You may not remember hell, you may not even have been born when Marshal McLuhan, a reputable, well-respected scholar, declared television a vast wasteland, bemoaning its hypnotic powers and its capacity for dummying-down important ideas. He was right, of course; he still is. A trip across the three hundred channels is still a lot like a road trip across North America on the I-70: You discover civilization's outposts are far fewer and much further between that you ever imagined, and all the rest is vacancy with road signs. A few of the quirky little roadside attractions are, however, pretty dazzling in their homespun way. For example, try SGTV in Seminole County, Florida. SGTV has just about everything Seminole County except alligator jerky. Naturally, SGTV airs live broadcasts of important government meetings and events, and it features on-demand rebroadcasts of the major policy-making discussions, debates, and votes. Unlike many government stations around the country, though, SGTV offers a full day's programming everyday everything from Jazzercise to environmental tips and tactics. For Seminole County visitors, SGTV offers comprehensive information about local landmarks and attractions, and for everyone in the greater Seminole County area, including its major tourist attractions, SGTV offers comprehensive, detailed weather information. Other channels may frustrate or disappoint, but SGTV is a great little outpost in the vast wasteland.

A local government television station, KCCG 2 offers excellent coverage of most anything related to politics and local government business in Kansas City, Missouri. On demand video or live streaming is available to interested viewers who wish to keep up with events and local governmental business in the Kansas City, Missouri area from day to day. Look for intelligent and valuable programming like Ask Your Councilmember with hosts Russ Johnson and Beth Gottstein, Straight Talk With the Mayor covering such topics as crime, economic development, and light rail. Youth Beat is a program aimed toward the younger residents and covers such subject matter as the Royals and summer jobs. On Tap discusses smoke tests, weatherizing, and street scapes, also Nordic Wind power which is going to change how we power our lives. KCCG on channel two is produced by the Kansas City Communications Office and available to local cable subscribers in addition to live streaming and VOD or video on demand, which gives the option of choosing which of the many fine programs the viewer wishes to watch from city council meetings to special events related to the KC area.

The City of Daytona Beach official channel covering government and business issues.

The City of Bonita Springs Government Channel 98 (or BTV 98), provides the residents with information about governmental issues. It focuses on matters pertaining to civics, public health and safety, government information, public education and local history.

Citylink (or Channel 18) is a government access television channel owned by Pittsfield Community Television (PCTV) and available in the Internet as Citylink TV live. Citylink PCTV is the non-profit organization aimed to inform Pittsfield's citizens about current affairs and local events. Citylink also broadcasts information about Pittsfield government services, coverage of City Council Meetings, subcommittee meetings, and following programming: Army Newswatch, Today's Air Force, City Council Meetings, The Denis Guyer Show, Dalton Selectmen Meeting, Take 15 For Safety. PCTV is funded completely thru local fundraising.

Although it sounds like the premise and setting for a Saturday Night Live skit, the Hernando Web Channel and its complementary website number among the internet's greatest wonders and paradoxes. Hernando County, Florida, is home to only 130,000 people, and the median income hovers just above the poverty line. Donald Trump has almost as many live-in helpers as the city of Hernando, Florida, has residents. Yet the Hernando Web Channel broadcasts loud and clear twenty-four hours a day, rivalling the best, brightest, biggest, and most robust civic sites on the web. Of course, Hernando Web Channel airs all of the county's regular board and commission meetings, taking viewers into the county's corridors of power. More importantly, though, Hernando Web Channel produces some extremely high-quality original programming especially its two newest programs, Behind the Star and Understanding the Law. Two of its most popular programs show the channel's social conscience: Healthy Hernando addresses the whole spectrum of health and medical issues, and Veterans' Voice deals with urgent concerns among the community's veterans of all ages. Hernando may be hidden away along the east side of US Highway 98, but Hernando Web Channel gives the city and county a very big place on the net."