This bad idea is now dead. We leave the articles up on our site to discourage any company who thinks advertising on a school bus might be a money maker. BusRadio loaned schools special radios with several safety features in exchange for having the attention of a captive audience of young bus riders. They targeted special radio advertising to various age groups. The youngest riders targeted were kindergarten students. When parents found out about BusRadio parents ended BusRadio.
If school officials read only one paragraph of the Federal Communications Commission’s investigative study on BusRadio it should be, of course, the conclusion above. Obligation believes that the few school districts that currently have BusRadio should: 1. Suspend the playing of BusRadio’s programming on all buses. 2. Contact parents and provide them the link...
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They just don’t learn. BusRadio has unveiled a new web feature called Name That Tune! They play a portion of a song and children have to pick the correct title from several possible choices. The correct song below is Lady Gaga’s Just Dance. Notice it is a "BusRadio Edit" of the song. The song...
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http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_education_edblog/2009/09/feds-criticize-busradio-which-seminole-schoosl-tried.html May 8, 2008 Show Could Be Over For BusRadio On Seminole County School Buses by Dave Weber, Orlando Sentinel May 17, 2008 BusRadio Disaster In Seminole County May Have National Impact (VIDEO) May 19, 2008 "if this illogical decision is finalized" The utter arrogance of BusRadio’s sales force.
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Today the Federal Communications Commission issued their report to Congress about BusRadio. Parents and other citizens should read this report; school board members, superintendents, and pupil transportation directors NEED to read this report. Obligation urges every school district that still has BusRadio playing on their buses should suspend the playing of BusRadio until this...
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BusRadio’s radio show heard on school buses constantly tells kids to visit their web site Busradio.com when they get home. The site is one specially-targeted advertisement after another. Here is the top of their home page. BusRadio is now heavily promoting the Cartoon Network and a movie that will air on September 13. Even...
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BusRadio’s disc jockeys disappear. Is there any need for microphones at BusRadio anymore? For most of BusRadio’s brief existence they have had one radio show. It was called the Mat and Lucia Show. Lucia left BusRadio in December 2008. Today a trade journal announces Mat has left BusRadio. So much for the Mat...
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August 9, 2009 An Open Letter to Cobb County, Georgia citizens about the BusRadio controversy. Last year, after experimenting with BusRadio, the Seminole County (FL) school district removed all the company’s "special" radios. The content of the programming was the main problem. You can see the local TV report explaining why parents...
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Obligation’s Jim Metrock on the vile musical artists promoted on BusRadio. Related articles: July 29, 2009 – Filth July 21, 2009 – All I Want To Do Is Shoot You And Take Your Money June 24, 2009 – Nice Little Songs These are the most recent articles. There are too many earlier articles...
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