Radio: Close to Zero
TVmen get their most persistent needling from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. Last January N.A.E.B. monitored all the shows telecast by New York City stations during a week-long period and found that the cultural content was approximately zero (TIME, Feb. 5). Last week N.A.E.B. reported its findings in a similar study of TV in the Los Angeles area. Items:
¶More than a quarter of TV time is devoted to adult drama (mostly feature films).
¶Domestic shows (cooking, shopping, etc.) account for 16%.
¶News got 12%, but two-thirds of it concerned the local kidnap-murder of ten-year-old Patricia Jean Hull.
¶Variety, and children's programs (mostly westerns) got 10% each.
¶The total for religion, public events and weather: less than 3%.
¶The total for the fine arts: approximately zero.
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