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Tom Hanson
9/28/2022 Texas and Alabama parents share the same problem. The difference: Texas parents...
Channel One News had many on-air personalities who acted goofy. Tom Hanson is shown...
Sonya and David Channel One’s "Advisory Board" From Jim Metrock: This Advisory Board is a marketing gimmick to make Channel One look like it is relevant to educators. Channel One wants the public to think educators are daily guiding Channel One News in its decision making. Hogwash. This board is a joke and...
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T. I. is the name of a rap singer who is little more than a thug. T. I. however must be a personal favorite of BusRadio employees because he has been featured for months on their high school and middle school programming. This singer is a convicted felon. In 1998 he was convicted on...
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From Jim Metrock: Parents may not like the music of the Black Eyed Peas coming out of their middle schooler’s bus radio, but that’s what’s happening. This group is known for their explicit lyrics and two of their members, Will.I.Am and Fergie, also have solo careers based on vulgar lyrics. Here is a YouTube...
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From Jim Metrock: High schoolers heard Timbaland’s The Way You Are this morning on the way to school. I encourage visitors to listen to this song not so much for what you might hear but rather for what you don’t hear. BusRadio believes that the removal of vulgar words and phrases from certain songs...
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Here’s a partial clue: They are the hard-working – or should that be "hardly working" – members of Channel One’s distinguished – or should that be "extinguished" – Advisory Board. Since 2006 these educators have allowed Channel One to use their faces, first names only please, and the name of their state no city...
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Elementary students are told to go to this page on the Internet. From Jim Metrock: Listen to this: AUDIO FILE: From BusRadio’s afternoon elementary school show – April 3, 2009 You just heard two commercials BusRadio aimed at children on elementary school buses. In this article we’ll only deal with the first commercial....
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BusRadio-featured artist Akon on stage. From Jim Metrock: BusRadio loves Akon. Nov. 3, 2006 – Smack That / May 23, 2007 – BusRadio Plays Akon For Elementary School Kids / Nov. 15, 2008 – BusRadio Konvicted! BusRadio played Akon’s "Beautiful" song this morning on the high school show. AUDIO FILE: Beautiful by...
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Isn’t it unethical for BusRadio to be talking to elementary school students like this? BusRadio is telling elementary schoolchildren to call a phone number. BusRadio is not telling children to check with their parents. BusRadio’s DJ is using children’s love of fairy tales to get them interested in a contest. The purpose of the...
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In 2000 Channel One News promised to only advertise PG13 movies to ninth graders and up. Channel One has since broken that promise...
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Dustin Fitzharris – “highest level person at Channel One” From Jim Metrock: So I’m standing in front of the Channel One receptionist last week and I’m not getting anywhere. NO, I can’t see CEO Kent Haehl because “he is no longer with the company.” NO, I can’t see VP of Education Paul Folkemer...
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Kent Haehl From Jim Metrock: It appears that Channel One News is again without a president. On a visit this week to Channel...
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The web site for Channel One News is becoming much more commercialized. Channelone.com did not have advertising when it began in 1996. That is the way it should have remained, but over the years as Channel One’s financial health has deteriorated, advertising was added to the site and has steadily grown in volume. Today,...
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Obligation has received confirmation that all BusRadio radios have been removed from Montgomery County Public School (MD) buses. Last December the district agreed to end their experiment with BusRadio after parents complained. In February a Montgomery County elementary school bus driver was heard calling into BusRadio in an effort to win a contest. Obligation...
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From Jim Metrock: Middle school students on their way to school yesterday morning heard a song on BusRadio called 1, 2 Step. There was nothing wrong with the lyrics, but there was a lot wrong with who sang it. Ciara is credited as the main singer, but the song "features Missy Elliott." Elliott sings...
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Below is a long audio clip of a song played for middle school students this past week. You can check out the lyrics here. BusRadio will argue that they have every right to promote Fabolous and his music to children just out of elementary school BECAUSE the bad words are blanked out....
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Many parents out there are very familiar with the smooth, melodic songs of Clifford Harris, known as T. I. to his fans. Who hasn’t grooved out to the uplifting lyrics of Dope Boyz, Don’t You Wanna Be High, and Da Dopeman? His romantic songs span the spectrum from the evocative Big Sh**...
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From Jim Metrock: Anchor Bay Entertainment is owned by Starz, LLC (Starz and Encore cable movie channels). Anchor Bay distributes DVDs. They are best known for their horror titles such as Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Army of Darkness, and The Evil Dead. The company also has a children’s home video...
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Listen to xxxxxxx xxxxxx pitch a gaming website to six-year-olds. From: Jim Metrock This stinks. Elementary schoolchildren forced to listen to BusRadio are being told by BusRadio’s DJ to visit Nexon.net. This is why "kiddie marketers" like BusRadio make most people sick at...
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The Denver Post’s editorial board today called for school districts to remove BusRadio from their school buses. This is a tremendous victory for young people, their parents, educators, and all those concerned with the welfare and safety of schoolchildren. On the other hand, it is a terrible blow to the prospects of this...
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There is a simple step parents and other taxpayers can take to find out how BusRadio slipped onto your child’s school bus and how BusRadio manages to stay on your child’s bus. Ask your district’s superintendent for a copy of all correspondence (letters, faxes, emails) between any district employee and BusRadio. Ask for...
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One of the few bright spots for BusRadio has been Colorado. Several school districts quietly installed this marketing company’s radios with little or no public discussion. There may be more public discussion after today’s Denver Post article. School BusRadio gets mixed signals By Carlos Illescas Several school districts in Colorado are now receiving controversial...
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Multimedia Formula Makes Alloy a Teen Magnet Company Behind ‘Gossip Girl’ Kicks Off Move Into Web Video, Wins LG Mobile as Sponsor for 10-Episode Drama The Wall Street Journal Friday,February 27, 2009 By EMILY STEEL Alloy Media + Marketing is emerging as an unlikely star in the online teen-popularity contest. The New York company...
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