LTV operates PEG access for the Town of East Hampton.
Public Access is the production of videos by the community to be shown to the community. These videos come from individuals as well as community groups. Many public access programming centers around politics and religion and are passed around from group to group, state to state.
LTV openly accepts programs from the community for airing on Channel 20. All programs must meet LTV's technical standards. Programs also may not contain foul language or indecent material. LTV reserves the right to refuse programming that does not meet community standards.
For more information, or to ask questions about airing your program, contact Patrice Jacobsen, Director of Programming.

The mission of LTV is to enable people in our community to express their creativity, explore important issues and exercise their first amendment rights through television.

Public Access gives everyone a voice!

• LTV provides a facility in which studios, production and editing equipment are provided for the use of all local residents, non-profit organizations, educators and governmental bodies.
• LTV allocates channel space to residents, organizations and government and provides scheduling on designated channels for all shows submitted for airing.
• LTV provides production training to residents and organizations in the use of the access facility and its equipment.
• LTV produces all governmental programming for the town and village of East Hampton.
• LTV provides a public archive in which shows of historic value and interest ot East Hampton residents, organizations and governments are preserved.

LTV, the community station of East Hampton reaches all households from Wainscott to Montauk. LTV was established in 1984.

LTV is a non-profit organization charged with operating East Hampton’s two PEG Access Television Stations, LTV Channel 20 and EG Channel 22 on Cablevision Systems.

LTV operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and provides a wide array of programming, including talk shows, educational programming, government meetings, sporting events and community activities.

LTV also houses a 17,000+ tape library that throughly documents the life and times of the Town of East Hampton over the past 20 years.

LTV maintains an archive library of all shows produced at LTV, as well as many different productions from our area. To date, the library contains over 20,000 shows and events dating back as far as 1925!. A limited search capability is included in our website so you can see what's contained within the library. If you're looking for something in particular, just give us a call!

LTV is looking for interns! Experience in television production is encouraged but not necessary. We're looking for creative self-starters with good people skills and the right attitude, and we encourage our interns to build their own  portfolios of work using the state-of-art equipment we have on hand here at LTV. If you feel you're right for the job,  send a cover letter and resume to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

If you are a Cablevision subscriber with a cable box, you can find LTV on channel 20 and EG on channel 22. If you do not have a cable box, you will need a television equipped with a QAM tuner in order to access LTV and EG broadcasts.

What is a QAM tuner?

A QAM tuner is present in some new digital televisions and similar devices. It enables direct reception of digital cable channels without the use of a set-top box. If you have a digital television with a built-in or attached QAM tuner, LTV and EG can be found on channel 99-7913 and 99-7914. Some television sets may be able to access each channel directly by pressing 99, the hyphen button, and then 7913 or 7914 (sometimes just 913 or 914). If you cannot access each channel directly, you may have to go to channel 99 and browse up from there, or go to channel 2 and browse down. Some users may need to reprogram their television sets in order to ensure that they are receiving the full range of channels. Please consult your television set's user manual for instructions on how to do so.

If you are still having difficulties accessing LTV and EG on your television set, please call us at (631) 537-2777 for assistance. For more information about the transition to digital, please visit Cablevision's website. Additional information and help can also be found at: http://www.dtvanswers.com

Read all about LTV's 25 year journey in The East Hampton Press!

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