Alliance Invited to House Sub-Committee Hearing - 9/17/08
Alliance Invited to House Sub-Committee Hearing
Our “Keep Us Connected” campaign has resulted in an invitation to testify at an upcoming House Sub-Committee hearing. Congressman Jose Serrano (NY) , chair of the Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services & General Government Subcommittee, called the hearing after Alliance members from New York made visits to their Representatives’ and Senators’ offices during the Alliance Conference in July.
The purpose of the hearing is to explore whether PEG programming is in danger of declining or disappearing in our communities as a result of cable television’s current regulatory and business environment.
In the invitation to the Alliance, PEG programming was described as “essential to our communities as an outlet for free speech, local information and opinions, and emergency communications. This hearing will help policy makers gain knowledge of what is necessary to protect this important programming.”
Barbara Popovic, from Chicago Access Network Television, will represent the Alliance to present a national perspective, and Michael Max Knobbe from BRONXNET will provide testimony from the local access perspective. The committee has also requested testimony from FCC staff and the cable industry.
Hearing Details
Date: September 17, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 2220 Rayburn Building
Thanks to the Public Policy Work Group for their work designing the campaign, and to the Alliance members from New York for telling our story so persuasively. Great work, all!
Deborah Vinsel
Interim Executive Director
Alliance for Community Media
