Committees Programming Practices, 1968-1969 (1968-1969)

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- 39 - FURTHER COMMENTS ABOUT PROGRAMS NOT ACCEPTED FOR REASONS OF CONTENT Three programs were rejected with considerably higher frequency than mojt others: NET Playhouse , NET Journal and Black Journal . The reasons for not accepting such programs were inevitably tied to local concerns and anxieties. The NET Journal program, "Fidel," was rejected by WFSU, Tallahassee, because of concern about balance. It was considered pro-Fidel and gave an incomplete picture, "leaving the viewer with false impressions." Although the station carried other controversial programs, this was rejected because the management did not f6el it could "justify to its higher authorities" scheduling the program. WCMU, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, also reported that the program carried "too much propaganda, was too one-sided, and that viewers would not have waited for a panel discussion at the end." Another station, KLVX, Las Vegas, labeled it "sugar- coated communism." An NET Journal program, "Diary of A Student Revolutionary," was not selected by KLVX because "we had our own...no additional instruction was necessary." The program, "Some of Our Best Friends," was not accepted by WSJK, Sneedville(Knoxville) and WKNO(Memphis), because of profanity. An NET Journal entitled "The Drinking American" was not accepted by KLVX because it was felt that a more "seasonal program for program balance and color" would be more acceptable. Several NET Journal programs and Black Journal programs were not carried by KETS, Conway, Arkansas, because of program content. The station has reported that each program was not necessarily rejected for objectionable content, but was reĀ¬ jected because program personnel were not available to preview each one before broadcast. The NET Playhouse was rejected by stations for several similar reasons, generally dealing with obscenity or topics that were felt to be offensive to local viewers. For exemple, "Theatre in America--New Theatre For Now," was rejected by WCNY, Syracuse, because it did not"conform to local standards of taste" and involved "gratuitous obscenity." WKNO, Memphis, identified one play in this program as "having offensive language and suggestive material." WRLK, Columbia, S.C., referred to it