public access

noun

1. the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
2. a type of noncommercial programming of general interest to the community.

Other Words From

• public-access adjective

Example Sentences

Jim Brown, an architect and member of Friends of Friendship Park, which advocates for increased public access, said he first started thinking about a binational park in San Diego-Tijuana in 2008.

From Voice of San Diego

Then, security experts call for closing streets, erecting barriers and fences, and limiting public access to public buildings.

From Washington Post

The intelligence briefing also noted reports of unknown individuals accessing camera footage of secured areas where public access is prohibited.

From Washington Post

The city releases a public access log upon request with some basic information about who went looking for evidence and why.

From Voice of San Diego

The bill aims to modernize PACER, the website that provides public access to federal court records.

From Ars Technica

These videoclips will be processed through the shared public-access wifi facility known as “the cloud.”

From The Daily Beast

At the age of eleven, he phoned in to a Palestinian public access TV show and sang for them live.

From The Daily Beast

In both cases, Peters says, Swartz had simply been seeking to dramatize his view regarding public access to data.

From The Daily Beast

As a volunteer, he helped make the RECAP system to offer free public access to public domain government court documents.

From The Daily Beast

From the young rapper on public access to “Sabotage,” watch highlights of his 25-year career.

From The Daily Beast

For public access passages between cases should be five feet wide.

From Project Gutenberg

We must plan for the location of additional cases for 20 years with due consideration of the question of public access.

From Project Gutenberg

Tim shuffled his feet nervously, bursting with barely restrained pride as I switched on public access.

From Project Gutenberg

The right of public access to St. James Park became entrenched by the 1700s.

From Project Gutenberg

The transparency brought about by means in the civilization of illiteracy ensures public access to the debate.

From Project Gutenberg