Mission

Villa Park Community Television, is a non-profit organization and an elected Board of Directors governs it. Each term is for three years. The daily operation of the station is managed by Carl Odiam and Shaun Simon. VPTV is staffed by volunteers from the community.

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 on their cable system to public, educational and governmental programming.

How Does Public Access Work?

VPTV’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 3. It must be noted that all Community Sponsored events take priority when using equipment. Organizations can join VPTV 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 VPTV volunteer.