government access Channel 8 in Cambridge, MA
• VT [4] Government Access channel 17 in the Chittenden County area of Vermont. Also has a public access component.
• WV Summersville, WV Government access Channel 98 in Summersville, WV

Local origination organizations

Awaiting further contributions.

External PEG access links

• The Alliance for Community Media, a national organization of PEG centers, is committed to assuring everyone's access to electronic media through public education, a progressive legislative and regulatory agenda, coalition building and grassroots organizing.
• ACM Indiana Chapter Members Directory
• Community Media Review, the quarterly print and online journal of the Alliance for Community Media.
• Free Press
• Bill Olson's History of Public Access
• Better Business Bureau The BBB may alert you to complaints against cable companies in your area and may possibly mediate with possible "PEG challenges."
• Public Access TV weblog that also has information on possible ways to deal with possible "PEG challenges."
• Five Faves is a Governmental Access show done by volunteer producers on Wilmette Government Television (WCTV) spotlighting favorite things about the local community. Government access Channel 6 in Wilmette, Illinois
• UnAccess.com Provides open discussion regarding active litigation and related "Public access" legal issues.
• The Global Village CAT, which contains worldwide links to 600 Community & Public access television sites
• Douglas Kellner's history of Public Access at the Museum of Broadcast Communications
• NATOA - The National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors is to support and serve the communications needs and interests of local governments. We are a professional association made up of individuals and organizations responsible for - or advising those responsible for - telecommunications policies and services in local governments throughout the country.
• Princeton Server Group
• The Happy Show is an example of a Public access television show done by Matt Hawes in Evansville, Indiana and aired on Sigecom Channel 9, and Insight Communications Channel 7.
• 411 Show, formerly on Public access television, is now a San Antonio, TX based pseudo-Public access talk show that usually features 9-19 year old talent and is active in the access efforts across the country, which in part focuses on operational challenges after new deregulation rules across Texas ended PEG access there.
• Save Cable Access PSA about the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006 (COPE Act HR 5252) and network neutrality that affects the internet and public television. Part of the saveaccess.org movement.
• SCANNATOA - The States of California & Nevada Chapter of NATOA builds on the services provided by the national office by offering training, networking, and information on telecommunication issues "closer to home."
• Boston Neighborhood Producer's Group "Keeping the Public in Public Access"
• Full Text of The Bill at Public Access.Org
• Cable-access TV in Minnesota: complete links Complicated Fun (5/3/07)
• Glendora, fought LI cablevision
• South Texas Media Access