from: Free Press [1]

Live Blogging during PEG Congressional Hearing

Submitted by IraFP on January 25, 2008 - 9:07am.

On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Free Press Action Network will hold a live-blogging session during the congressional hearing on Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) services in the digital TV age. Activists and community leaders will be discussing the hearing as it unfolds.

What: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing
When: Tuesday, Jan. 29
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Where: Free Press Action Network: www.freepress.net/action [2]

Listen to the Audio Webcast [3]

Public, educational and governmental (PEG) access channels are one of a few remaining media outlets that broadcast local voices, cover local issues, and demenstrate how local governments work.

PEG channels encourage community residents to be more active participants in government and educational meetings by airing City Council and School Board meetings. Often they target programming to reach segments of the community that might not be served by major outlets.
For more information about PEG services visit http://www.freepress.net/statetracker/=peg [4] or SaveAccess.org [5] or the Alliance for Community Media. [6]