RALEIGH, N.C. - Thanks to his local cable-access talk show, Todd Morman can't go to the local grocery store without getting a wink, a nod, a diatribe, or a scowl.

"Public-access TV should be reinstated" Letter to the Editor (10/1/01):

"Victory Achieved in Palestine, Texas First Amendment Case"

In this First Amendment case, public access television producer, Joe Ed Bunton, sued the city of Palestine, Texas for removing public access television in a new franchise agreement. The City of Palestine decided to settle the suit before going to trial by amending the franchise agreement to include a full time public access channel.

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Most operations combined. Independent WFYI and Butler University's WTBU have consolidated their program decision-making, fundraising and master control functions at WFYI under a five-year contract [August 1999 article]. The university will still have to spend $200,000 a year to help support its station, but will save money in the long run by not having to build digital production facilities, according to General Manager Ken Creech.

Prometheus Radio Project Backgrounder

Starting a radio station has for many years has been completely out of reach for the general public. Activists for a more democratic media have won a rare opportunity for your neighborhood to apply for an extremely valuable radio station, for free.

Tamara O'Hearn's roadtrip story in NUVO might have been the start of an urban legend -- had the City of Indianapolis followed through and created the public access TV channel in 1999.

Cable Board Chairman, Carlton Curry, and PAI Board Members, Nick Hess and Andrea Price, visit Bloomington's public access center.