{"id":12,"date":"2012-06-13T01:23:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T08:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/yctv\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2013-05-21T16:17:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T23:17:26","slug":"a-brief-history-y-pac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/yctv\/a-brief-history-y-pac\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History of Y-PAC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Y-PAC\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cable service companies provide \u201cPEG cable access\u201d channels to a community as compensation for using public rights-of-way (roads, alleys, sidewalks, etc.) to string transmission lines over, under, or across. There are\u00a0three types of \u201cPEG\u201d access channels; Public (P), Educational (E), and Government (G).<\/p>\n

Y-PAC (Yakima Public Affairs Channel) is Yakima\u2019s \u201cgovernment access\u201d channel.<\/p>\n

Y-PAC was founded in 1993 as a “window into government”. Y-PAC is similar in many ways to C-SPAN channels which air sessions of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate as well as other public affairs events. Y-PAC airs city council meetings (Yakima, Selah & Union Gap), speeches by notable people, interviews with elected officials, local issues panel discussions, and many other public affairs events.<\/p>\n

Y-PAC programming is unique in that it is \u201cgavel-to-gavel\u201d coverage. Viewers can watch an entire city council meeting, an entire speech, or an entire interview from start to finish. Y-PAC adheres to a strict no-editing policy. The principle behind the no-editing policy is that Y-PAC viewers can, in effect, attend a city council meeting, listen to a notable speaker, or be part of an important public forum without actually having to be present. Y-PAC puts viewers \u201cin the room\u201d so that viewers themselves can interpret a speaker\u2019s message, a forum\u2019s focus, or an elected official\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

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In 2000, Y-PAC began airing programming on its own channel, Charter Cable channel 22. Prior to that, Y-PAC shared a channel with YCTV (Yakima Community Television, Charter Cable channel 21). YCTV, Y-PAC\u2019s sister channel, is Yakima\u2019s \u201cpublic access\u201d channel and was founded in 1983.<\/p>\n

Y-PAC is operated by the City of Yakima\u2019s\u00a0Community Relations office\u00a0and is an important element of the City\u2019s ongoing effort to improve communications among and between local government and the general public. No tax dollars are used to provide
\nY-PAC services. Y-PAC is provided as a public service by Yakima\u2019s cable TV operator, Charter Communications, and is funded by a \u201cfranchise fee\u201d paid to the City by Charter. The \u201cfranchise fee\u201d is another form of compensation, similar to rent or lease payments, paid by Charter for use of local public rights-of-way.<\/p>\n

Since its founding more than two decades ago, Y-PAC has become a trusted source of important information. Whether it\u2019s a public hearing on stormwater regulations, a forum about land use issues, or Y-PAC\u2019s signature live election night coverage, viewers know that Y-PAC programming is un-biased and un-edited. Y-PAC is, \u201cThe Yakima Valley\u2019s Channel of Record.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Municipal Producer Mike Brown switches camera during a taping of Yakima Agenda in the Y-PAC studios.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cable service companies provide \u201cPEG cable access\u201d channels to a community as compensation for using public rights-of-way (roads, alleys, sidewalks, etc.) to string transmission lines over, under, or across. There are\u00a0three types of \u201cPEG\u201d access channels; Public (P), Educational (E), and Government (G). Y-PAC (Yakima Public Affairs Channel) is Yakima\u2019s \u201cgovernment access\u201d channel. Y-PAC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/yctv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/yctv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/yctv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/yctv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/yctv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/yctv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/yctv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/yctv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}