Free Speech TV is an independent, non-profit TV station based in Denver, Colorado, that was started in 1995. It is supported by public donations and is owned and operated by Public Communicators Incorporated, an organization that was founded in 1974.

History

Free Speech TV started as a cable television show in 1989. From 1995 to 2000, Free Speech TV distributed its programming each week via videotape to 50 cable channels around the United States. Free Speech today is a multi-platform news source available on Dish Network

Dish Network

Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...

, DirecTV

DirecTV

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, some cable providers, and online.

Funding

Free Speech TV is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. Free Speech TV is supported primarily through philanthropic contributions. Viewer donations are the fastest-growing source of support, as thousands of viewers make annual donations ranging from $5 to $10,000+.

Programming and Availability

Free Speech TV broadcasts syndicated news programs and documentaries that deal with social, political, cultural and environmental issues. Independently-produced news programs broadcast on FSTV include The Thom Hartmann Program, GRITtv

GRITtv

GRITtv is a television show hosted and founded by Laura Flanders. GRITtv is broadcast from New York City on Free Speech TV via Dish network and on public television stations nationwide, as well as online...

 with Laura Flanders

Laura Flanders

Laura Flanders is a British-American journalist who presents the current events show GRITtv, broadcast weekdays on Link and Free Speech TV....

, The David Pakman Show, Gay USA

Gay USA

Gay USA is a weekly one-hour news program "...devoted to in-depth coverage of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues" on a local, state, national, and international level. It is filmed in the studios of, and aired by, Manhattan Neighborhood Network in Manhattan, New York...

, The Marc Steiner

Marc Steiner

Marc Steiner is an American radio talk show host. He currently hosts The Marc Steiner Show on WEAA , and previously worked for WYPR from 1993 until his firing on February 1, 2008....

 Show, The UpTake

The UpTake

The UpTake is a Minnesota-based citizen journalist organization. It was founded in July 2007 and has provided online news coverage on a low budget since.Because of its role as a provider of citizen journalism, The UpTake is a not-for-profit organization...

and Democracy Now!

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! and its staff have received several journalism awards, including the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television; the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship, on the Chevron Corporation and the deaths of...

.

Series from Al Jazeera English, such as Al Jazeera English News, Riz Khan, and Fault Lines

Fault Lines

Fault Lines, a documentary series produced and broadcasted by Al Jazeera English, is the channel's flagship program about the Americas.Josh Rushing, Zeina Awad and Sebastian Walker host the series, currently enjoying it's third season....

are also syndicated, as are series from RT

RT (TV network)

RT, previously known as Russia Today, is a global multilingual television news network based in the Russian Federation run by the state-owned state-run RIA Novosti....

 such as The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann

The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann

The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann is an American talk news show on RT hosted and produced by political commentator and radio host Thom Hartmann...

. It also airs documentaries and original programs of newsworthy events like the United States Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan, June 22–26, 2010, the One Nation March in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2, 2010, and full coverage of the 2010 Elections on Nov. 2, 2010.

Management team

Executive Director: Don Rojas

Don Rojas

Don Rojas is a journalist and political commentator from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He was the Editor in Chief of Grenada’s national newspaper The Free West Indian. He served as press secretary for Marxist Prime Minister Maurice Bishop from 1981–1983, until a Bishop power-sharing dispute...

General Manager/Co-Founder: Jon Stout

Development Director: Giselle Diaz Campagna

Program Director: Eric Galatas

Business Manager: Gail Gonzalez

Operations Manager: Nathanael Reeder

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