Tell the FCC to Protect Community Television
Public, educational and governmental (PEG) access channels are under assault by cable giants like Comcast that are trying to bury community stations on their networks. You can help protect community television by filing a comment with the FCC. The filing deadline is midnight Wednesday, April 1.
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Can you imagine your television dial without public, educational and governmental (PEG) access channels? It’s a bleak picture.
That’s because PEG channels perform essential community services, like broadcasting city council and school board meetings, airing the work of local independent producers, and offering a valuable platform for free speech.
Despite its value to communities across the country, PEG’s in trouble. Cable giants like Comcast are trying to bury community stations on their networks and make them difficult to find.
The good news is that you can do something about it – if you act soon.
Free Press has joined forces with local governments, community media producers and other organizations that believe local media play a vital role in our democracy. We're working together to urge the FCC to stop efforts by cable and phone giants to squash public access TV, but we need your help.
You Can Help: Tell the FCC to Protect Community Television.
The deadline to comment at the FCC expires by midnight April 1 – that’s tonight!
So don’t delay; do your part. Please make sure that the FCC hears from the public about the importance of local media.
Click here to file your comment.
It’s up to all of us who care about local media to work together to protect and promote these vital community services.
To learn more and read our filing to the FCC, visit: http://www.freepress.net/files/FP_Initial_Comments_PEG.pdf