Medina Cable Access is the Educational-access television and Government-access television (GATV) cable TV channel for Medina, Ohio

Medina, Ohio

In the city the population was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males...

. They are also the Medina affiliate for the Ohio News Network. MCA originally was an Educational-access television channel founded in 1995, then in 1997 they also took on government broadcasting. The station is ran under a civil government organization charter to a population of 25,000. They are funded by a Cable television franchise fee

Cable television franchise fee

A cable television franchise fee in the United States, the stems from a community's basic right to charge for use of the property it owns. The cable television franchise fees represent part of the compensation a community receives in exchange for the cable operator's occupation and the right-of-way...

paid by Armstrong Cable, which is set to last until 2010 by contract. The city has passed an ordiance to ensure that future cable franchise fees will be collected.