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Public-access television
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<p>Public-access television (sometimes called community-access television) is traditionally a form of <a href="/facts/Non-commercial/Xcm8RFjl">non-commercial</a> <a href="/facts/Mass_media/M1UE4TTp">mass media</a> where the general public can create content <a href="/facts/Television_program/eooTEhwW">television programming</a> which is <a href="/facts/Narrowcasting/Adul3RTS">narrowcast</a> through <a href="/facts/Cable_television/GzXa4pbW">cable television</a> <a href="/facts/Specialty_channel/e1gzlAAo">specialty channels</a>. Public-access television was created in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> between 1969 and 1971 by the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">Federal Communications Commission</a> (FCC), under Chairman <a href="/facts/Dean_Burch/bzpT2EXf">Dean Burch</a>, based on pioneering work and advocacy of <a href="/facts/George_C._Stoney/uno92dFv">George Stoney</a>, <a href="/facts/Red_Burns/oW3tRtMM">Red Burns</a> (Alternate Media Center), and Sidney Dean (City Club of NY). </p><p>Public-access television is often grouped with public, educational, and government access television channels, under the acronym PEG. </p>