(a) The hours of cablecasting over the (government) access channels shall be 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. daily, and on the Talawanda School District holidays, subject to availability of Talawanda School District personnel.
(b) Allocations of channel time shall be made on a first-come, first-serve basis with discretional priority, as provided in Article V. A program may be scheduled for no more than one showing a calendar week in prime time hours, which are between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., and no more than three showing a calendar week in non-prime time. More showings may be scheduled in time blocks which have not been reserved one month prior to the viewing date.
(c) If requests are made for more than one showing in a week, the producer shall establish a numerical priority for the second through fourth time choices. New programs may preempt second through fourth time choices when heavy scheduling demand occurs. Such preemption shall occur only if the new program time request is made one month or more before the viewing date. The preempted producer shall be advised within two business days of such preemption.
(d) No first program playback in either prime time or non-prime time scheduled properly in advance may be preempted without permission of the preempted show's producer, and no preemptions of any kind shall occur within the time period one month prior to the viewing date, except as described in Article V.
(e) Time allocations shall be nonassignable.
(f) The Cable Access Coordinator shall post an advance three month access channel use schedule, so individuals can see time available.
(g) The City will interrupt access programming to cablecast an audio and/or video message on all channels simultaneously in the event of a disaster or public emergency.
(h) If a significant portion of a program cannot be played for any reason, the user shall be notified and offered alternative dates and times for cablecasting his/her program.
(i) When no reservations for time blocks have been made ten days prior to the viewing date, the Cable Access Coordinator may make use of the time by scheduling any program for which they have received permission or by cablecasting any other program which does not violate the program content limitations of Article VIII. Program Content.
(Ord. 2670. Passed 1-4-00.)