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 ===== History =====
-The [[https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/all_fac/article/1641/&path_info=1985_Spr_19GaLRev543.pdf|Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984]] mandated cable operators to set aside channels for public, educational, and government (PEG) use as a condition of municipal franchise agreements. Every city that let a cable company run wire through its streets was owed a channel — a commons.
+The [[https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/all_fac/article/1641/&path_info=1985_Spr_19GaLRev543.pdf|Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984]] mandated cable operators to set aside channels for public, educational, and government (PEG) use as a condition of municipal franchise agreements. Every city that let a cable company run wire through its streets was owed a channel: a commons.
 **Notable examples:**
-  * [[https://papertiger.org/|Paper Tiger Television]] (1981, NYC) — media critics dismantling newspapers on air, budgets posted on screen, credits hand-drawn on cardboard. Transparency about constraint was the argument itself
+  * [[https://papertiger.org/|Paper Tiger Television]] (1981, NYC): media critics dismantling newspapers on air, budgets posted on screen, credits hand-drawn on cardboard. Transparency about constraint was the argument itself
-  * [[https://mediaburn.org/digital-exhibitions/guerrilla-television-an-introduction/|Guerrilla Television]] — late 1960s/70s artists with Sony Portapaks (25 lbs, B&W, ~$1,500) going on air because commercial broadcasting wasn't going to give them a slot
+  * [[https://mediaburn.org/digital-exhibitions/guerrilla-television-an-introduction/|Guerrilla Television]]: late 1960s/70s artists with Sony Portapaks (25 lbs, B&W, ~$1,500) going on air because commercial broadcasting wasn't going to give them a slot
-  * [[https://www.mnn.org/|Manhattan Neighborhood Network]] — four channels in NYC, anyone could produce and broadcast. John Wallowitch playing live requests on an out-of-tune piano. *Weber Cooks* (host microwaved Rice-A-Roni). *Let's Paint TV* (John Kilduff painting while running on a treadmill)
+  * [[https://www.mnn.org/|Manhattan Neighborhood Network]]: four channels in NYC, anyone could produce and broadcast. John Wallowitch playing live requests on an out-of-tune piano. *Weber Cooks* (host microwaved Rice-A-Roni). *Let's Paint TV* (John Kilduff painting while running on a treadmill)
-  * [[https://mst3k.fandom.com/wiki/KTMA|Mystery Science Theatre 3000]] — began on Minneapolis-St. Paul's KTMA
+  * [[https://mst3k.fandom.com/wiki/KTMA|Mystery Science Theatre 3000]]: began on Minneapolis-St. Paul's KTMA
   * Shaw Community Television (Channel 10, Calgary) and VPW 11 (Winnipeg/Videon Cable, late 1960s)
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   * Cable TV household penetration: 88% (2011) → ~34% (2025)
   * Only 36% of Americans subscribe to cable or satellite (Pew, July 2025)
-  * Among 18–29 year olds: 16%
+  * Among 18-29 year olds: 16%
   * 77 million US households have cut the cord
   * Streaming captured 47.5% of all US TV viewing in December 2025 (largest share ever)
-Public access television as a legal commons existed because cable had a monopoly on distribution. That monopoly is gone. The internet replaced it — with the same consolidation problems and new ones.
+Public access television as a legal commons existed because cable had a monopoly on distribution. That monopoly is gone. The internet replaced it: with the same consolidation problems and new ones.
 ===== Radio as Successor =====
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 The distinction that matters: a podcast is a document. Radio is a presence. You tune in, you catch what's happening, you're in the middle of something.
-See [[folkzone:services:azuracast|AzuraCast]] for the technical implementation of a self-hosted community radio station built in this spirit.
+See AzuraCast for the technical implementation of a self-hosted community radio station built in this spirit.
 ===== See Also =====
   * [[indieweb:start|IndieWeb Index]]
-  * [[folkzone:services:azuracast|AzuraCast — Self-Hosted Radio]]
+  * AzuraCast: Self-Hosted Radio
   * [[indieweb:good_web|The Good Web]]
   * [[indieweb:offline_knowledge|Offline Knowledge Preservation]]
-  * [[indieweb:indieweb_defined|What Is the IndieWeb?]]
+  * [[indieweb:indieweb_defined|The IndieWeb, Defined]]
   * [[start|Return to wiki home]]