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Channel 20: Public
Access
| Public
Access |
Curated
by community members, tapes of any length are submitted
for airing by residents of Gilroy, Hollister, and San
Juan Bautista. Residents and CMAP staff may also sponsor
tapes for airing on this channel. Residents
can submit commercial free videos to air or produce programs
using CMAP's equipment and facilities.
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Residents
will have the opportunity to get certified in studio production,
editing, and field camera by taking CMAP's "Fast Track"
classes. Once certified, residents can use the equipment
to make shows for airing on the public access channel!
For more information about Public Access, visit the FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION website at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/pegfacts.html
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Controversial/Adult
Programming
If, in the opinion
of a producer, any material in their program is deemed to be appropriate
for adult audiences only, a 15-second visual and audio viewer advisory
specifying the nature of the controversial content will be required at
the beginning of the program. Producers are expected to inform CMAP staff
about programming that may be problematic to viewers in the Program Submission
Form, and to exercise good judgment. Controversial or adult programming
with excessively violent material, offensive language, excessive nudity,
graphic depiction of medical procedures, or sexually explicit material
will be scheduled for cablecast between 11 PM and 6 AM.
Controversial content
in programming should have the effect of encouraging a greater expression
of free speech; CMAP reserves the right to inform the public of controversial
programming and to solicit responses from the community in the form of
additional programming.
Prohibited
Programming
CMAP cannot air:
- Commercial Programming.
- Material which
is obscene or unprotected by the Constitution of the United States.
- Material which
constitutes libel, slander, invasion of privacy or publicity rights,
incitement, or which otherwise violates any other local state or federal
law.
- Programs containing
material that violates copyright or trademark law. Use of such material
requires obtaining appropriate permission from music licensing organizations,
publishers, representatives, copyright holders, broadcast stations,
networks and/or any other intellectual property owners. Unless producers
can furnish written authorization for each instance of copyrighted or
trademarked materials, CMAP will not schedule the program.
- Material that creates
immediate danger of damage to property or injury to persons, the substantial
obstruction of law enforcement or other governmental functions or services,
the deprivation of any person by threat of force or physical action
of a legal right or the disturbance of any person in the enjoyment of
a legal right, or the creation of a public nuisance.
- Material that contains
direct or indirect presentation of lotteries or lottery information.
- Any other material
which may, from time to time, be deemed to be prohibited from cablecast
by applicable law or regulation.
- No paid advertising
will be accepted on behalf of candidates for public office or political
parties, including promoting and / or opposing ballot issues by supporting
groups or lobbying organizations.
Producers’
Programming Rights
- Program producers
maintain ownership of rights to all original material and are liable
for all the content.
- Program producers
can request a program date and time for cablecast, in accordance with
scheduling priorities.
- Program producers
may request that programming cease being aired, if it is determined
the program information has become outdated or obsolete.
- The Equal Opportunity
or “Equal Time” rule and the Personal Attack rule do not apply
to public access.
- Public access users
are under no legal obligation to show any viewpoint other than their
own.
- Community residents
with diverse and opposing viewpoints are encouraged to use the public
access channel to express their ideas.
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