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Special CAN TV programming
Outside the Loop Radio

June 26, 2009

Tomorrow, June 27, CAN-TV features a special day of programming produced by residents whose communities have been affected by violence. We learn more about this programming on the show this week... listen to the radio interview

CAN TV gives voice to every Chicagoan

ABC 7 | Karen Meyer

June 25, 2009

CAN TV is a cable television channel that gives every Chicagoan an opportunity to voice their concerns. One of the regulars is ADAPT Chicago. It is a disability right group that has a weekly program that fights for justice for people with disabilities... read more & watch the news segment online

Lawmakers Issue Call for Protections for PEG Access

NATOA Journal

Spring 2009

CAN TV legislation update

Chicago Journal

March 25, 2009

City Council members voted 38-11 with one abstention last week in favor of an ordinance that will split future fees paid by cable television firms offering service in Chicago and licensed to do so by the state between the established public access network CAN TV and the City of Chicago... read more

Despite CAN TV's Objections, Chicago Finance Committee Passes Revised CAN TV Ordinance
Chicago IndyMedia
March 16, 2009

At a March 16 public meeting, the City of Chicago Committee on Finance approved the Stone/Burke ordinance, which
ostensibly sought to help fund CAN TV, Chicago's fleet of public access cable TV channels — but not before some
recent controversial changes were added to the ordinance which were publicly objected to by CAN TV... read more

Where will future TV fees go?
CAN TV and city stations vie for cable money

Chicago Journal

March 11, 2009

An ordinance that would direct public access fees exclusively to
Cable Access Network Television is scheduled to be heard by the
Committee on Finance on March 16.

While the West Loop-based CAN TV has long been the city's designee for public, educational and government, or PEG, programming, the city wants a share of the dollars expected to flow from companies authorized by the state to provide cable television in Chicago for its own
two channels... read more

Give fees to CAN
Public access station must get full amount from cable offerings
Chicago Journal

March 11, 2009

CAN TV is a scrappy little set of five channels.
Flip over to one the next time you're watching the tube. You might find an alderman getting harangued on a live call-in show or AIDS activists directing someone worried about infection to a neighborhood clinic where they can get tested. It's as entertaining as it is informative... read more

LGBTs hurt in public-access TV cutbacks

Windy City Times

March 11, 2009

When AT&T unveiled its U-Verse television programming service,
the company waxed about the new technology that allows subscribers
to access 320 channels. Recently, however, the company has come
under fire for limiting access to public-access programming. The
Illinois chapter of the National Association of Telecommunications
Officers (NATOA) and CAN TV (Community Access Television) have joined a nationwide coalition to file a petition with the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)... read more

AT&T Accused of Discriminating Against Local Public Access Channels, Deadline for Public Comment Expires Tonight

Democracy Now!

March 9, 2009

Community media groups are accusing the telecom giant AT&T of discriminating against local public access channels across the nation, and the deadline for public comment is midnight tonight. The dispute centers around how AT&T delivers public television stations to customers. Instead of putting the stations on individual channels, AT&T has bundled community stations onto a generic channel that can only be navigated through a complex and lengthy process. Public television advocates say AT&T is imposing unfair restrictions that will severely restrict audiences... watch video now

Historic Soul Train party rolls through Chicago

Chicago Defender

February 11, 2009

Clinton Ghent had never received an award for his accomplishments in the music industry or for hosting Chicago’s version of the iconic Soul Train music show. But on January 30, Ghent was given a Chic a Go Go Heritage Award on CAN-TV, courtesy of producer Jake Austen, who found the music veteran after years of being out of the music limelight... read more

AT&T's U-verse service gives short shrift to public-access programming
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan joins investigation of its practices
Chicago Tribune
February 3, 2009

AT&T has cutting-edge technology and a beefy balance sheet, but the company's handling of community programming channels in Illinois and other states is putting a big black blot on its sky-blue logo... read more

Back in step with 'Soul Train'

THE '70s | Host of show's local version honored as dancers, musicians, fans turn out for reunion

Chicago Sun-Times
January 31, 2009

Every train has a conductor.

On "Soul Train," it was Clinton Ghent, who hosted the local version of the popular dance show that aired every weekday afternoon from 1970 until 1979 on WCIU-Channel 26. Ghent replaced his friend and show creator Don Cornelius in 1971, when Cornelius relocated to Los Angeles.

Soul Train reunion to honor show host, Ghent

Chicago Defender

January, 26 2009

On Friday, dancers and Soul Train lovers are invited to a free awards ceremony, dancer testimonials and music for the popular show, courtesy of CAN-TV, to honor Clinton Ghent, a childhood friend of host Don Cornelius and assistant on Soul Train... read more

Media Minutes

radio.indymedia.org

January 16, 2009

Following a discussion of the new FCC, CAN TV Executive Director, Barbara Popovic, joins other media reformers on Media Minutes in extending hopes for media in the New Year... listen now

Greg Pritchett: 10 years of busting & smashing stereotypes

StreetWise

January 7, 2009

...In addition to working behind the scenes at the StreetWise office, Greg has a more visable role as the host of the CAN-TV 21 call-in show, StreetWise Street Scene. The show runs two 13 week seasons during the year.

On the show, Greg focuses on spreading the message that StreetWise is there for anybody. "Perhaps you don't need StreetWise today, but it will be there for you tomorrow, you can bet on that."...read more

Madigan opens probe into AT&T TV service

Crain's Chicago Business

January 6, 2009

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has opened a probe into whether a new type of TV service offered by AT&T violates state law.

Ms. Madigan's spokeswoman confirms that the office is studying whether AT&T is improperly short-changing public and educational access channels -- PEG channels -- by lumping dozens of them into a menu available on channel 99 rather than separately
putting them on the main menu with ESPN, HBO and other popular offerings.

AT&T insists it has every right to do so under the telephone-based system it is in the process of rolling out in Chicago and suburban areas. But PEG leaders such as Barbara Popovic, executive director of Chicago Access Network Television, strongly disagree.... read more

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