Channel One’s "Fresh Faces"   January 26, 1998 – Channel One Ceases Their Dangerous "Fresh Faces" Section Within the past two months, Channel One has listened to our our pleas and has ditched their dangerous "Fresh Faces" feature. This was another one of Channel One’s self-promotions that allowed children to put their pictures on...
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Birmingham, AL (November 24, 1998) – The Washington Times ran a story covering yesterday’s letter to several Congressional Committee chairmen urging informational hearings on the controversial Channel One marketing program in public schools. Obligation is a Birmingham-based child advocacy and media watchdog group that has been instrumental in getting this diverse group of conservative...
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November 23, 1998 (Birmingham, AL) Obligation, Inc., a local media watchdog group has joined several nationally known organizations and individuals in signing a letter asking for Congressional hearings on the in-school TV marketing program called Channel One. Jim Metrock, Obligation’s president said, "When you have Ralph Nader and Eagle Forum’s Phyllis Schlafly on the...
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Schools, with Channel One’s help, told our kids again what movie to see this weekend. This time it was PG-13 "Meet Joe Black". "Schools endorse the products they make children watch during school," said Jim Metrock, Obligation president. "Any school board member or superintendent who thinks the school doesn’t endorse the products pushed on...
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No TV network ought to be advertised in a school. No specific TV show ought to be encouraged and endorsed by a school system. If a superintendent was forced to pick one broadcast network to advertise to his or her students, it certainly would not be the WB Network. Yet, the historically insensitive Channel...
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“Channel One is spitting into the face of parents and children. On “Dawson’s Creek”, last spring, a 15-year-old character on the show had sex with his teacher. The content of the show is saturated with sex talk. This is the creation of the director of the vulgar and obscenely-violent ‘Scream’ movies,” said Jim Metrock,...
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Birmingham, AL – Jefferson County is allowing Channel One back into their classrooms but in doing so is violating their contract with the controversial company. Jim Metrock is president of Obligation, Inc., a child-advocacy group.that opposes Channel One’s controversial program in public school classrooms. He said, "Dr. Bruce Wright is not...
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It wasn’t close. Every high school principal and assistant principal signed on to a resolution urging the removal of Channel One from their schools. The Shelby County Reporter editorially called for the unplugging of this advertising ploy. Superintendent Evan Major recommended the immediate termination of Channel One. The board voted 3-1 to pull the...
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[From Obligation – Channel One is targeting our children again. This time they are going to have principals hand out samples of advertisers’ products during school time. Obligation has not heard of "Channel One Cover Concepts Marketing Services" but it appears to have the same purpose as Channel One News. This outrageous abuse of...
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Channel One had removed several features from their controversial web site after a Channel One executive was lectured by the Shelby County board of education on September 1 (see below). They removed the "Entertainment" and "Life" sections that often contained age inappropriate material for children, especially pre-teens (such as reviews of R-rated movies and...
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  The past few weeks we have gotten behind in updating our web page. Events have been happening very fast and I will try to fill in the gaps.   Basically, our Channel One project is succeeding beyond our expectations. Channel One is “on the ropes” in Alabama. They might rally and reestablish themselves...
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