| Genre: | public access |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Network: | CBC Television |
| Num Seasons: | 8 |
| Producer: | Rita Deverell Rob Parker Ain Soodor Myles White |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
Access (sometimes called Take 30 Access and CBC Access)was a Canadian Community television series whichaired on CBC Television from 1974 to 1982, except 1981.
The series offered airtime to Canadian organisations to inform Canadians of theirconcerns and opinions. Groups applied to the CBC for the opportunity to producean episode of Access. Successful applicants were given assistance by CBCstaff to develop their programme in a four-week production time frame. Contentsof the programmes were subject to CBC policies regarding political promotion,fundraising and defamatory content, in addition to CRTC regulations.
Access aired during the middle of each year, prior to the start of the fall programming season.
| Year | Day of week | Dates | Air time | Producers[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Thursday | 30 May | 29 August | 10:00 pm | Ain Soodor, Rob Parker | |
| 1975 | Sunday | 13 July | 14 September | 5:30 pm | Ain Soodor, Rob Parker | |
| 1976 | Sunday | 4 July | 12 September | 2:30 pm | Ain Soodor, Rob Parker | |
| 1977 | Sunday | 3 July | 18 September | 4:00 pm | Myles White, Rob Parker | |
| 1978 | Sunday | 9 July | 24 September | 12:00 pm | Myles White, Rita Deverell | |
| 1979 | Sunday | 17 June | 19 August | 2:00 pm | Myles White, Rita Deverell | |
| 1980 | Monday | 28 April | 30 June | 2:30 pm | Myles White, Rita Deverell | |
| 1982 | Monday | 17 May | 16 October | 3:30 pm | Myles White, Rita Deverell | |