A child that is contractually obligated to Channel One's marketing plan from sixth grade to graduation will lose 7 weeks of school watching television instead of reading. There is a tremendous cost here that citizens must openly discuss. One hour a week of school is determined by a Channel One Hollywood executive named Andy Hill. He is the president of programming for Channel One. He is ultimately responsible for what children see on Channel One.
Communities have no say-so over the content of one week's worth of school time.
That's all up to Mr. Hill and his Channel One studio in Hollywood. They will attempt to install monitors in five randomly chosen TV sets in 300 schools nationwide. These monitors will determine if children are watching the required amount of programming. If they do not measure up, Channel One may remove the children's 'IV network. School officials cannot be told which TVs are being monitored or the results will be meaningless.