Public Access

Public Access television is a means of going around the large, FOR-PROFIT structure of most networks, which acts as a homogenizing force that focuses most programming towards a key selling demographic (McChesney). But Public Access television is dependent on government funding and donations meaning that the stations, like the one in Longview, are underfunded, understaffed, and difficult to get any work done in. Despite these obstacles, P.A. stations can be a means of distributing minority and under-represented voices within a community.