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...first fear that cable television has about public access is that fringe groups will be the ones to use it," says Sharon Portin of Channel 3 in Lynnwood, Wash. "Our experience has been the opposite." The most active participants are community groups: religious organizations, libraries, ethnic and minority associations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Tube-lt-Yourself | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

...most cities, however, public access is barely getting off the ground, much less flying in the face of convention. "It's really hard work getting people to do things," says Sharon Portin, station manager in Lynnwood. Her company's biggest problem, she adds, is that "one minute we're the good guys for making our studio facilities available, and the next minute we're the bad guys for refusing to take our remote equipment down the Columbia River on a raft filled with a 16-piece band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Tube-lt-Yourself | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

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