WAVE = Western Access Video Excellence, Alliance for Community Media - Western Region - Presented by the Alliance for Community Media, the Western Access Video Excellence Awards give media producers in the Alliance for Community Media, Western Region's six states, the opportunity to showcase their best work.

Hometown = Hometown Media Awards, Alliance for Community Media - National - Presented by the Alliance for Community Media, the Hometown Media Awards (previously called the Hometown Video Awards) honor and promote community media, and local cable programs that are distributed on Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access cable television channels. Awards are presented to creative programs that address community needs, develop diverse community involvement, challenge conventional commercial television formats and move viewers to experiences television in a different way.

CreaTV - CreaTV San Jose is a community media center that manages San Jose's public and education channels on Comcast Cable and online. CreaTV San Jose inspires, educates and connects San Jose communities, using media to foster civic engagement. The CreaTiVe Awards are held annually to honor community media makers throughout the Bay Area who promote and celebrate individual expression, learning, diversity, arts and civic engagement. Finalists are selected from entries submitted in nine categories, including Citizen Journalist, Non-Profit, Student, Educator, Business, Bay Area Community Access TV Series, CreaTV San Jose TV Series and Filmmaker.

BACE = Bay Area Cable Excellence - This award competition, presented yearly in Newark, CA, was limited to access programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was terminated as of 1999.