Citizens Committee on the Media (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1971-1984.

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Citizens Committee on the Media (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1971-1984.

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Correspondence, minutes, financial records, surveys, petitions, newsletters, press releases, and other records of Citizens Committee on the Media (CCOM), a non-profit organization to improve media programming and access. Most of the collection relates to cable television in Chicago and work with organizations such as the Cable Access Corporation (CAC), Alliance to End Repression, Action for Children's Television (ACT), the Committee of Hispanics on Cable Access Television (CHOCA), and Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI). Also present are records of Chicago City Council, the FCC, and the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Cable Television.

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Business and Professional People for the Public Interest

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Committee of Hispanics on Cable Access Television.

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Alliance to End Repression

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Chicago Cable Television Study Commission.

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Action for Children's Television

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A national grassroots organization advocating quality and diversity in television for children and adolescents, Action for Children's Television (ACT) was founded by Peggy Charren in 1968 in Newton, MA, and later based in Cambridge, MA. The organization was formally disbanded in 1992. From the description of Records, 1968-1992. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 428201265 ...

Cable Access Corporation (Chicago, Ill.)

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Citizens Committee on the Media (Chicago, Ill.)

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Citizens Committee on the Media (CCOM) was a non-profit organization established in 1972. Its stated goal was to encourage the general public and interest groups to influence the formation and development of the media in terms of programming and access. CCOM achieved its goals through meetings with media members, forums, workshops, and conferences. From the description of Citizens Committee on the Media (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1971-1984. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id:...