Channel One News

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Channel One News
Launched 1989 (pilot program debut)
1990 (national debut)
Owned by Whittle Communications (1989-1994)
PRIMEDIA (1994-2007)
Alloy Media+Marketing (2007-2012)
ZelnickMedia (2012-Present)[1]
Country United States
Website http://www.channelone.com (Program Site)

Channel One, LLC is a for-profit digital content provider that its supporters say encourages young people to be informed, digital-savvy global citizens. Channel One News is a daily news program accompanied by commercial advertising, with supplementary educational resources, aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS), that its supporters argue help students, teachers, and parents interpret the news of the day and spark conversations. The Peabody and Telly Award-winning Channel One News program is broadcast to approximately 5 million young people in upper elementary schools, middle schools and high schools across the country. Channel One News is now also available advertising-free through a subscription. It is owned by ZelnickMedia.

History

Previous Channel One News ident used until 2013.

Channel One was founded in 1989 and began with a pilot program in four high schools before its national rollout in 1990, with original anchors and reporters Ken Rogers, Lynne Blades and Brian Tochi. It was founded by Christopher Whittle, a business executive based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Primedia purchased Channel One for approximately $250 million from Whittle in 1994.

The program's first Executive Producer, Cynthia Samuels, came to Channel One from 9 years at the Today Show. While at Channel One she created Student Producer Week - during which students produced, reported, directed and designed an entire week of programming, Channel One's one hour specials including one in Moscow and Ohio, one in Tokyo and Texas, one in Los Angeles after the Rodney King riots hosted by Arsenio Hall and OneVote- an "election night" for students to vote for President and watch the returns come in live from their classrooms.

In December 1997, Channel One's parent company, Primedia, classified its Education Segment, which includes Channel One Network, as a "discontinued operation" and announced that it was "exploring strategic alternatives for" the businesses in that segment.[2] In 2007 Primedia sold Channel One to Alloy Media and Marketing; on April 23, 2007 Alloy assumed the liabilities of Channel One and took over their assets.

In July 2007, NBC News announced that it would be partnering with Alloy under an arrangement in which NBC would work with Channel One News to produce original content for Channel One’s in-school broadcasts, providing Channel One with access to global newsgathering resources.[3]

In 2009, CBS News entered into a partnership with Channel One.

Channel One is currently owned by ZelnickMedia.

OneVote

Channel One held mock presidential elections called OneVote shortly before the general elections in 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.

1992

The initial vote in 1992 had 3,400,000 participants. Bill Clinton won the 1992 OneVote, garnering 43% of the vote. George H.W. Bush got 27%, with independent H. Ross Perot getting 24% of the vote. In actuality, Clinton won with 43% of the vote (roughly the same as the real election), followed by Bush with 38% and Perot with 19%.

2000

When OneVote returned in 2000, 877,497 students participated, choosing Texas Governor George W. Bush in a mock election with nearly 59% of the vote. Vice-President Al Gore was voted second with 36% of the vote.[4]

2004

The 2004 OneVote gave George W. Bush 55% of the vote. John Kerry finished second with 40% of the vote, while all third-party candidates as a group (voters could only vote for them as a group) got 5%. The vote consisted of 1,400,000 students.

2008

The 2008 OneVote gave Barack Obama 51.5 percent of the vote. John McCain finished second with 48.5 percent.

2012

The 2012 OneVote gave Barack Obama 50 percent of the vote. Mitt Romney finished second with 44. percent.

Subscription

In 2011, Channel One announced it would offer its daily news program and additional educational, Common Core State Standards (CCSS)-based resources through a subscription-based, advertising-free version, in addition to the traditional version.

Controversy

Channel One has been controversial[5] largely due to the commercial content of the show. Critics claim that it is a problem in classrooms because it forces children to watch ads, wastes class time, and wastes tax dollars. Supporters argue that the ads are necessary to help keep the program running and lease TVs, DVRs (Head-End Units) and satellite dishes to schools, as well as commercial-free educational video through Channel One Connection. In 2006, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported that research indicated that children who watched Channel One remembered the commercials more than they remembered the news.[6]

Another criticism, noted by Media Education Foundation's[7] documentary Captive Audience,[8] is that very little time is dedicated to actual news and the majority of the programming is soft, sensationalistic "fluff" with corporate marketing and PR tie-ins to promote products and services, arguing that it further corrupts the school setting with consumerism.

Anchors

Channel One News currently has three anchors/correspondents on its roster. These anchors serve as hosts in the studio as well as correspondents in the field.

Current

Shelby Holliday, Maggie Rulli, Demetrius Pipkin, Keith Kocinski and Scott Evans are the current hosts of Channel One News.[9]

Former

See also

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Lia (2007-07-09). "NBC News to Provide Content for Channel One". New York Times, The. Retrieved 2008-05-14. 
  2. ↑ http://www.smartmoney.com/news/PR/index.cfm?story=PR-20070227-001132-0830
  3. ↑ Miller, Lia (July 9, 2007). "NBC News to Provide Content for Channel One". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-09. 
  4. ↑ About.com. "Student Voters Pick Bush - Results of Project OneVote". Retrieved 2011-02-11. 
  5. ↑ Critic's Notebook; TV News in the Schools: Which Channel, if Any?
  6. ↑ NBC News to Provide Content for Channel One at New York Times
  7. ↑ Media Education Foundation
  8. ↑ Captive Audience
  9. ↑ http://www.channelone.com/video/

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