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Santa Maria Community Television Government Channel is a government access television channel owned and operated by the City of Santa Maria, California, United States. The channel is managed by the City Manager's Office communications team as one of three PEG (Public, Educational, and Government) channels, alongside Education Channel 24 and Public Channel 25. As a dedicated source for online television, the channel has been providing resources for local residents and government agencies since 2004.

The programming schedule allows viewers to watch live channel coverage of Santa Maria City Council meetings, which broadcast live on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 5:30 PM, and Planning Commission meetings, which broadcast live on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 5:30 PM. The channel rebroadcasts these meetings on other Tuesday and Wednesday nights, with morning replays of City Council sessions on Thursdays at 9:00 AM and Planning Commission sessions on Fridays at 9:00 AM. The channel also airs the monthly program Santa Maria Today, which focuses on city departments, programs, and services. Additional programming includes the cultural series Culture in the Valley, which highlights local museums and attractions such as the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, airing daily on Government Channel 23 at 11:30 AM, 4:00 PM, and 7:00 PM.

For audiences seeking a reliable live stream, Santa Maria Community Television Government Channel is widely available as a free-to-air service via Comcast Cable on Channel 23 for subscribers in Santa Maria and Orcutt. The channel is accessible as tv online via the official City of Santa Maria website at cityofsantamaria.org/tv, which provides 24-hour live streaming, as well as through the SMCTV website at smctv.tv. The channel offers live closed captioning in both English (CC1) and Spanish (CC3) during government meeting broadcasts to improve accessibility for the hearing impaired and Spanish-speaking viewers. The channel can be reached by phone at (805) 925-0951 extension 2501, with Joe Payne serving as PEG Production Manager.

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