Thank you, Channel One News, for introducing my band to middle school students. This is Derrick Riggan the drummer for the Channel One News-advertised band Crashing Broadway. From Jim Metrock: Channel One went into overdrive promoting the band Crashing Broadway. 1. First, school time was used every day for an entire week to play...
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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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RJD2 He was born Ramble John Krohn aka RJD2. This hip-hop artist and producer likes publicity stills with blood on his face. From Jim Metrock: Let’s take this one step at a time. 1 Here’s a CD by RJD2 called “The Colossus.” Although it does not have a parental warning on its cover it...
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These are some of Missy Elliott’s tamer lyrics. This song is entitled Ecstasy. It’s her loving tribute to the “party” drug Ecstasy. Yo I’m on FIRE!!!!! People go head and drink up Get in the club get f****d up See me you got get lucked up Someone to touch your rubber Show me some love,...
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To get the attention of schoolchildren, Channel One News has always played rock and rap music. They play music during the show’s introduction, going into and out of commercial breaks, during Pop Quizzes, during feature stories, and at the end of the show. Of course, there is even more music when a recording artist or band pay to...
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From Jim Metrock: It would be hard to call one Channel One commercial the all-time worst. Who could forget the topless ad for Stay Clear? Or the ad for the ultraviolent movie Supernova that actually showed people being killed and gutted on the classroom TV screen? Oh, Channel One executives have made some moronic decisions in what they...
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