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What: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing

When: Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 1:00 p.m.

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.

Leading the conversation are expert media activists including Lauren-Glenn Davitian, Executive Director, CCTV; Michael Eisenmenger, saveaccess.org; and Sean McLaughlin, Executive Director, Access Humboldt.

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, SaveAccess.org or the Alliance for Community Media.