UCTV Distribution
 EchoStar Satellite |
The University of California's dedicated television channel, UCTV, delivers documentaries, faculty lectures, research symposia, and artistic performance programs from each of the UC campuses to viewers throughout North America.
 Dish Network |
24 hours a day, UCTV is seen nationwide on the Dish Network (Channel 9412) and on a growing number of cable systems in California (see table below for local availability).
Our aim is to make UCTV available to every household in California. You can help by joining our list of supporters and voicing your support for UCTV on cable in your community.
| Communities and Channel Owner/Operator | Cable System Operator | UCTV air times |
| IN CALIFORNIA | ||
| ALAMEDA County | ||
| Berkeley Community TV Channel 33 | Comcast | Mondays: Midnight-noon 5pm-8pm - - - - Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: Midnight-3am 6am-noon 5pm-8pm - - - - Saturdays: Midnight-3am 6am-noon 1pm-4pm 8pm-11pm |
| BUTTE County & GLENN County | ||
| Butte College Television (BCTV) Channel 11 (Chico, Durham, Corning, Orland) | Comcast | Sundays: 7pm-Midnight - - - - Mon-Sat: Midnight-6am |
| CONTRA COSTA County | ||
| CCTV (Contra Costa TV) Channels Vary | Comcast | 9pm-11pm Mondays |
| IMPERIAL County | ||
| Imperial County Office of Education - Ed TV: Channel 76 | Adelphia | 24 hours a day, 7 days a week |
| KERN County | ||
| KGOV-TV Bakersfield, Mojave, Ridgecrest, Rosamond, Tehachapi, Lake Isabella, Frazier Park | Cox and Time Warner (Channel 16) Charter (Mojave) (Channel 44) Mediacom (Lake Isabella, Ridgecrest) (Channel 16) Mountain Cablevision (Frazier Park) (Channel 46) | Midnight - noon Mon, Wed, Th, Fri Midnight - 6am Tues Midnight - 9am Sat, Sun |
| LOS ANGELES County | ||
| Beverly Hills Channel 35 - BHN 35 | Adelphia Communications | 8pm-12 noon, daily |
| Los Angeles (city of) Channel 36 - LA 36 | all cable systems: Adelphia Communications | Midnight-8am M,T,W,F,Sa |
| Monrovia, CA Community Media of the Foothills, KGEM-TV | Adelphia Communications (Channel 3) Altrio (Channel 6) | Mon 9am-12 noon Tues 9am-2pm Wed 9am-1pm Thurs 9am-2pm Fri 9am-noon (plus 4pm-5pm every weeknight) Sat & Sun 1pm-5pm |
| Santa Monica City TV Channel 16 | Adelphia Communications | coming soon |
| MARIN County | ||
| Marin Cable Channel 26 Cities include: Sausalito, Mill Valley, Tiburon, Belvedere, Corte Madera, Larkspur, Fairfax, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Ross & Marin County | Comcast | 1pm-4pm, Mon-Fri |
| Novato, CA EdTV, Channel 30 (Novato Unified School District) | Comcast | Times vary each week; visit EdTV for updated program schedule. |
| MENDOCINO County | ||
| Mendocino Coast Community Education, Channel 3 | Adelphia | 1pm-4pm, Mon-Sat |
| MERCED / MARIPOSA / MADERA Counties | ||
| METV - Merced County Office of Education Television - Channel 23 | Comcast, Choice TV | selective retransmission on METV |
| MONTEREY County | ||
| Access Monterey Peninsula Channel 25 | Comcast | 11pm-12 noon, daily |
| Orange County | ||
| Mission Viejo Television (MVTV): Cox channel 30 | Cox Communications | Sunday Nights: beginning at 9:00PM Monday Nights: Tuesday Nights: Thursday Nights: |
