public access

noun

1. the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
2. a type of noncommercial programming of general interest to the community.

Other Words From

• public-access adjective

Example Sentences

The court rejected Trump’s argument, citing the “important presumption in favor of public access to all facets of a criminal case,” and dismissing Trump’s accusation that the government was engaging in “bad-faith partisan bias.”

From Slate

All public access computers in the city’s libraries were taken offline again until the issue could be rectified with the council's IT partner, the Canadian firm CGI.

From BBC

Tony, her husband of 33 years, recalled that his wife hosted a local public access television show called “Images With Mary Caryl” in the ‘90s and in 2012 appeared on “Alt for Norge,” a reality television show that brings Americans of Norwegian ancestry to Norway to compete in cultural challenges.

From Los Angeles Times

For example, the unredacted substance of what a witness said is more important, for purposes of public access, than the redacted identity of the specific person who said it.

From Slate

The commission also said the construction project impaired public access to the beach, depleted the beach’s sand and threatened harm to marine resources.

From Los Angeles Times