"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 Sam Price, Jr., Stanley Bachellor, Steve Domitrovich and Steve Mastrelli.

Chautauqua Sunrise, hosted by Doc Hamels, will have guest Stacey Fox from Compeer. 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.

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

All programming starts on Saturday, February 10 and runs through Friday, February 16.

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.