There are not enough crew positions in the studio for the whole class to be involved at one time. Students have greater control over program. Students will not have formal production and equipment handling training. If they are not able to produce acceptable programming, negative viewer feedback will cause interest to suffer. Pre-production planing is difficult to do.
Programs produced during the school day involve pulling students out of class.
Sponsor may not have formal TV production experience. The most successful instructional format at Woodland Hills was to offer a production class that met two periods per week. The course covered basic production techniques and allowed for pre-production planning and crew scheduling. The same period we offered an advanced three day per week section that dealt the technical aspects of television. Students could take either or both of these courses and students not in the formal classes were also welcome to take part in productions.