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WORKED IN TV IN THOSE DAYS AT WPIX, THE NEW YORK CITY
INDEPENDENT TV STATION. I CALLED SHOTS IN THE CONTROL ROOM
EVERYONE DID I RAN TALENT SHOWS AT MIDNIGHT, AND APPEARED ON
THE NEWS EVERY FRIDAY THE 13TH, CARRYING BLACK CATS UNDER
LADDERS. IN 1951, CHILDREN'S TV WAS NOT A BIG ISSUE, WITH ME OR
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
BY THE LATE 60S, HOWEVER, PARENTS, TEACHERS AND CONGRESS
WERE CALLING FOR AN END TO SEX AND VIIOLENCE, AND ACT BEGAN IN MY
LIVING ROOM. FROM THE BEGINNING, ACT'S GOAL WAS NOT TOGET RID OF
WHAT WAS GHASTLY, BUT TO CREATE A MARKET FOR WHAT WAS MISSING
FROM SERVICE TO CHILDREN IN AN INDUSTRY LICENSED TO SERVE THE
PUBLIC.
NOW THE QUESTION IS: WHAT'S MISSING? IN 1969, "TV GUIDE". ASKED
SOME SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND EDUCATORS WHAT
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON CHILDREN'S TELEVISION: "THE ULTIMATE
ACCOMPLISHMENT," ACCORDING TO TV GUIDE'S SAMPLING OF EXPERTS,
"IS TO CATCH THE CHILD'S IMAGINATION BY SHOWNG HIM THE WORLD, WHAT
ITS POSSIBILITIES ARE, HOW PEOPLE GET ALONG IN IT, HOW THEY INTERACT
WITH EACH OTHER, AND WHAT HIS PLACE IN IT MIGHT BE."
I'M SURE THEY WOULD HAVE AGREED THAT "BIKER MICE FROM MARS"
DOESN'T QUITE DO IT.
FIVE YEARS LATER, IN A 1974 POLICY STATEMENT, THE FCC DEFINED
PROGRAMS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED EDUCATIONAL OR INFORMATIVE:
"THERE ARE MANY IMAGINATIVE AND EXCITING WAYS IN WHICH THE MEDIUM
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