Public Access Television Stations and Media Centers

Public Access Television Stations

Public Access Television Stations are allowed under Section 611 of the Communications Act. The Federal Communications Commission or FCC regulates this law. It is important to recognize that Public Access Television Stations are not required by federal law, rather they are a right given to the franchising authority, which it may choose to exercise.

The following list of Public Access Television Stations and Media Centers has been very thoroughly checked, but the links may change. Please let us know of any errors or omissions. We’d like to include every single Public Access Station in the US. Help us make this a complete list of Public Access Television Stations.

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Arizona

Arkansas

Fayetteville Community Access Television

California

Arcata Humboldt Community Media Center

Berkeley Community Media – Educational & Government Access Television

Clearlake Lake County PEG TV

Davis Community Television DCTV

DelMar Television Foundation DMTV

Fresno Community Media Access Collaborative (CMAC)

Hacienda Heights KCAT – Channel 15

Long Beach Padnet.tv

LosOsos SLOCAM San Luis Obispo County Access Media

Modesto Modesto

Monterey Access Monterey Peninsula

Morgan Hill MHAT Community Access Television

MountainView KMVT 15

Siskiyou Media Council

NevadaCity Nevada County TeleVision NCTV-11

Novato Public Access Television

Pacific Coast TV

Mid Pen Media Center

Petaluma Community Access TV and Media Center

SF Commons San Francisco Public Access TV

Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Channels

SantaCruz Community Television

Santa Maria Television Access Partners TV, serving the cities of Lompoc and Santa Maria and other communities in northern Santa Barbara County

SealBeach Community Television SBTV-3

Torrance Community Television

TruckeeTahoe Community TV9

Vallejo Community Access Television V-CAT

Ventura CAPS Community Access Partners of San Buenaventura

Woodland Woodland TV, Channel 21

Yreka Community Television

Colorado

Aspen GrassRoots TV Channel 12

Fort Collins Channel 97

Aurora KACT-TV Channel 8

Denver Community Television

Vail ValleyHigh Five Media Vail Valley

Connecticut

Bolton Community Voice Channel

Bridgeport Connecticut Public Access Television

Cheshire Public Access Television

Enfield Public Access Television

Hartford Public Access Corp.

Madison Madison Cable Access Group, Inc – Three channels to the town of Madison

Manchester Public Access Television

New Haven Citizens Television, Inc. Channels 27 28 29

North Haven Community Television, Inc NHTV

North Windham Community Access Television 14

Rocky Hill RHCTV Rocky Hill Community TV

District of Columbia

Washington Public Access Corporation of the District of Columbia DCTV

Florida

Clearwater Public Access Pinellas

Tampa Speak Up Tampa Bay – Public Access Television Inc.

Georgia

Atlanta People TV (PTV)

Hawaii

Honolulu Olelo Community Television

Kahului AKAKU – Maui Community Access Television

Kaua’i Community Television, Inc. HO’IKE

Idaho

Illinois

Batavia Access Television BATV-43

Bolingbrook Community Television

Chicago Chicago Access Network Television CAN TV

ChicagoBroadband public access television in Chicagoland

Downers Grove Television – Channel 6

East Peoria East Side Community Television ESCTV

Evanston Community Media Center

New Lenox NL Community Television

Indiana

Bloomington Community Access Television Services Monroe County Public Library

Iowa

Cedar Falls Cable Television

Fairfield Fairfield Media Center

Iowa City Public Access TV PATV18

Muscatine Community Television Access Ctr MPW Channel 9

Kansas

Salina Access Television

Kentucky

HighlandHeights Campbell County Community Media

Latonia-Covington Community Program Center CPC

Louisiana

Lafayette Acadiana Open Channel, Inc.

New Orleans Access Television Government-Reach-Cultural

channels

Maine

Gorham Community Television – GOCAT-TV3

South Portland Community Television SPC-TV

Maryland

Baltimore City Community Media of Baltimore City

Rockville Montgomery Community Television (MCT) Access

Salisbury Access 26

Westminster Carroll Community TV

Massachusetts

Abington Abington Community Access and Media, Inc

Amherst Media

Arlington Cable Access

Bedford Community Access TV (BCAT)

Belmont Community Media Center, Inc.

