public access

noun

chiefly US

: a television channel on which any person can broadcast a program

The city council meeting will be broadcast on public access.

—often used before another noun

public access television

a public access channel

Examples of public access in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, for David Strifling, the director of Marquette University’s Water Law and Policy Institute, the core question is whether the public trust doctrine actually guarantees this kind of public access – or, more fundamentally, whether the line should be drawn somewhere else. —Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025

Beginning Monday, there will be no public access to Swann Memorial Fountain, according to an announcement from the Philadelphia Streets Department. —Laura Fay, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025

Rather than one central public access point, there are 44 smaller access points spread out over around 4 miles. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2025

Yermak confirmed the search of his apartment inside the presidential compound in downtown Kyiv, where checkpoints limit public access. —Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for public access

• adulteress
• adventuress
• nevertheless
• abbess
• abscess
• address
• assess
• caress
• confess
• depress
• digress
• distress