Are You Ready for the 2026 ADA Accessibility Rules? A Guide for Community Media

Community media centers are approaching new accessibility compliance deadlines that will affect how government meetings and programming are produced, published, and broadcast.

This session will provide a clear overview of the upcoming Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements—including Captioning, Audio Description, and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)—and what community media organizations need to do now to prepare for compliance as early as April 2026.

Who should attend:
Community media managers, station operators, engineers, technologists, and producers responsible for ensuring accessibility compliance and preparing their organizations for new ADA regulations.

Attendees will leave with a practical understanding of what the new ADA rules require—and how to implement accessibility workflows and technologies that keep their stations compliant.

Speakers:

Mike Wassenaar: President, Alliance for Community Media

Matt Schuster: Executive Director, Public Media Network (Kalamazoo, MI)

Jesse Lerman: President & CEO, TelVue Corporation