NAC TV (''Neepawa Access Community Television'') is a
community channel based in
Neepawa, Manitoba
Neepawa is a town in Manitoba, Canada located on the Yellowhead Highway at the intersection with Highway 5. its population was 5,685. Neepawa was incorporated as a town in 1883. It is bordered by the Municipality of North Cypress – Langford an ...
. It is available on local cable provider
Westman Cable channel 117,
broadcasts over the air on MTS channel 30/1030 and also on Bell ExpressVu channel 592.
History
NAC TV became available across Manitoba on
MTS TV
Bell MTS Inc. (formerly Manitoba Telecom Services) is a subsidiary of BCE Inc. that operates telecommunications services in Manitoba.
Originally established as Manitoba Government Telephones after the Government of Manitoba purchased the Manitob ...
in October 2012. NAC is on Channel 30 on the MTS lineup. NAC TV is also carried by
Bell Satellite TV
Bell Satellite TV (french: Bell Télé; formerly known as Bell ExpressVu, Dish Network Canada and ExpressVu Dish Network and not to be confused with Bell's IPTV Fibe TV service) is the division of BCE Inc. that provides satellite television ser ...
, channel 592, since late 2012.
In addition to airing local town council meetings, the station also airs live bingo, local news and public affairs shows,
curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...
(currently absent from being shown) and
hockey
Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...
matches, plus ethnic, religious, children's cartoons, and special interest programs, totaling 55 hours per week of local programming. Scheduled programming runs from 10a.m. to 10p.m. each day
Schedule example
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See also
* Community channel (Canada)
Community television in Canada is a form of media that carries programming of local community interest produced by a cable television company and by independent community groups and distributed by a local cable company.
A community channel is a fo ...
* Public access
References
External links
CRTC Decision 2005-293 - 2005-2012 License Renewal
Canadian community channels
Television stations in Manitoba
Television channels and stations established in 1978
1978 establishments in Manitoba
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