Representing every corner of the city, CAN TV producers understand what life is like in Chicago's neighborhoods. Subjects can be as specific as the location of a halfway house in Rogers Park, or the development of a shopping center in Woodlawn. They can be as broad as a debate over national healthcare or global warming.
Public access allows producers to be active citizens, to live the ideal of participatory democracy.
The high cost of advertising on commercial television turns political campaigns into fundraising contests, leaving candidates beholden to their supporters. But CAN TV offers a level playing field where every candidate and every view has equal access. Volunteer producers invite candidates and officeholders to appear on their shows. Some candidates and officials produce their own shows.