GrassRoots Television

Quick Facts:


  • GrassRoots TV is the Nations 1st Community Television Station, first broadcasting in 1971

  • Broadcast on Comcast Channel 12 Aspen to the Cathrine Store, and Comcast Channel 82 from Carbondale to Glenwood Springs, and on the Pitkin County Translator System: click here for more info on receiving free tv.

  • Office location:
        Red Brick Center for the Arts
        110 East Hallam St. Suite 132
        Aspen, CO 81611

  • GrassRoots TV is the only true free speech outlet in the Roaring Fork Valley

  • GrassRoots TV is a busy station, producing around 600 original productions a year

  • There are 4 full-time staff members

  • We have broadcast "Democracy Now!" live from our studio, making 'Democracy Now!' the first live national broadcast GrassRoots TV has done out of our studio.


  • Famous people that have appeared on GrassRoots TV

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    Politicians & World Leaders

    Influential Individuals & Authors

    Actors & Reporter

    Athletes & Musicians

  • King Abdullah II of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • Ben Bradlee, Newspaper Editor
  • Amy Goodman, Reporter
  • Andy Mill, Athlete
  • Alan Simpson, Senator
  • Bill Joy, Inventor
  • Andrea Mitchell, Reporter
  • Arlo Guthrie, Musician
  • Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Billy Collins, Author
  • Barbi Benton, Actor
  • BB King, Musician
  • Arlen Specter, Sen.
  • Brian Green, Scientist
  • Billy Crystal, Actor
  • Bobby Mason, Musician
  • President Barack Obama
  • Christopher Buckley, Author
  • Bob Schieffer, Reporter
  • Casey Puckett, Athlete
  • Gen. Colin Powell, Secretary of State
  • Dalai Lama, His Holiness
  • Cheryl Hines, Actor
  • Chris Davenport, Athlete
  • Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
  • Dick Tuck, Political Consultant
  • Cokie Roberts, Reporter
  • Chris Everett, Athlete
  • Dan Glickmman, Secretary of Agriculture
  • Erica Jong, Author
  • Dana Ivey, Actor
  • Dan Hicks, Musician
  • David V. Aguilar, Chief Patrol Agent
  • Firoozeh Dumas, Author
  • Dan Rather, Reporter
  • Dave Grusin, Musician
  • Dianne Feinstein, Sen.
  • Hunter S. Thompson, Author
  • David Allen Greer, Actor
  • David Crosby, Musician
  • Haley Barbour, Gov.
  • James Surls, Artist
  • Dick Cavett, Actor Comedian
  • Del McCoury, Musician
  • Harry Blackmun, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Dr. James Watson, Scientist
  • Ed Bradley, Reporter
  • Drew Emmitt, Musician
  • Hilary Clinton, Secretary of State
  • Klaus Obermeyer, Inventor
  • Harry Shearer, Actor
  • Evander Holyfield, Athlete
  • Jack Kemp, Rep.
  • Maharaji, Peace Keeper
  • Jamie Kennedy, Actor
  • Glenn Frey, Musician
  • Jerry Brown, California Attorney General
  • Michael Crichton, Author
  • Jill St. John, Actor
  • Gretchen Bleiler, Athlete
  • John Danforth, Sen.
  • Nancy Gibbs, Author
  • Kate Roberts, Actor
  • Janet Guthrie, Athlete
  • John Edwards, Sen.
  • Nicholas D. Kristof, Journalist
  • Lily Tomlin, Actor
  • Jerry Jeff Walker, Musician
  • John McCain, Sen.
  • Richard Russo, Author
  • Robert Wagner, Actor
  • Jimmy Buffett, Musician
  • John Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State
  • Robert Kennedy Jr., Riverkeeper
  • Shelley Long, Actor
  • Jimmy Ibbotson, Musician
  • John Warner, Sen.
  • Salman Rushdie, Author
  • Steve Martin, Actor
  • John Denver, Musician
  • Ken Salazar, Department of the Interior
  • Stephen Hawking, Scientist
  • William Baldwin, Actor
  • John Oates, Musician
  • Lee Hamilton, Rep.
  • Steve Jobs, CEO Apple
  • Lance Armstrong, Athlete
  • Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State
  • Susie Krabacher, Humanitarian
  • Michael Franti, Musician
  • Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House
  • T. Boone Pickens, Financier
  • New Grass Revival ‘Bela Fleck’, Musician
  • Queen Noor of Jordan
  • Pato Bonton, Musician
  • Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Sam Bush, Musician
  • Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Suzy Chaffee, Athlete
  • Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
  • Todd Snider, Musician
  • Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State
  • Willie Nelson, Musician
  • Tommy Thompson, Gov.
  • Wesley Clark, Gen.