When people think about funding cuts and public media, they usually think about NPR and PBS, but a recent report reveals that another vital community media source is perhaps even more threatened: Public, Educational and Governmental access stations, otherwise known as PEG stations.

There is now fresh data on the funding cuts and closures of PEG access cable channels throughout the country, thanks to a study released by the Buske Group and the Alliance for Communications Democracy in early April. The study compared the funding of PEG access centers over a five year period between 2005 and 2010, uncovering the rapid erosion of a vital local resource.