Channel One News is a marketing company whose main purpose is to get advertising to a captive audience of impressionable schoolchildren. The company loans a school TV equipment in exchange for demanding the school show their daily, 12-minute, hyper-commercial TV show to students. That time equals one lost week of instructional time per year. No educational organization endorses the use of Channel One News. Channel One is disproportionately found in schools in low-income areas.
In 2007, Channel One News became even more controversial when it was acquired by Alloy Media and Marketing (creators of Gossip Girl and other raunchy teen and preteen fare). Once the company claimed 8+ million students under contract to watch their program. Since 1997 they have continued to lose schools and now they claim they have “nearly six million” students watching their program.
Precious seconds of school time are lost as Channel One News begins its December 12, 2011 “current events” show with a countdown promoting the new movie Tintin. Columbia Pictures paid good money to Channel One to tease students with their new Steven Spielberg movie coming out December 21. We are sure that students are...
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From Jim Metrock: I wrote recently about Channel One advertising the career college National College. Any company that supports Channel One’s exploitation of schoolchildren should come under criticism. BUT, I have to back off my comments about National College. I received a letter and other information ( 2011 National College letters Dec 7 2011 ) from...
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From Jim Metrock: Google wants kids to know about its new Google Music service. So they figured advertising on Channel One is a good thing. As you can see Channel One News has approved a Google Music ad which offers a free download of “Why Stop Now” by the rapper Busta Rhymes. This...
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There are so few real news stories on Channel One News, they have to add various “filler” features to pad the space between the commercials. Play of the Week is an old standby. Students send in video in hopes Channel One will feature their school on air. The videos are generally unspectacular. That doesn’t...
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Why join a TV show that is spiraling downwards? Scott Evans is not in Indianapolis anymore. He is now the brand new anchor at Channel One News. His previous experience has been in public relations for the Indiana Pacers basketball team and for a local Indianapolis TV station. With the abrupt departure of...
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Please don’t hang any pictures. Welcome aboard. Another employment ad for Channel One News. This one is strange. This position would normally be a full-time position. It was in the “good ole days” (1993-1998) when Channel One had their own studio and were making obscene amounts of ad money. Has the Big Boss,...
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Channel One News article praises offensive play and gives children link to play’s website. Here’s a typical song from The Book of Mormon. Be WARNED. This may be considered funny stuff to Channel One’s staff but this is very offensive content. Obligation normally “*&%#s” out most letters of offensive words when...
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December 16, 2011: National College sent information refuting the Kentucky Attorney General’s claims. Please read: 2011 O C1 National College letter Dec 7 2011 Controversial National College fits perfectly with extremely controversial Channel One News. From Jim Metrock: Anyone who has watched as much Channel One News as I have, certainly appreciates how little...
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