ICTV’s mission is to strengthen Itasca area communities through public access media. We at ICTV have been doing that for more than 25 years.

Public access cable television began in Grand Rapids through the skill and dedication of personnel at Itasca Community College in 1982. The idea quickly spread and ICTV was incorporated in 1983. From periodic programming on one channel to regularly schedule programming on three channels, ICTV has grown according to the wishes of our community. The leap into broader media began with a web page in the 1990s and bloomed into our fully integrated web presence in the summer of 2008.

ICTV's three channels focus on traditional PEG (public, education and government) access programming. So our staff and volunteers are as likely to tape a library program as a township meeting. Our online presence focuses on the government channel for maximum impact on our communities. ICTV is cablecast locally on Mediacom Communications channels 2, 5 and 7, and Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative's channels 32, 35 and 37. Communities that support the Grand Rapids Area Cable Commission with franchise and PEG fees which, in turn, supports ICTV include Grand Rapids, Cohasset, LaPrairie and the townships of Harris and Grand Rapids. Our television providers extend our reach to other communities of Keewatin, Nashwauk, Deer River, Wirt, Squaw Lake, Dora Lake and Northome. ICTV anticipates being in Coleraine, Taconite, Calumet and Marble soon.