public-access television
Americannoun
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a noncommercial system of broadcasting on television channels made available to independent or community groups for programs of general interest to the community.
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one or more channels on cable television that by law are reserved for noncommercial broadcasting by members of the public.
Etymology
Origin of public-access television
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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When it was taken off the air, he turned to the screen, approaching Lauren-Glenn Davitian of Chittenden Community Television, which had just secured funding for public-access television in a handful of Vermont communities.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2020
“Theater Talk” began on public-access television in 1993 under the leadership of Ms. Haskins, the director and actor Stephen Ahern and the journalist Michael Riedel.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2018
Jones, who did not respond to interview requests, got his start hosting a public-access television program in Austin, where he grew up, the son of a dentist.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2016
In the meantime, he gave himself a “dragucation,” go-go dancing in nightclubs and performing on public-access television with his backup group, the U-Hauls.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2014
"I first looked into public-access television when I was doing Happy Days in the late '70s, and I didn't have time," he confesses.
From Time Magazine Archive
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