Only 3 Percent of Parents Using V-Chip

Despite the fact that V-chip devices and new TV sets equipped with the technology have been on the market for nearly a year, only 3 percent of parents are using them and 39 percent

haven’t even heard of them, according to a study released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. In an interview with today’s (Wednesday) Boston Globe, FCC commissioner Gloria Tristani faulted the networks’ commitment to airing PSAs about the V-chip, saying that, with the exception of CBS, their effort had been “plainly insufficient.”