There’s this public access television show in Denver called Vlog TV.

It’s basically a call-in request-a-youtube-video show. Viewers call in and drop the names of their favorite YouTube or other videos and the VJs play them over the air. If the video contains any profanity, such as when they showed Shoes (below), the VJs mute the audio. You can see the OS X volume graphic appear briefly when they do it.

Some of the production doesn’t really work out in my mind. It’s kind of hard to translate internet video to television. Those that are still television-only audience won’t want to turn to this show to “catch them up” on what happened on the internets this week as the message won’t really come across. However I don’t really think the purpose of the show is to “get the word out” to the everyday television-only audience.

Most of the audience, as well as the VJs, have pretty much seen all the videos they’re showing. I think the thrill of the show comes from seeing your favorite internet video on “real” television – the very anti-democratic media that once shut down internet video, but are are now desperately trying to get their hands on it – on anything – again.

This is a very different idea than shows like VH1′s Web Junk, which is edited – not democratic – and shows you what VH1 thinks should be shown. Web Junk is still arguably just old media piggybacking on the new.

Here’s an episode of the show:

Despite it’s low-budget public-access-ness it’s a cool idea, and these are some cool kids, in my ever-humble opinion.