The organization formerly known as Community Access Television has changed its name to Dakota Media Access (DMA) to better reflect the changing media landscape and the services provided to the community.  DMA also announces the official launch of Government Access, cable channel 2 which, as of January 2009, will be the primary viewing location for coverage of local government meetings, candidate and election information and programs originating from government sources.  Coverage of LIVE Mandan City Commission Meetings is scheduled to begin January 6th.

www.dakotamediaaccess.org has been launched to distribute current information on DMA productions, volunteer crew calls, articles that focus on community media industry news, featured videos, links to agendas for upcoming local government meetings and other happenings at the DMA center.  An RSS feed is available and the public is encouraged to subscribe to site updates via email or any RSS reader. 

DMA serves the cities of Bismarck and Mandan by managing the production facilities, equipment, programming and distribution systems for the area’s public, educational and governmental (PEG) media needs.  Originally incorporated in 1987, Dakota Media Access (DMA) is a North Dakota non-profit, 501(C)(3) corporation with a volunteer board of directors drawn from the community. 

For more information contact:

Jack McDonald, DMA Board of Directors President, 751-1776

Mary Van Sickle, DMA Executive Director van@freetv.org or 258-8767