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Alliance for Community Media

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The Alliance for Community Media (ACM), first founded in 1976 as the National Federation of Local Cable Programmers (NFLCP), is an educational, advocacy and lobbying organization in the United States which represents over 3,000 Public, Educational and Governmental access (PEG) cable TV organizations and community media center throughout the country. The ACM works to protect the interests of these access centers and those who use PEG facilities and equipment to advance their causes through cable television and the Internet, including: Local community groups Public schools Religious institutions Colleges and universities Government officials Second language communities National institutions such as NASA, US Department of Education, & the US Army.