{"id":1389,"date":"2015-01-22T21:57:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T04:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2015-01-22T21:57:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T04:57:06","slug":"rip-peggy-charren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/rip-peggy-charren\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Peggy Charren"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PEGGYCHARREN\"<\/a>A powerful\u00a0advocates for children’s television died today. Peggy Charren, founder of Action for Children’s Television (ACT), passed away after a long life of advocacy for quality TV programming for children. Dismayed\u00a0by the rampant violence and commercialism that marred\u00a0children’s programming in the ’60 and ’70s, Charren became\u00a0a crusader and reformer. Her steadfast devotion to the cause led to\u00a0the Children’s Television Act<\/a>\u00a0which was passed into law in 1990. The legislation limited the amount of commercial\u00a0content\u00a0in children’s TV programming and required stations to show evidence of the educational value of its programming.<\/p>\n

According to an article<\/a> in the Boston Globe<\/em>, Charren’s group seized upon “one tiny clause in the 1934 Federal Communications Act that required broadcasters using the public airwaves to ‘<\/em>serve the public interest<\/em><\/strong>‘<\/em> if they wanted to keep their licenses. Ms. Charren\u2019s group, which grew to 20,000 members, insisted that federal authorities and network executives take that mandate seriously.”<\/p>\n

Current FCC chairman Tom Wheeler was quoted<\/a> as saying,<\/p>\n

Parents across America owe a debt of gratitude to Peggy, who single-handedly turned the vast wasteland that was children\u2019s television programming in the 1960s and 1970s into the plethora of educational, informational and entertaining programming families enjoy today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Peggy Charren was recipient of a Peabody award, an Emmy award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A powerful\u00a0advocates for children’s television died today. Peggy Charren, founder of Action for Children’s Television (ACT), passed away after a long life of advocacy for quality TV programming for children. Dismayed\u00a0by the rampant violence and commercialism that marred\u00a0children’s programming in the ’60 and ’70s, Charren became\u00a0a crusader and reformer. Her steadfast devotion to the cause … <\/p>\n

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