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DCTV, also known as ''Public Access Corporation of the District of Columbia'', is a Washington, DC's
DCTV (Comcast 95, RCN 10 and Verizon 10)
Enrichment (Comcast 96, RCN 11 and Verizon 11)
Focus (Verizon 28)
{{Major U.S. TV O-O Stations Television channels and stations established in 1988 DC-TV 1988 establishments in Washington, D.C.
DCTV, also known as ''Public Access Corporation of the District of Columbia'', is a Washington, DC's television station
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's s ...
dedicated completely to local programming created by and for DC and metropolitan area communities.
History
Mayor Marion Barry and Cable Commissioner William Lightfoot used funds fromPublic, educational, and government access
Public-access television (sometimes called community-access television) is traditionally a form of non-commercial mass media where the general public can create content television programming which is narrowcast through cable television special ...
and Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB; stylized as cpb) is an American publicly funded non-profit corporation, created in 1967 to promote and help support public broadcasting. The corporation's mission is to ensure universal access to ...
to develop DCTV as a powerful tool for public benefit, giving DC residents the means to create television programming. It was launched in 1988 as a single cable channel streaming from a small cubicle in the basement of a DuPont Circle apartment building. The currently headquarters are located in the Brooks Mansion in Brookland, and transmit 7 channels on Comcast, RCN and Verizon FiOS.
Other services
DCTV produce local and original content for and from it community, and benefits it communities in other ways: * Offering of accelerated media training courses, meeting rooms and access to state-of-the-art equipment including HD cameras, editing suites, and studios. DCTV programs are also streamed live, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, accessed through DCTV.org. * Listening and giving voice to diverse cultural groups and ideas, especially those that are under-represented in the media, empowering them to share their unique voices and to exercise their freedom of speech in an environment free of censorship or editorial control. * Three online channels (live): DCTV (Comcast 95, RCN 10 and Verizon 10), Enrichment (Comcast 96, RCN 11 and Verizon 11) and Focus (Verizon 28).See also
*Media in Washington, D.C.
This article gives an overview of the media in Washington, D.C., United States. As the country's capital city, Washington has a heavy and historic media presence. Numerous of the country's main news outlets have either their headquarters in the W ...
* Brookland (Washington, D.C.)
Brookland, also known as Little Rome or Little Vatican, is a neighborhood located in the Northeast (NE) quadrant of Washington, D.C. Bounded by Fort Totten Metro Train tracks NE, and Brookland CUA Metro train tracks, Taylor Street NE, Rhode Islan ...
* Public, educational, and government access
Public-access television (sometimes called community-access television) is traditionally a form of non-commercial mass media where the general public can create content television programming which is narrowcast through cable television special ...
* Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB; stylized as cpb) is an American publicly funded non-profit corporation, created in 1967 to promote and help support public broadcasting. The corporation's mission is to ensure universal access to ...
* PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...
* WHUT-TV
WHUT-TV (channel 32) is the secondary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. The station is owned by Howard University, a historically Black college, and is sister station, sister to commercial broadcasting, commercial urban contempora ...
* WETA-TV
WETA-TV (channel 26) is the primary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. Owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, it is a sister station to NPR member WETA (90.9 FM). The two outlets share stu ...
References
External links
*DCTV (Comcast 95, RCN 10 and Verizon 10)
Enrichment (Comcast 96, RCN 11 and Verizon 11)
Focus (Verizon 28)
{{Major U.S. TV O-O Stations Television channels and stations established in 1988 DC-TV 1988 establishments in Washington, D.C.