TV3 Medford MA
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TV3 is Medford, Massachusetts' Public Access television station. It is open to all members of the community of Medford to come and make their own content. They have facilities, television equipment, cable time and staff dedicated to help people.
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Public Access is an extension of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Cable Act of 1982 mandated that a certain amount of "cable space" be made available to persons who would not ordinarily have access to public airwaves. The whole purpose of access is to give the broadest spectrum of people an opportunity to communicate their ideas with each other, without the worry of government censorship. Comcast Cable is Medford’s current cable service provider. By contract they provide access on three separate channels: TV 3 (a non-profit operation), Channel 15 (educational access) and Channel 16 (governmental or municipal access).
Update 2007: It seems a group is planning the take over of the TV3 board of directors. This group wishes to force what they believe "Public Access" TV should be. These people have no track record of running a public access station and few of them have done anything at the station in years if at all. They want to run or should we say ruin TV3. Don't let this happen to our beloved station.
They do not have the public interest in mind. They would like to censor and remove any program or persons that disagrees with them. What does the future hold for TV3 we don't know. We do know if this group succeeds TV3 will be out of business and Medford will lose a beloved treasure that was Public Access Television.
Famous Medford TV Shows:
"Totally Trivia" "Vinny Capelli Wrestling Show" "Zap TV"
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Local television stations |
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| Local and regional cable television channels CN8 - NECN 6 - NESN - FSN New England - CatholicTV - TV3 Medford - CKSH 9 (SRC, Sherbrooke) |
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