I thought for a moment this was about the propaganda "Channel 1" I was forced to watch every morning in home class in my Texan middle-school.
Propaganda?
Whatever happened to Channel 1?
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#42Really, the title is just a teaser. I thought this was a rewarding read and I just learned a hell of a lot about the history of radio. I don't suppose anyone has any book recommendations on the subject besides the ones mentioned in the article?
Agreed. I found the breakdown of how the NTSC standards were formed very interesting.
Re: Whatever happened to Channel 1?
#43I thought for a moment this was about the propaganda "Channel 1" I was forced to watch every morning in home class in my Texan middle-school.
Propaganda?
Maybe not so much propaganda as being fairly heavy on advertising.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News#Controversy
Though I would not be surprised to learn that it has the same sort of biased reporting we see in other news media.
Re: Whatever happened to Channel 1?
#44I thought for a moment this was about the propaganda "Channel 1" I was forced to watch every morning in home class in my Texan middle-school.
Propaganda?
Sort of. Daily news lite, pronouncements from the principal, appeals to school spirit and patriotism, pledge of allegiance, school accomplishments, etc.
Re: Whatever happened to Channel 1?
#45I thought for a moment this was about the propaganda "Channel 1" I was forced to watch every morning in home class in my Texan middle-school.
Propaganda?
Advertising you're required to watch, woven into a "Daily News for Young People" program. The schools likely constrain how interesting the subject matter can be, so you probably get a lot of "Hey, kids are doing interesting things" mixed in with dry news.
Never saw it, but I can imagine it feeling like propaganda.
Re: Whatever happened to Channel 1?
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Propaganda?
Sort of. Daily news lite, pronouncements from the principal, appeals to school spirit and patriotism, pledge of allegiance, school accomplishments, etc.
Oh, right, it ran after the school's local news for us, I'm mis-remembering. Fun stuff, though. Texas!
Re: Whatever happened to Channel 1?
#47I always wondered why cable networks couldn't have a Channel 1, even though it wasn't allowed on broadcast. After all, there's no other radio traffic in a coax cable to compete with. I suppose it could have posed a problem if there was any RF leakage from the cable network.
They sometimes did. It just wasn't super-common because people expected the single digits to be populated by broadcast channels (in fact, they often moved UHF channels to single digits so they'd all be in a continuous block).
When I was little, the local cable company in Dallas used Channel 1 as a tutorial channel where they looped videos showing how to operate the cable box and its remote. They eventually killed that, though, and just left Channel 1 empty.
In other localities, they have actual programming on Channel 1. For example, NYC had the news channel NY1 on Channel 1 until 2010.
Re: Whatever happened to Channel 1?
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Propaganda?
Maybe not so much propaganda as being fairly heavy on advertising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News#Controversy Though I would not be surprised to learn that it has the same sort of biased reporting we see in other news media.
Yeah. There were always a lot of commercials, but they were always enjoyable commercials. If you're going to eat up air time with commercials, at least make them entertaining. Middle school me loved most their selection - especially a specific soda's advertising campaign.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe not so much propaganda as being fairly heavy on advertising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News#Controversy Though I would not be surprised to learn that it has the same sort of biased reporting we see in other news media.
Yeah. There were always a lot of commercials, but they were always enjoyable commercials. If you're going to eat up air time with commercials, at least make them entertaining. Middle school me loved most their selection - especially a specific soda's advertising campaign.
> If you're going to eat up air time with commercials
You mean education time, right? You're using up classroom time to watch commercials.
I don't understand how enjoyable they were is relevant. Of course a bunch of eight year olds getting sold sugary drinks to enjoyed them more than learning, that doesn't remotely address why it is wrong.
Re: Whatever happened to Channel 1?
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Propaganda?
Maybe not so much propaganda as being fairly heavy on advertising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News#Controversy Though I would not be surprised to learn that it has the same sort of biased reporting we see in other news media.
> Though I would not be surprised to learn that it has the same sort of biased reporting we see in other news media.
I remember it as not being very biased, just watered down, often with some kind of "teen" angle.
Channel 1 was basically a vehicle to deliver captive audiences of teenage schoolchildren directly to advertisers. They bribed schools with TVs and justified the programming with the minimum proportion of educational news content, so they could use school to force feed teenagers Clearasil ads. The news content was just the sugar coating on the pill to make it palatable to schools and teachers.
IIRC, Anderson Cooper (of CNN) got his start there in the 90s.