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Olelo Community Media produces public-access television in Honolulu, Hawaii, carrying locally made programmes from Oahu residents on its community channels.

A platform for island voices

Olelo's stated mission is to strengthen island voices and advance community engagement through media. Its channels give residents, non-profit organisations and community groups the training and airtime to make their own programmes, which is the practical definition of public access in the United States.

Channels 53, 54 and 55

Olelo operates several channels, and the numbering separates their functions: community-produced material on one, public affairs and educational programming on another, and a further service for municipal and civic coverage. Splitting the service lets a viewer find the kind of access programming they want rather than taking whatever is on.

Island culture and public affairs

The subjects on those channels are local by necessity: Hawaiian culture and language, the debates over land and water, the cost of living on the islands, and the neighbourhood boards that shape Oahu's planning. None of it is likely to appear on a national network.

Community media in Honolulu

Honolulu's public access operation has run since the 1990s under a franchise arrangement with the cable operator, and it works from a media centre where residents can book studios and edit suites. For an island community separated from the mainland by five hours of flying, local production matters more than it does elsewhere.

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