Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Vault of Coolness: TV Channels December 1977 (Baltimore area)


My friend found this newspaper TV supplement while doing some housecleaning, and, boy, am I glad she thought of me and passed it along, because it's a great read. I'll probably refer to it more in future "Vault" posts, but for now let's look at the closing paragraph of the cover story highlighting Christmas specials such as this version of "Annie":

"...good programing (sic) is so often in conflict with other good programs that one wishes to see"?

Thankfully, much has changed since 1977, thanks to the landmark FCC mandate in 1983 that networks devote 90% of their schedules to utter crap, thereby ensuring viewers will rarely, if ever, have to choose between good programs they wish to see.

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