Beverly Cable and Telecommunications Corporation (BevCam)

Billerica Access Television

Boston Neighborhood Network

Bridgewater BTV Access

Brockton Community Access

Brookline Access Television

Burlington Cable Access Television

Cambridge Community Television

Carver, Plympton, and Halifax Area 58 Community Access Media, 96 No. Main St., Carver 02330

Chelmsford TeleMedia Channel 8, 10 and 22

East Longmeadow Cable Access Television (ELCAT)

Falmouth Community Television

Fitchburg Access Television

Foxboro Cable Access, Inc.

The Framingham

Franklin Public Access

Greenfield Community Television TV6

Holden Community Television HCTV

Holliston Cable Access TV-8

Hopkinton Community Access and Media HCAM

Ipswich Community Access Media

Leicester Cable Access Corporation

Leominster Access Television Channel 8

Lexington Community Television

Longmeadow Community Television

Lowell Telecommunications Corporation

Malden Access TV

Marshfield Community Television MCT

Martha’s Vineyard Community Television (Oak Bluffs)

Methuen Community Television

Nantucket Nantucket Community Television (NCTV)

Natick Pegasus – Media That Matters

The Needham Channel

Newton NewTV

North Attleborough Community Television

Northern Berkshire Community TV Corp. for Adams, North Adams, Cheshire and Clarksburg

Norwood Norwood Public Access TV

Peabody Community Media

Pittsfield Community Television

Plymouth Area Community Television PACTV

Quincy Access Television Channel 8

Randolph Community Television Ch 8-10-22 RCTV

Sandwich Community Television

Salem Access Television

Saugus Community Television

Sharon Community Television

Somerville Community Access Television (SCAT)

South Grafton Grafton Public Access Television Channel
11

South Yarmouth Cape Cod Community Media Center

WatertownCommunity Access Center

Westborough Community Access Television WCAT 11

Westport Public Access Television

Wilbraham Wilbraham Public Access WPA

Wilmington WCTV

Williamstown WilliNet Access TV

Winchester Community Access Media, Inc.

WinthropCommunity Access Television WCAT-TV

Worcester Community Cable Access, Inc. WCCA

Michigan

Ann Arbor Community Television Network (CTN)

Battle Creek AccessVision: Battle Creek Area Community Television

Cadillac Community Television

Farmington SWOCC Studios

Grand Rapids Community Media Center “Building Community Through Media”

Grand Rapids GRTV Cable 25

Midland MCTV

Monroe Public Access Cable Television, Inc

Lake Orion Orion Neighborhood Television PEG

Oakland County Community Media Network, Troy

Public Media Network City of Kalamazoo, City of Portage, Kalamazoo Township, Oshtemo Township, Comstock Township, and the City of Parchment.

Romeo Community access television serving Bruce, Romeo, and Washington WbrW 6

Traverse City Up North 2.

Waterford Media Network of Waterford

Wyandotte Municipal Cable Community Programming

Minnesota

Apple Valley Government Access Television

Brooklyn Park Northwest Community Television

Duluth Public Access Community Television PACT

Eveleth Access 12 TV

Fergus Falls PEG Access, Inc

Fridley ETC – Everyone’s Television Channel Ch 33

Hibbing Public Access

Howard LakePublic Access

Itasca Community Television ICTV

Lake Minnetonka Community TVserves 18 metro cities around Lake Minnetonka

Minneapolis Telecommunications Network

Northfield NTV 26

Roseville Northern Suburbs Community TV (St Paul)

Saint Paul Neighborhood Network

Stillwater Valley Access Channels

Mesabi Community TV Virginia, MN

White Bear Lake Suburban Community Channels SCC

Missouri

Columbia Media Resource Alliance

Columbia Access Television

Montana

Billings Community Seven

Missoula Community Access TV

Nevada

New Hampshire

Bedford Community Television

Derry Community Television

Merrimack Community Television Channels MGTV-23, METV-24, and MPTV-25

New Jersey

East Brunswich Library, Municipal Access Cable Television

New Mexico

Albuquerque Quote…Unquote, Inc. non-profit Public Access Corp.

