'Chronicle' Biased Against Public-Access Television

"...Feb. 8], by Wells Dunbar, is biased. First, the public-access television producers are branded "wild, woolly," "restless," and "rambunctious."..."

Feb. 7, 2008 Postmarks

Austin Film Society Wins Public Access Bid

After a decade, channelAustin won't run city's cable public access

"...is set to take over the city's cable public access channels, ending the city's decadelong relationship with channelAustin...."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Access

Is public access TV on the blink?

"...on the current status and future issues relating to public-access television was "an incredible display of how much people..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Matt Martinez

Worried About Cable Access

"...on the reality of how it will affect public access TV. It sets up a relationship where the sponsors..."

Aug. 17, 2004 Postmarks

Austin's Public-Access Glory Days

When We Were Live time-travels back to weird TV

"...Austin just to watch him die ... on live television. In reality, it was a gag – real gun,..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin on TV: The Bizarre Story of Cable Access

Web series and documentary highlight the wild heyday of Austin Public Access and its vibrant future

"...specifically to go home and turn on Austin Public Access. "When I was in North Carolina, public access was..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Screens Feature by Trace Sauveur

Access Denied

"...long been one of the flagship shows on Austin's access television, and certainly one of the most original to..."

July 14, 2000 News Column by Marc Savlov

'ATX: A Television Festival' Arrives In June

Witnessing the birth of a new Austin festival

"...the birth of ATX, "the first festival devoted to television's history and future."..."

Jan. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

ATX Television Festival: Dancing in The West Wing

Looking back on the legacy of the Bartlet administration

"...moment at The West Wing reunion at the ATX Television Festival. “An oboe.” Only when the rest of the..."

June 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

MASS Gallery Opens 'Public Access'

Group show turns gallery into public access TV studio

"...MASS Gallery will transform its white-walled space into a public-access television studio...."

April 18, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Support Austin Access

"...Here in Austin we have been blessed with Austin Access Television, which allows Austinites of every race, creed, religion,..."

Aug. 25, 2004 Postmarks

Texas Student Television Goes Live 24/7

The Chrontourage goes behind the scenes with TSTV

"...Texas Student Television (TSTV) is the only 100% student-run, student-produced, student-operated, FCC-licensed,..."

April 23, 2012 Events Post by Courtney Byrd

Access-ive Viewing

TV Eye

"...joke!), now known less melodiously as ACAC, Austin Community Access Center, turns 24 years old this year. Carried by..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Austin @ Large: Access of Evil

It's a conspiracy! Defending Austin from the music network.

"...you may have heard, the Lizard King of cable access is in a total frothing rabid-dog freakout – that..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Cable Access Hero “DaveTV” Exits ATX

Prewitt brought the club to your couch for three decades

"...Prewitt, a local cable access fixture for three decades and one of the most..."

Aug. 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Public Access TV Is an Important Free-Speech Forum

"...The fact is, Austin taxpayers do not subsidize public access TV [“Point Austin,” News, April 10]. Funding comes (rather..."

April 14, 2009 Postmarks

Love Your Television

"...navigate that surprising, maddening, and sometimes brilliant medium called television? Then I remembered: I'm the new "TV Eye" writer...."

March 12, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

All Access: ACAC Then and Now

"...An independent producer at Austin Community Access Center since 1981, Kirk Hunter has seen his share..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Sarah Hepola

'Vodka, Fucking, and Television'

For Breaking String's latest show, the whole world is watching

"...livestreamed performance of its current production, Vodka, Fucking, and Television. A video feed from Hyde Park Theatre – edited..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ACCESS News Trying to Fill Funding Void

Program for deaf and hard-of-hearing may not have third season

"...last several years, she's been doing just that via ACCESS News, the public television program she created with her..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sleeping With the Television On

Teething Problems at the Austin Music Network

"...appear in the Austin-American Statesman, but in the weekly television supplement Show World, not in the Gen X catch-all..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

What's on Access?

A ringside seat at the AMN / AMP / ACTV death-cage match

"...Partners channel next year – is not really an "access channel" and isn't required to be noncommercial like the..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Community Access

The groundbreaking Austin Past and Present archive projects means free museums, movies, music, and more all over town

"...APP's third method of access is the index, which Kocher's team added when usability..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

All Access

Austin's B-Side Entertainment rethinks how to get a movie to the masses

"..."The real revenue," he adds, "comes from DVDs, from television, from foreign sales, and, in some cases – when..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Mike Kanin

What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been

Austin Community Television's First Quarter-Century

"...the Rolling Stones." So begins the 25-year-old story of access television in Austin, Texas - with Mick and Keith..."

June 5, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Bertin

Raising the Dead

Actor Joseph Fotinos Wants to Resurrect Local Television

"...to stir interest in his year-round, locally produced horror-movie television program, The Midnight Shadow Show. Produced with Shane Scott..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Austin Film Society on the Air

New two-year public access deal with city takes effect today

"...sees the start of a new era in public access television in Austin, with Austin Film Society officially taking..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Public Hits the Big Screen With Special Screening and Mixer

Cable access institution celebrates its 50th anniversary

"...up with the idea of public, educational, and government access in 1969, anyone could be on TV...."

Oct. 4, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Part of Our Day

When discussing the Golden Age of Television, we usually speak in terms of the national networks, but there's another chapter to the tale. Belinda Acosta looks at some of the pioneers of Austin television.

"...When discussing the Golden Age of Television, we usually speak in terms of the national networks..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

God and Comedy

Screenwriter Michael Zagst chooses laughter with Divine Access

"...forward to 2016 and the official release of Divine Access, an Austin-shot, low-budget comedy co-written by Zagst about an..."

May 13, 2016 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

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