PTC Fact Sheet - Parents Television Council

Parents Television Council (PTC)
Fact Sheet
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Annual budget:
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1995 as 501 (c) 3 non profit, non partisan national advocacy organization
Headquarters:
707 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2075
Los Angeles, California 90017
Regional Office:
325 South Patrick Street
Alexandria, Virginia
22314
The Parents Television Council advocates a dramatic reduction in gratuitous
sex, violence and profanity on television, films, video games and in other
media because of their long-term harmful and desensitizing affects on
children.
$5.4 million (2003 operating budget)
Three primary departments implement the PTC mission: Research &
Publications, Government & Entertainment Affairs and
Grassroots Advocacy.
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Research & Publications: Records and analyzes all network television
programming, logging every instance of sexually explicit content,
profanity, violence and other negative/harmful messages targeted
towards children. Produces all PTC research, analysis and
publications, including the annual “State of the Industry” reports on
sex, violence and profanity on television. Provides all TV show data
and analysis free of charge via the corporate website.
Government & Entertainment Affairs: Implements corporate
programming initiatives targeting television broadcasters and
networks; corporate advertisers and sponsors; federal, state and
local government officials (both elected and appointed); and
outreach to the Hollywood creative community.
Grassroots Advocacy: Manages the PTC national grassroots initiative,
a nationwide group of local community activists who implement
national initiatives at the local level and elevate important local
issues to the national level.
Board of Directors:
The Honorable Leon J. Weil, Chairman
L. Brent Bozell, III
Pat Boone
Dr. C. DeLores Tucker
The Honorable Robert D. Stuart Former Chairman & CEO, Quaker Oats
Phillip Friedmann Co-Founder Recycled Paper Greetings, Inc.

Corporate Officers:
Advisory Board:
L. Brent Bozell, III, Founder & President
Timothy Winter, Executive Director & Secretary
Mark Barnes, Treasurer
Performers Connie Sellecca, Pat Boone, Naomi Judd, Billy Ray Cyrus, Susan
Howard, Dean Jones, Tim Conway, and Cheryl Rhoads.
Writers/directors/producers William Blinn, Coleman Luck, Dave Johnson,
Gary Johnson, Phil and Michelle Barron, Ken and Susan Wales. NFL Hall of
Famers Jim Otto and Mel Renfro. Political and civic activists Dr. C. Delores
Tucker, Dr. William Bennett, Wendy Borcherdt and Father Val J. Peter,
(executive director, Boys Town). Hollywood commentators Michael Medved
and Holly McClure. US Senator Sam Brownback. Business executive John
Carvelli. Honorary Chairman Emeritus, the late Steve Allen.
Number of employees:
24 (combined offices)
# of chapters: 35
# of members: More than a million (2/2004)
website:
www.parentstv.org