The mission of Greensboro Community Television, Inc.
(Cable 8) is to provide the means and promote the opportunity for area
citizens to create local cable television programming by, for or about
our local community based on the principals of free speech and
democratic participation.

Cable 8 is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation that has been entrusted with
the management of the public access television station for the City of
Greensboro and Guilford County in North Carolina. Cable 8 helps to
provide access training and cablecasts programs for it's Associates and
Members.

It's original formation was nurtured by a group of volunteers who
campaigned at the grassroots level and educated the local government and
cable company about the importance of public access television. Cable 8
was formed in 1995 as Greensboro Community Television, Inc. and opened
it's doors to the public in October of 1996.

Since that time, hundreds of people have come to the monthly Orientation
session, become members of the organization and have shown their
programs on Cable Channel 8. Greensboro Community Television currently
has over 100 regularly scheduled programs, and over 15 hours of local
programming is shown daily.

The majority of Cable 8's funding comes from a pass-thru that is paid on
each subscriber's cable bill. Each month, cable subscribers in
Greensboro pay a small amount (about 17 cents) that is divided between
the public, educational, and governmental access stations. Other sources
of income include video production, membership fees, grants and
donations.

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