Access13 of Prescott is the Prescott area's own local PEG Channel (Public - Education - Government) Our channel is exclusively available on Channel 13 for Cable One subscribers.

We are here to provide you with local government programming, as well as the equipment and training to make programs for cable television. We also accept pre-produced, non-copyrighted material from community members. Please see our terms and conditions of cablecasting on this site to make sure your program meets the criteria.

PCAC Inc (Prescott Community Access Channel Incorporated) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit who contracts with The City of Prescott to provide coverage of City of Prescott government meetings, forums and other local events, as well as provide the public with the resources to produce non-commercial television programs. Our funding comes from a percentage of the cable franchise fee, memberships, video bulletin board, underwriting and donations from viewers like you. Access13 airs public, educational, and government programming in the Prescott cable franchise area.

Within the last year, PCAC Inc contracted with the Town of Prescott Valley to provide this service for its public. Access13 of Prescott Valley can be found on Channel 13 ( Cable One subscribers) if you are located in Prescott Valley or Dewey-Humboldt. Access13 of Prescott Valley members can enjoy the same benefits of checking out equipment, scheduling facilites and enrolling in our video production workshops. This is different from the PEG model in Prescott and we do not produce or air any Prescott Valley related government programming on this channel. If you are looking for Prescott Valley Government programming, you can find it on Channel 15 (Cable One subscribers) if you reside in Prescott Valley. Find out more by logging on to http://www.pvaz.net

If you would like more information on becoming a member, please contact a staff member at (928) 445-0909

OUR CURRENT DIRECTORS ARE:

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Jim Liberti, Vice-President

I retired from IBM in 1995 after having worked there for 30+ years. Today I spend much of my time volunteering. I was heavily involved with the Prescott Senior Olympics for eleven years and I have been producing programs for Access13 for about eleven years, too. During the past two years I have been producing educational programming like the double-award winning series, Wine 101. I am currently working with a local interior designer and contractor on another award winning series about home design, building and renovation titled, Building by Design

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Jeff Parker, Treasurer

Jeff believes strongly in giving back to the community and currently serves on the Board of Directors and as Treasurer for the Prescott Community Access Channel (PCAC "Access 13") and the Prescott Area Celtic Society; he served as Board Treasurer and on the Executive Committee of CCJ from 2009-2011.  Jeff is also a member of the Kiwanis Club of Prescott and the Prescott Saddle Club.

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Glenn Gooding

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Janet Bussell-Eriksson

Is a professional Interior Designer and a licensed Residential - Small Commercial General Contractor whose career in construction began in 1992 when she graduated at the top of her class with a Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. Following her graduation Janet was hired to work directly with Gianni Versace on the restoration and renovation of his South Beach Mansion. Janet’s career experience is vast and has spanned both coasts. Her design work has been published in Architectural Digest, Trend, and Florida Design. She was a featured designer on HGTV’s Designer’s Challenge and one of her segments can be found in “The Best of HGTV’s Designer’s Challenge. Janet became a resident of Prescott in 2005 after marrying Dan Eriksson [a local excavation contractor]. In addition to running her two companies Bussell Interiors and Bussell | Eriksson Designer Homes; she writes a weekly column for Prescott eNews called “Building by Design” and is also the host and executive producer of a local TV show on Access 13 also called “Building by Design” which won a certificate for Excellence in Talk Information and Entertainment Programming. “Building by Design” was also awarded “ The Best Overall Series; Program of the Year for 2011”. For more information on Janet’s career and respective companies visit her website at: www.bussellinteriorsinprescott.com.

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Arlene Merschat

Prescott is an artistic community and PCAC has the power to utilize this perspective by bringing onto the citizens the unique creative talents that are available to the town in so many ways. Fundraisers are being institued to enable the PCAC to reach out ot those of the town's population who could become supporters and activators for the station. Special shows using station producers and talent could be part of this promotion allowing the community to interact with the accumulation of funds by taking part in establishing goals.

I would like to serve on the PCAC Board members to help expand the strength of the station's vision to interact with the audience needs. Also I would like to see the station be able to stream the shows in order to expand its distributions and to gather viewer participation in many ways and from a broader range of territory. This is happening now. Also I would like to seek a method by which the additionof new staff members can be expanded to cover and help in technical ways. The new equipment is helping to start that. The station is a gem of opportunity for creative people to communicate in a sensitive way by showing their talents without intense limitations, but with sensitive processes of manipulations. As a PCAC Board member, I can bring the years of my interactions with the arts, Community, focused indiivduals and the desire to create a more powerful exchange of ideas in a media form. I continue to believe in this as I did when I first became a member of the Board.

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Richard Shugrue

Richard Shugrue served as Professor of Law at Creighton University in Omaha where his specialty was American Constitutional Law. He was a member of the Nebraska Bar Association and was elected chair of its House of Delegates.

Shugrue was a member of the board of the American Judicature Society and was elected to the board of the Nebraska Bar Foundation. He also served on the Literacy Council of the Midlands' Board, the Omaha Human Relations Council and as president of the Nebraska Association for Mental Health.

For 41 years he resented Continuing Legal Education programs and was a consultant to two major medical services organizations on "Avoiding Medical Malpractive." He wrote, produced and was the presenter in a series of Television Biographies of Judgets over a period of 20 years. He continues to write a weekly column for Omaha's daily legal newspaper. That work is now in it's thirtieth year.

He has lived in Prescott Valley for three years.

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Gary Ballard

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Ryan Dylong

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Loran Marshall

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Dick Cooper, Past President

Dick Cooper moved to Prescott in 1992 after retirement from the Dupont Corp. He is a former member of the Prescott City Council and has served on many boards and organizations, including the United Way, Norther Arizona council of Governments, Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee, Affordable Housing coalition and many others. In addition, he is crrently serving on the Board of Directors for the Adult Center of Prescott.

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Monika Bishop

Executive Director

Monika Bishop moved to Prescott from Baytown, TX. While attending Yavapai College, she started an internship with PCAC to gain experience in the field of television production. That internship grew into the position of Executive Director. Monika has also served on the Board of Directors for the Coalition for Compassion and Justice, League of Women Voters of Central Yavapai County, Prescott Arts and Humanities Council, Mountain Institute JTED Community Advisory Council and the United Way Campaign Committee. Monika is also a graduate of Arizona State University and  a Prescott Area Leadership Alumni, Best Class XVII. In her spare time, she enjoys volleyball, distance running, basketball, pickleball, music, hiking, board games and Mad Libs.

Heather Tucker

Sr. Administrative Assistant, Programming Coordinator

Heather Tucker was born in Garden Grove, California and moved to Redondo Beach when she was six. She lived on a boat at Redondo Beach for almost seven years. Her exposure to marine life and aircraft led her to develop a fascination for both. Heather has many years experience in customer service, as she started answering phones for her mother’s locksmith business at just eight years old! After visiting her grandparents for Thanksgiving in 1989, Heather and her mother decided to relocate to Prescott and arrived for good in January, 1990. Heather has enjoyed living a variety of places in Arizona and Nevada. She currently resides in Prescott with her daughter and their cat, Zipper. She has been with PCAC since 2005, serving as Senior Administrative Assistant since 2007.

Paul MacAulay

Master Control, Production Technician

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Tawny L. Yaw

Administrative Assistant, PSA Coordinator

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