| RIVERSIDE County | ||
| Channel 95 (digital tier only) Norco, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Rancho Cucamonga, as well as some unincorporated areas of Riverside County | Charter Communications | 24 hours/day, 7 days/week |
| SACRAMENTO County | ||
| Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium Channel 16 (Comcast) Channel 17 (Comcast) Channel 18 (Comcast) Channel 22 (Surewest) | Comcast, Surewest | (Channels 16 & 22) June - Aug: Daily: Sept - May: Daily: - - - - - - - (Channel 17) Sept - May: Fridays: - - - - - - - (Channel 18) Sept - May: Fridays: |
| SAN BENITO County | ||
| GAV-TV, Channel 18 ED-TV, Channel 19 Includes: | Charter Communications | Channel 18: 5am-9am daily - - - - Channel 19: 9pm-midnight daily |
| SAN DIEGO County | ||
| San Diego UHF Channel 35 (UCSD-TV) | "over the air" | 12am-4pm, daily |
| Cox Channel 66, San Diego Cox Channel 69, North County | Cox Communications | 12 noon-4pm: M-Fri |
| SAN FRANCISCO County | ||
| San Francisco, Educational Access Television (EAtv), Channel 27 | Comcast | Summer (May-Aug) 1pm-Midnight Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1pm-8pm Wed Fall/Spring |
| SANTA BARBARA County | ||
| The Santa Barbara Channels Channel 21 | Cox Communications | M-F: 1pm-4pm - - - - Sat/Sun: 8pm-midnight |
| SANTA CRUZ County | ||
| Santa Cruz Community Television: Channel 25 Channel 26 | Comcast | (Channel 25) Sundays: 6am-2pm; 8pm-midnight - - - - Mondays: 12am-9am; 11pm-midnight - - - - Tuesdays: 12am-9am - - - - Wednesdays: 6am-1pm; - - - - Thursdays: 6am-9am; 11pm-midnight - - - - Fridays: 12am-12pm - - - - Saturdays: 6am-noon - - - - - - - (Channel 26) |
| SISKIYOU County | ||
| Mountain Community Television (MCTV) Channel 15 Serving South Siskiyou County (Mt. Shasta, Weed, Dunsmuir and McCloud, California) | Northland Cable | Weekdays: 9am-Noon, 1pm-4pm |
| SONOMA County | ||
| Access Healdsburg (AH!TV): Channel 26 | Comcast | 10am-noon Daily |
| Community Media Center of Santa Rosa, including: CityView, Channel 70 Education Station, Channel 71 | Comcast | (Channel 70) 8pm-11pm, Wed - - - - (Channel 71) 8pm-11pm, M,T,TH,F 9am-noon, Wed 5pm-11pm, Sun |
| Petaluma Community Access: Channel 27 | Comcast | Mondays: 2pm - 3pm - - - - Tue, Thu, Fri: 1pm - 3pm - - - - Wednesdays: 1pm - 2:30pm |
| STANISLAUS County | ||
| Access Modesto: Channel 96 | Comcast | Daily 8pm-Midnight |
| VENTURA County | ||
| Thousand Oaks TV (TOTV): Channel 10 | Adelphia | Mondays: 5pm-Midnight - - - - Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: Midnight-9am 8pm-Midnight - - - - Saturdays: Midnight-10am or 6pm (Depending upon local scheduling needs.) |
| YOLO County | ||
| Davis Educ. Access Channel 17 | Comcast | 8pm-11pm, daily |
| Davis Community TV Channel 15 | Comcast | 9am-noon, M-F |
| NATIONWIDE | ||
| ALASKA | ||
| University of Alaska Southeast, Channel 3 | ||
| FLORIDA | ||
| Seminole Government Television (SGTV) in Seminole County | ||
| HAWAII | ||
| Akaku, Maui Community Television | ||
| LOUISIANA | ||
| Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish Government Access Channel | ||
