On December 17, 2011, PlaistowAccess | Channel 23 was activated for the very first time. On that date, we immediately began broadcasting a series of recently recorded holiday events, “December in Plaistow” on the new channel. These segments included Festival of Trees, Town Hall Clock Dedication, Santa’s Visit to Town Green, as well as Holiday Crafts at Plaistow Public Library.
By January 1st, we had separated our shows to their respective channels, and developed a new program schedule for each. While Channel 17 became exclusively a Government Access channel, we now had the ability to provide much more airtime for our Public Access programs on our new Channel 23. In August 2023, Public Access programming moved to Channel 22.
2012 was a very busy first year for the new channel, as we produced many new programs, while also continuing existing programs previously aired on Channel 17:
- December in Plaistow
- EPA Updates
- Going Green In Plaistow
- Greater Salem Caregivers
- Halloween in Plaistow
- Library Events
- Old Home Day Parade
- Plaistow Live (prev. “Hit It Hard Radio”)
- Plaistow Memorial Day
- Scrybes
- StoryTime with Mrs. Sherman