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Organization Bolingbrook Community Television, is a non-profit organization and it is governed by an elected board of seven directors. Each term is for two years. BCT is funded by a grant from the Village of Bolingbrook. The daily operation of the station is managed by the Board of Directors. BCT and it's operations are fully staffed by volunteers. |
| History In 1981 the Village of Bolingbrook created an all volunteer organization to administer the cable channel given to them by Joyce Cable Systems. The name Bolingbrook Community Television was given to the new fledgling organization. BCT created By-Laws and Operating Guidelines to help run the cable station. At that time BCT became a non-profit organization created to administer public access in Bolingbrook. BCT was given channel 10 on the Joyce Cable System. In the mid 80's Continental Cablevision took over franchise for providing public access in Bolingbrook. In 1996 Continental Cablevision change all of it's Public Access channels from channel 10 to channel 6. By 1997 MediaOne purchased Continental Cablevision system. In late 1998 MediaOne and TCI made arrangements to swap some of it's locations. Bolingbrook was to be included in the trade. In 1999/2000 AT&T purchased MediaOne and TCI voiding the trade. |
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Public Access
For many citizens in the United States, television has become the number one source of information about the world. Every day, people take in news, editorials, opinions, entertainment and many other types of programming, all paid for by large corporations that can afford network and cable advertising rates. The opportunity for other voices to be heard has become very limited. In order to address the problem, Congress adopted the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, which provided for public access to the airwaves. Local authorities have used this provision to require cable franchisers to dedicate a channel(s) on their cable system to public, educational and governmental programming (PEG access). |
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How Does Public Access Work?
BCT's mandate is to give members of the community a voice. We provide the equipment and training; You make the television programs. Any individual or organization can register to be trained on our equipment. The equipment is then available on a first-come, first-served basis to all trained volunteers to create programming for Channel 6. It must be noted that all Village and Community Sponsored events take priority when using equipment. Organizations can join BCT and form their own video teams. We encourage a wide range of subjects and styles -- music, drama, comedy, public affairs, religious programming and any other programs that YOU maybe interested in making as a BCT volunteer. |
| Updated 11/15/01 |