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INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP OVERVIEW
 

As a member you also have access to our channels: Comcast 95 & 96, RCN 10 & 11, and Verizon FiOS 10, 11, & 28  reaching over 300,000 viewers in the District of Columbia.

After you join and complete a free Introduction to DCTV class, you can:
 

•     Submit programs and PSAs for telecast on the public access channels.
•     Take training classes to certify to use equipment.
•     After certification, you can produce programs, renting DCTV’s digital production and editing equipment.
•     Hire DCTV for production services (including editing and applying credits) at subsidized rates.
•     Participate in opportunities to have your programs recognized.

To become a Member:

You must supply a valid government ID and separate documentation of your home address, in addition to your membership application and membership fee. DC residency is not required for membership, however all members are required to provide ID and proof of their home address, regardless of where they reside. Please read below for an explanation of required ID and home address documents.

You can mail your application, payment and photocopies of your documents to DCTV at 901 Newton Street, NE Washington, DC 20017. You can also submit the documents in person at the same address during regular operating hours.

You must then attend a free Introduction to DCTV (DCTV 101) class if you want to use the facilities, take a training class or submit programs.

Individual membership is only $30 per year. Please make your check or money order payable to DCTV.  DCTV also accepts cash, Master Card, Visa and American Express.

In addition to members interested in producing, DCTV also welcomes those who simply wish to support DCTV. These members vote in our annual elections, but do not use our facilities, equipment or take our training classes.  If you do not provide the requested ID and proof of home address documents (see below), we will process your membership as a supporter of DCTV.
 

 

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Required Documentation:

Government issued photo ID, such as:

•  Passports
•  Driver’s licenses
•  Non-driver’s ID
•  Government employee ID
•  Public housing or social services ID

 

Verification of Address documents (dated within 60 days)

•  Bill or notarized residency verification statement from a landlord or property manager
•  Utility bill “tied to the residence” – electricity, water, land line phone, cable, gas;
•  Medical statement or correspondence, can include medical insurance statement;
•  Bank statement or correspondence;
•  Letter or bill from a government agency, such as – a letter from DMV, parking authority or IRS, a jury summons, etc
  
•  Letter or paycheck stub from an employer   
•  Signed, current leases dated within the last year, and with the new member named as a tenant, lessee or sublesse

 

DCTV will NOT ACCEPT the following items as ID or proof of home address:

• Voter registration cards
• Motor vehicle registration cards
• Leases that are past the original expiration date, even if they have been extended on a month-to-month basis
• Medical insurance CARDS that do not have an expiration date
• Cell phone bills