Los Alamos Public Access Channel 8 – PAC8

Silver CATS Community Access Television of Silver

New York

Baldwinsville Baldwinsville PAC-B Inc, 315-638-9687, PO Box 472, Baldwinsville, NY 13027

Brooklyn BRIC’s Brooklyn Free Speech TV

Cobleskill Shopeg Access, Inc

Easthampton LTV, Inc.

Fairport Area Community Television FACT-15 – twenty-five year anniversary of PEG television.

Ithaca College Television

Ithaca PEGASYS – Community Television for Tompkins County

Lockport Community TV LCTV

Mamaroneck LMC-TV

Mayville Access Channel 5

New York: Bronx brONXNET – The Bronx Community Cable Programming Corporation

New York: Manhattan Neighborhood Network

New York: Queens Public Television QPTV

Rhinebeck PANDA Community Broadcasting

Scarsdale Cable TV (Channel 71) government and public access cable television

Staten Island Community Television Public Access Channels

Webster Community TV

North Carolina

Wake Public TV EWTV

Chapel Hill The Peoples Channel

Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Access Corporation CMPAC

Raleigh Television Network (RTN) four channels

North Dakota

Ohio

Anderson (Cincinnati) Community Television

Dayton Access Television

Forest Park Waycross Community Media

Macedonia Cable 9 Community Television

Miami Valley Communications Council (South Dayton) MVCC 8 cities 4 channels

Norwood Community Television

West Chester Community Television

Oklahoma

Oregon

Beaverton Tualatin Valley Community TV

Eugene Lane County Community Television

Metro East Gresham

McMinnville Community Media Channel 11

Monmouth WIMPEG – partnership of Western Oregon University and the Cities of Independence & Monmouth

Willamette Falls Cable Access channels WFTV

Portland Community Media

Salem CCTV

Silverton Community Area Network SCAN-TV

Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Community Media of South PA

McMurray Peters Township Community Television

Philadephia Community Access Media

Pittsburgh Community TV Channel 21 PCTV

Reading Berks Community Television

Rhode Island

RI TV Providence and every town in Rhode Island except New Shoreham.

Tennessee

Nashville Community Access Television

Knoxville Community Knox CTV

Texas

Houston MediaSource – We the People Television WTP-TV

Utah

Vermont

Barre Central Vermont Television CVTV

Bennington Catamount Access Television Corporation

Brattleboro Community TV – Channel 8

Burlington Vermont Access Media

Burlington Center for Media & Democracy

Colchester Lake Champlain Access Television

Hyde Park Green Mountain AccessTelevision

Killington SKA-TV Public Access TV

Ludlow NLPCTV

Norwich/Hartford CATV

Richmond Mount Mansfield Community Television

Rutland Region Community Television

South Burlington Channel 16 The Regional Educational Television Network

Springfield SAPA-TV

St. Johnsbury/Lyndon Kingdom Access TV

Waitsfield Mad River Valley TV

Virginia

Arlington Independent Media

Blacksburg’s Public & Govt Access Television -WTOB-Channel 2

Charlottesville Public Access Television

Fairfax Public Access

Falls Church Public Access

Herndon Community Television

Winchester Community Television

Washington

Bremerton Kitsap Access Television

Longview KLTV Community Access Television for Cowlitz County

Olympia Thurston Community Television Channel 3

Port Townsend Television Channels 97 & 98

Yakima Community Television YCTV & – Yakima Public Affairs Channel Y-PAC

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Chippewa Valley’s Public Access Media Center

Kenosha Kenosha Community Media

Madison WYOU Community Television

Marshfield Community Access

Menomonee Falls Cable Access Corp

MilwaukeeMATA Community Media

Muskego Public Access Group – Channel 7

Oshkosh Community Access Television

Sheboygan Community Station

Stevens Point Community Television

Sun Prairie Media Center

Trempealeau County Community Television TCCTV

Wisconsin Community Media

Wyoming

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