Programs, Correspondence, 1968, August-December (1968)

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wcny-tv SYRACUSE NEWS RELEASE OLD LIVERPOOL ROAD / LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK 13088 / 315 / 457-0440 BLACK ON BLACK TV SERIES For Immediate Release ANNOUNCED BY WCNY-TV, SYRACUSE Sent November 12, 1968 WCNY-TV, Syracuse, the public television station serving Central New York, announced plans to broadcast a new locally-produced bi-monthly series designed to serve as a vehicle for expression by and for the black community in Syracuse. Black on Black ; Afro-American Television Magazine , was intro¬ duced to the community at a special screening for the ETV Council*s Board of Trustees Community Programming Committee and an invited aud¬ ience of community leaders. The previous program was also previewed over Channel 24 to the community at large this week. (Week of Nov. 11, 1968). The premiere program in the series which has been almost two years in the planning and development stages, will be broadcast December 6 at 7:30 P.M. and will be seen every other Friday at 7:30 P.M. and repeated for in-school audiences on Tuesday at 12 noon and Thurs¬ days at 12:30 P.M. Arthur Paul, Assistant General Manager for Program Operations, said the objectives of the series are: to reach all Negroes in the Syracuse metropolitan area, but especially the youth and those in the low income brackets; to rely upon the Negro community, local and national, as a talent resource; to provide a platform for Negroes to speak directly to other Negroes and indirectly to the community at large, via television, about prime concerns of the Negro citizens, with maximum freedom from restraint, other than those of good taste and responsible comment. Black on Black , by providing information and methods for self- improvement and assertion, is also designed to confront and improve the realities of life within the Negro neighborhoods as well as examining relationships between the Negro and White community. The series will provide an opportunity for lower-income Negroes to relate constructively to Negro leaders, and will strive to give the youth especially, strong, positive figures to admire and emulate -MORE-