How do access centers operate?

There are three basic operating structures for access centers
 

• Operated by an independent non-profit corporation
• Operated by a municipality or by a school
• Operated by a cable company

Also, under these operating structures, the access center may be only a “public” access facility where individual citizens or groups have equal access and produce their own TV programs. It may be only an “education” access facility, usually affiliated or located in a school primarily used for educational purposes. It may be only a “municipal” or “government” access facility usually housed in a town building and operated for municipal communications purposes by the city or town. Or, finally, an access center may be a multi-purposed facility. Many access centers in the Commonwealth are responsible for all types of access, “P” “E” and “G.” Sutton Community Access Television and the three local stations are operated by the municipaility and is multi-purposed.