| MASSACHUSSETTS | ||
| Hadley, TV-5, Charter Communications | ||
| NEW MEXICO | ||
| Los Alamos Community TV, Channel 8 ("PAC 8"), Comcast | ||
| NEVADA | ||
| City of Sparks, Sparks Centennial Television (SCTV), Channel 15, Charter Cable | ||
| OHIO | ||
| Instructional Television, Solon City Schools | ||
| OREGON | ||
| MCTV Multnomah Community Television, MCTV (Serving the communities of Gresham, Troutdale, Fairview, Wood Village and East Portland in Oregon) Comcast, Channel 27 9am-Noon & 11PM-3AM, daily Noon-1pm, Tues/Thurs Noon-1pm & 4PM-5PM, Sundays | ||
| VERMONT | ||
| LPC-TV Serving the communities of Ludlow, Plymouth and Cavendish; Channel 8 | ||
California cable channels and transmission times (subject to change) include :
| Communities and Channel Owner/Operator | Cable System Operator | UCTV air times |
| ALAMEDA County | ||
| Berkeley Community TV Channel 78 | AT&T Broadband | 12 noon-4pm Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat |
| Berkeley Government TV Channel 25 | AT&T Broadband | Midnight-3am Tue, Wed, Sat, Sun |
| CONTRA COSTA County | ||
| CCTV (Contra Costa TV) Channels Vary | AT&T Broadband | 8pm-11pm Mondays |
| LOS ANGELES County | ||
| Beverly Hills Channel 35 - "BHN 35" | Adelphia Communications | 8pm-12 noon, daily |
| Los Angeles (city of) Channel 36 - "LA 36" | all cable systems: Adelphia Communications | 10:30pm Fri (overnight) - 8am Sat 12 midnight Sat 9pm Sun - |
| Santa Monica City TV Channel 16 | Adelphia Communications | 10:30pm Fri (overnight) - 8am Sat 12 midnight Sat 9pm Sun - |
| MERCED / MARIPOSA / MADERA Counties | ||
| METV - Merced County Office of Education Television - Channel 23 | AT&T Broadband, Choice TV | selective retransmission on METV |
| MONTEREY County | ||
| Access Monterey Peninsula Channel 25 | AT&T Broadband | 11pm-12 noon, daily |
| RIVERSIDE County | ||
| Alta Loma, Angelus Oaks, Etiwanda, Forest Falls, Norco, Rancho Cucamonga, Riverside, Riverside County (portions), Rubidoux, San Bernardino County (portions), Yucaipa | Charter Communications | Coming soon |
| SACRAMENTO County | ||
| Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium - Channel 72 | AT&T | Saturdays: 1pm - 4pm - - - - daily: 3am - 6am |
| SAN DIEGO County | ||
| San Diego UHF Channel 35 (UCSD-TV) | "over the air" | 12am-4pm, daily |
| Cox Channel 66 , San Diego Cox Channel 69, North County | Cox Communications | 12 noon-4pm: M-Fri |
| Carlsbad, Del Mar, Falbrook, San Marcos | Adelphia Communications | coming soon |
| SANTA BARBARA County | ||
| Santa Barbara Community Access Channel 21 | Cox Communications | Mon, Tue, Thu: 3p-5p, 9p-midnight - - - - Wed: 3p-5p, 7p-midnight - - - - Fri: 3p-midnight - - - - Sat & Sun: 9am-midnight |
| SANTA CRUZ County | ||
| Santa Cruz Community Television - Channel 25 | AT&T | 6am-9am: Mon, Tue, Thu - - - - 6am-1pm: Wed, Fri, Sat - - - - 6am-2pm: Sun |
| VENTURA County | ||
| Thousand Oaks Television - Channel 10 | Adelphia, Charter, Verizon Americast | Coming soon |
| YOLO County | ||
| Davis Educ. Access Channel 14 | AT&T | 8pm-11pm, daily |
| Davis Community TV | AT&T | 9am-1pm, daily |