Austin Community College offered its first courses by instructional television (ITV) during the spring semester of 1979. One hundred twenty-nine students enrolled in one introduction to United States government course, and during the fall, 1981, semester, 473 students took five ITV courses. The leader in developing ITV courses for ACC was Ron Brey, formerly an ACC government instructor. ACC government instructors managed the courses, and students watched pre-recorded presentations on a local TV cable channel while other programs were broadcast on local Public Broadcasting Service station KLRU
Source: Speak-Easy: ACC Faculty and Staff Newsletter, October 13, 1981