Access Chautauqua
formerly Access Channel 5
PR: Access Channel 5 Programming for December 9-15
Published December 03, 2017

All the new programming for the week of December 9, featuring Chautauqua Sunrise, Defenders of Freedom and Fresh Perspectives.

"Defenders of Freedom" shares the first hand experiences of WWII veterans in the Western NY and Northwestern PA areas. Hosted and filmed at the Jackson Center in Jamestown NY, the project is a collaborative effort between the Center, the United Veterans Council, Chautauqua County Office of Veterans Services and local WWII authors and historians, Rolly Kidder and Phil Zimmer. Interviews this week will be aired at 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM and include Anthony Ross, Bill Mulson, Bill Norris and Chuck Peterson.

Chautauqua Sunrise, hosted by Doc Hamels, will feature Barbara Fox, Artistic Designer for the United States Mint. The program airs live county-wide on various access channels at 9:00 AM on Saturday only, then repeats at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM on Access Channel 5.

Fresh Perspectives, hosted by Gail Erb, will have Marshall Greenstein as the guest. The topic will be "The Consequences of War."

Repeat programming is typically re-aired throughout the week at other various time slots.

All programming starts on Saturday, December 9 and runs through Friday, December 15.

Access Channel 5 is available to cable viewers in the Chautauqua, Mayville, North Harmony, Portland, Sherman, and Westfield areas, and can be found on channel 5 with a cable converter or on 5.3 on digital televisions without a cable converter.

The programs may also be viewed after the initial airing at the station's web site http://accesschautauquacountytv.org.