Access St. Tammany Channel 10
Cultural & Governmental Affairs
P. O. Box 628
Covington, LA 70434
or
21490 Koop Drive
Mandeville, La 70471
Phone: (985) 898-5243
Fax: (985) 898-2798
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The purpose of Channel 10, Access St. Tammany, is to educate citizens about parish government, parish government services, and general information regarding St. Tammany Parish.
- Increase citizen awareness, understanding and participation in parish government,
- Serve as a forum for on-going dialogue of issues pertaining to parish government,
- Enhance interaction and communication between citizens and their elected parish officials,
- Encourage debate and discussion of ideas on local issues,
- Provide on-going and updated information about parish government services and programs,
- Produce and cablecast programs that inform, educate, enlighten and encourage participation in parish government, its services, activities and decision making,
- Broadcast information of service to the residents of St. Tammany Parish.
A government access channel was granted to St. Tammany Parish Government to provide cable subscribers with parish government television programs, public meetings, and public service announcements. The channel is administered by St. Tammany Parish Government.
Access St. Tammany is broadcast on Channel 10, provided by Charter Communications.
As part of the Government's cable franchise agreements with the cable operator, they also pay the parish for use of the public right of ways. These funds, known as franchise fees, are part of the parish government general fund.
The programming and scheduling of the channel is supervised by the department director. Programming decisions are the exclusive right of parish government. The government exclusively reserves the right to accept or reject outside programming.
