Channel One News had many on-air personalities who acted goofy. Tom Hanson is shown here mugging for the camera. At the time, he was trying to look “younger” for his captive audience of middle school students. Many Channel One “reporters” thought that acting immature – making silly faces – would fool students into thinking...
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Channel One News has been gone since 2018. However, there is concern that some new youth marketing company will try to bring back the company or parts of it. That is why Obligation will release a video series documenting the abundant problems with Channel One. Before the videos start in August, let’s reintroduce a...
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Eat More Twinkies, Kids. February 6, 2001 On January 26, 2001, upwards to 8 million schoolchildren were compelled to watch a commercial urging them to eat more Hostess Twinkies. Channel One has been bringing Hostess into America’s classrooms since the spring of 2000. Jim Metrock said, “When you think about it, Channel One is a...
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Fresh Faces November 26, 1998 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...
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Channel One News often allows movie stars to be “guest hosts” to welcome students to the broadcast and plug their movie.
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This is the full show that students were compelled to watch under force of Channel One’s onerous contract. Contract: Channel One loans a school TV equipment as long as the school shows the youth marketing firm’s TV show called Channel One News AT LEAST 90% of school days. (That’s over one instructional week of...
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Channel One News has advertised numerous movies that were age-inappropriate due to drug and alcohol content and sexual content. One of the worst was the “stoner comedy” Dude, Where’s My Car? in December, 2000 and January 2001. The entire movie was one big drug joke which normalized the use of marijuana among young people....
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January 19, 2011 from Jim Metrock <[email protected]> to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] cc “Jamie R. Blair” <[email protected]>, [email protected] date Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:55 PM subject from a stakeholder words The Board believes that an informed public is vital to the success and support of public education. The Board of Education recognizes that...
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This clip picks up after two brief headlines that take a minute each Channel One’s Shelby Holliday gives a “teaser” for a NASCAR story after the commercial break. Ms. Holliday knows there is no need for a “teaser” since schools are contractually required to show the controversial Channel One News program to the captive...
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June 11, 1998 (Birmingham, AL) Obligation, Inc., a local child advocacy organization, filed a complaint today against the Channel One Network with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). They are owned by PRIMEDIA, Inc. (formerly K-III Communications), which is majority-owned by Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts. Obligation alleges that Channel One’s web site: · solicits personal information from children without parental approval, ...
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