Channel One News
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Launched | March 6, 1989 (pilot program debut) 1990 (national debut) |
Closed | May 2018 |
Channel One News was an American news
History
Channel One was founded in 1989. It 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. Christopher Whittle founded it along with co-founder Ed Winter, advertising and marketing executives based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Primedia purchased Channel One for approximately $250 million from Whittle in 1994, with Ed Winter remaining as chairman for several more years.
The program's first
From 1997 until 2000, Andy Hill was president of programming for Channel One News, where he produced award-winning news programming for an audience of eight million American teens.[4]
In December 2007, 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.
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 news gathering resources.[7] In 2009, CBS News entered into a partnership with Channel One.[citation needed]
Alloy was bought by
Business model
The original model for Channel One had it providing schools and school districts with
OneVote
Channel One held mock presidential elections called OneVote shortly before the general elections in 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. With the exception of the 2016 election, the popular vote winner in each OneVote election accurately predicted the electoral college winner of the respective real presidential election.
1992: The initial vote in 1992 had 3,400,000 participants.
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.[11]
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.[citation needed]
2008: The 2008 OneVote gave Barack Obama 51.5 percent of the vote. John McCain finished second with 48.5 percent.[citation needed]
2012: The 2012 OneVote gave Barack Obama 50 percent of the vote. Mitt Romney finished second with 44 percent.[citation needed]
2016: The 2016 OneVote gave Hillary Clinton 47 percent of the vote. Donald Trump finished second with 41 percent.
Controversy
Channel One was controversial[12] largely because of the commercial content of the show. Critics claimed that it was a problem in classrooms because it forced children to watch ads and wasted class time and tax dollars.[13] Supporters argued that the ads were necessary to help keep the program running and lease TVs, VCRs, 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.[14]
Another criticism, noted by Media Education Foundation's documentary Captive Audience, was that very little time was dedicated to actual news and that the majority of the programming was corporate
Former anchors
Channel One News had seven
- Serena Altschul (correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning)
- Tony Anderson
- its streaming channel)
- Chris Browne
- Mark Carter
- Azia Celestino
- Janet Choi
- Gotham Chopra
- Anderson Cooper (anchor on CNN and talk show host)
- Adriana Diaz
- Seth Doane (correspondent on CBS News)
- Julian Dujarric
- Scott Evans (reporter/anchor at Access Hollywood)
- Steven Fabian (correspondent on Inside Edition)
- Justin Finch (reporter/anchor at NBC Washington)
- Jared Friesen
- Tom Hanson
- Chris Haslage
- Arielle Hixson
- Shelby Holliday
- Cassie Hudson
- Craig Jackson (host of VH1's I Love Money)
- Fox News Channel and host on Fox News Radio)
- Keith Kocinski
- Kathy Kroenenberger
- Jessica Kumari
- Hicks Neal
- Ron Mervine
- Demetrius Pipkin
- Emily Reppert
- Maggie Rulli
- Sofia Lidskog
- This is Life with Lisa Ling on CNN)
- Laura Ling (Director of Development for Discovery Digital Networks)
- Alex Marquardt (correspondent on CNN)
- Tonoccus McClain
- Maria Menounos (host on E! News)
- Alexandra Montoya
- Meka Nichols
- Monica Novotny (anchor on MSNBC)
- Kris Osborn (correspondent for Entertainment Tonight)
- Michele Ruiz
- Alex Sanz (U.S. News leadership team at Associated Press)
- Derrick Shore (host of Houston Life on KPRC-TV)
- Tracy Smith (correspondent on CBS News Sunday Morning)
- Brian Tochi
- Rawley Valverde[17]
- Justin Gunn [18]
See also
References
- ^ Miller, Lia (2007-07-09). "NBC News to Provide Content for Channel One". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Acquires Channel One News to Expand Digital Content Offering, Production Capabilities". Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Channel One Going Dark". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "Remembering Coach John Wooden". California State University, Long Beach. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015.
- ^ "MarketWatch - Stock Market Quotes, Business News, Financial News". Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Kicked Out of Class: Primedia Sheds In-School Net Channel One". Ad Age. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ Miller, Lia (July 9, 2007). "NBC News to Provide Content for Channel One". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ "ZelnickMedia Acquires Alloy". Adweek. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Acquires Channel One News". Edweek Market Brief. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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- ^ About.com. "Student Voters Pick Bush - Results of Project OneVote". Archived from the original on 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ^ Critic's Notebook; TV News in the Schools: Which Channel, if Any?
- ^ "Nonprofit urges schools to ban Channel One newscast over onslaught of commercials". Fox News. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ NBC News to Provide Content for Channel One at The New York Times
- ^ "Captive Audience". Retrieved 8 October 2006.
- ^ Name. "Reporters". Channelone.com. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ Meisler, Andy (January 8, 1995). "The World According to Channel One". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "JustinGunn.com Resume" (PDF).
External links
- Channel One at IMDb