Peggy Charren
Peggy Charren was born in New York City, New York, United States on March 9th, 1928 and is the American Activist. At the age of 86, Peggy Charren biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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In 1968, concerned over the poor selection of children’s educational programming and child-targeted commercials, in 1968 she founded Action for Children’s Television (ACT), a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing quality diversity in television choices for children. As the Communications Act of 1934 required that television stations were required to serve the public interest in exchange for using broadcast spectrum, she lobbied and pressured the industry to promote educational television programs. In 1990, the U.S. Congress passed the Children's Television Act which required that every television station provide educational programming for children. In 1992, ACT closed although Charren continued to work and in 1996, the rules were further tightened to require three hours of children's programming per week.
Although denounced as an advocate for censorship by her critics, including animation writers Steve Gerber and Mark Evanier, Charren has insisted she is an outspoken critic of censorship, and has cited her stance against the American Family Association's campaigns to ban various programs. She sat on the Board of Trustees of public broadcaster WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1983, Charren became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP). WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media.