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Access Tuolumne is a United States public-access television channel for Tuolumne County, California, a Sierra Nevada county in the Gold Country with 55,620 residents whose only incorporated city and county seat is Sonora. The station's legal name is Tuolumne County Community Cable Access, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and it reaches cable households as Cable 8, on Xfinity channel 8 and Sierra Nevada Communications channel 8 in Groveland.

The schedule is filled by the county, not by a network. It carries local government meetings and special events, and three featured series anchor it: The Conversation, hosted by Ryan Campbell, on issues, events and personalities in Tuolumne County; Studio 8, which puts local bands on air; and Pebbles in a Pond, hosted by BZ Smith, about democracy in the county. A longer-running title, Willow's Vintage Homestead, covers native plants and fire-safe property. Residents bring their own shows to air through studio production with lighting, microphones, cameras and staff, through on-location recording with edits and titles, or by handing over a finished recording. Equipment is rentable by the day on approval, and an on-demand library keeps past meetings and events.

The funding behind the channel is unusual for public access. Access Tuolumne is not directly funded by local government; it runs on a small charge added to monthly cable bills across the county, a PEG fund for public, educational and government use restricted to equipment and facilities, while the City of Sonora and Tuolumne County pay the station to broadcast and sometimes record their meetings, and underwriters fund individual shows. Watch Live when county business is on the air, or stream online in HD on any screen. Follow the United States Live Stream from the Sierra foothills, and Watch TV Online Free with no subscription and no set-top box.

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