Educational television Educational television Channel One News is a television program shown in classrooms in 8,000 to 12,000 secondary schools in the United States. It is usually about twelve to thirteen minutes in length. It is shown daily. Included in the program are two to three minutes of advertising. Usually, its content consists of news and sports programming and commercials. The program is funded with money from sponsors and advertisers. Schools that participate sign a contract to air the program on 90% of school days and receive a 19" or 27" television for each classroom, 2 VCRs (one for the school's use, one to record the program) per classroom, a satellite dish that picks up only Channel One's signal, and the right to access the Channel One Connection, a library of commercial-free educational programming. ...more on Wikipedia about "Channel One News"
Cobb Education Television or Cobb edTV is the educational- access cable TV channel in Cobb County, Georgia. It began in April 2004, and is a partnership between Cobb County Public Schools, Chattahoochee Technical College, Marietta City Schools, Kennesaw State University, Southern Polytechnic State University, and North Metro Technical College. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cobb Education Television"
Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of 46 educational shorts featuring rock songs about schoolroom topics, including grammar, science, economics, history and politics. Originally conceived by Thomas G. Yohe in 1972, the shorts were broadcast on ABC television affiliates until 1986. They were then broadcast on occasion throughout the 1990s and part of the 2000s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Schoolhouse Rock!"
Stratovision is an airborne television transmission relay system from aircraft flying at high altitudes. In 1945 the Glenn L. Martin Co. and Westinghouse Electric Corporation advocated television coverage of small towns and rural areas as well as the large metropolitan centers, by fourteen aircraft that would provide coverage for approximately 78% of the people in the U.S.A. This system has been used for domestic broadcasting in the USA; used by the US military in Vietnam and other countries and attempted by pirate radio operators but not successfully employed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stratovision"
Time for Timer was the collective title for a short series of public service announcements broadcast on Saturday mornings on the ABC television network starting in the early 1970s. The animated spots featured Timer, a tiny yellow, blob-shaped cartoon character usually wearing a bow tie and top hat, who promoted healthy eating and personal hygiene using clever songs and animation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Time for Timer"
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