Until Time Warner decided that I really shouldn't be watching it, and deleted it from my lineup, there was one channel on digital cable that aired nothing but a show where two rabbis were arguing with each other. What should be the public access channel here airs nothing but a field of fluffy clouds overlaid by a small arrow, with the occasional WinNT BSOD.
In Fort Collins, one public access channel aired the Amiga Workbench screen for a week. Better than scrolling elementary school cafeteria menus!
The Orlando public access channel seemed to air only black church services and a looong show called "TV Kyrol," aimed at Haitian immigrants. The production quality of the broadcast black church services was universally awful ... a barely audible preacher that sounded like he was 30 feet from the microphone, very loud audience amens and uh huhs drowning out what little you could hear, and a camera panning the crowd, most of whom were fanning themselves.
Buffalo public access is interesting; there's two public access channels, one government channel and one school board channel. The public access channels air mostly black church services, "Wayne's World" and "it's 5:15 in the AM, and it's time for Perspectives!" type shows.
The schedule looks like that of a TV station in Hell.
12M-12:30AM Growing and Glowing
12:30-1AM Let’s Go to Church
1-1:30AM New Zion MBC
1:30-2AM White Rock MBC
2-2:30AM Friendship Baptist Church
2:30-3AM Antioch Baptist Church
3AM-4AM Mount Olive Baptist Church
4-4:30AM The Master’s Message
4:30-5AM True Bethel Baptist Church
5AM-9AM Community Billboard
9-11AM Ad Council Public Service Announcement Showcase
11AM The PEG Access Show
11:30AM-12PM Pat Ragin Gospel Show
12:00N The Daily Mass
12:30PM-1PM It’s Your Business, Buffalo!
1-1:30PM Dining in the Word
1:30-2PM Abundant Life Telecast
2-2:30PM Today’s Victory
2:30PM-3PM Back to God’s House
3PM-4PM One on One
4PM Farrakhan Speaks
5:00PM-6PM Impact of Salvation
6PM Aviva
6:30PM Queer Journeys
7:00PM-8PM Hola Buffalo
8PM Euforia
8:30PM-9:30PM Pee Wee TV
9:30PM Living Proof
10PM Pee Wee TV
10:30PM Rhythm & Business
11PM-12M CZWWrestling.com
I hear that in New York City, public access broadcasting is dominated by porn and Nazis.