Started in 1976 by Virginia Brookbush, CTA produced up to seven half-hour public access television shows a week in the late 1970s and 1980s. Designed to let anyone use public air time to talk about local issues, CTA produced regular shows like "You Have the Right to Know," "Community Bulletin Board," "Visiting Over the Backyard Fence," "This Town's Talent," and "Vecinos" on Viacom and TCI. An advocate for public access as grass roots television, Brookbush began her career in television in her 50s and often paid expenses for CTA with her social security checks. In a 1990 article for the Seattle Times, Brookbush estimated training over 500 people in television production over her career.

This episode of You Have the Right to Know titled "Civil Rights in the 80's" aired on January 24, 1989. The episode features Jean Watley of the Black Business Association speaking with Lyle Quasim, chairperson of the Tacoma & Pierce County Black Collective and state director for Mental Health; James L. McGhee, president and chairman of the Board of Washington State Business League and president of a medical supply corporation; and Evangelist Joan Hunter. The episode talks about the differences between the Civil Rights in the 1960s and 1980s.

Caption information source: "A Pioneer of Public-Access TV Books Passage to the Print World," by Kit Boss, The Seattle Times, September 25, 1990, page F2.
Caption information source: "All People Have the Right to Be on TV," by Merry Nye, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 17, 1981, page D3.