Youth TV YOUTH TV is a group of young people who want to see more youth participation in the people s interests are mainly ignored by TV and we're fed up with the crap that goes on.
There are a few programmes which take young people seriously. point, There is Thames TV's White Light, for example, which deals with subjects like contraception, police, ,but then after discussion they throw in a pop group in case we get bored.
Our experience presenting a series of Help programmes for Thames the last media. Young upto a school, and the a-minute dealing mainly with sex problems: Radio counselling service for young people, Lollipop, which is run by and for disabled young people in Carshalton, Surrey.
Two programmes dealt with young rights, and an viewers to ring in for a leaflet resulted in phones being jammed with calls for invitation suppose. which is a fighting for Token available to population.
More children's programmes, more local contact.
More local coverage, including Isle of Man.
More drama and more religious and children's programmes GRANADA More coverage of region, especiolty Merseyside.
More studios and more emphasis on Welsh language TV South Replaces Souther TV. More cai coverage. son South Wer Replaces Westward. More local Channel TV :shown distinct signs of be Ae mic anci recent yeats manufactured in mm-Haworta nmancing. rol productions has put a premium on bland and supposedly programming.
The pressure for television to be more m cact Witn . neoDes Intersenerne There is'a simple way to achieve this ii is grann nast hing at ihe TV authorities want is to tet the working class think thạt we coure make ano oresen our own programmes; The controller of features at Thames, Ian Martin, said the programme contravened the Television Act because it was biased. The idea seemed to be that we would need to include school students in favour of the bomb. There might be one or two, I Thames asked Sarah and I to do a replacement programme on STOP, organisation which is against caning in schools. Together with the researchers on the programme, we refused to do this * as a matter of principle. We then contacted the press about the censorship.
What happened with the gramme summed up the exercise. It was a token gift from Thames: It felt like they were cashing in on anther section of the There are all sorts of programme: which could be made by youth - play WHAT THE IBA HAS DECREED. More programmes from netv/ork, more broadcasting hours.
èven that we have a right ro reply to their version of cur' ICIH .CVCHtS ACCeSS gramming presently amounts. . to a tew dozen hours a year, and then Zadoc Nava records on this Dage • we are confronted by their censorship The authoritic are well aware thạt technological UCC oDu ucaren:uei control over television out put and the companies pro The champagne celebrated the chises. will also have OCCI cte to cai some nerves As the recession begins stuff' last proTurner, Gt James St, London WC1. to take its toll of advertising revenue. there : OOMS the prospect of satellite enabling broadcasters across That could mean a further loss o auvers og . "TO] :the TV companies. It might also make a dent in television's Anglo-centric presentation wou auu. uca tiend cycat More down-to-earth the development wid band I fibre-optic "cable will allow üp to 1,000 televisior Chanes eo piped every home (or that, workplace) in the HOW the TV companies promote youth programmes. The headline was 'Kids' written, directed, and acted by Youth TV knows exactly what we want. We had hoped to invite young people to write in and say what they would like to see, but this was part of the last Help pro gramme which was never broadcast.
Youth TV can be contacted c/o Thee NW3. Schools Against the Bomb, c/o 29 Fitzjohns Avenue, *London Broader coverage of the region, especially in outlying areas FT Separation from Trident parent company, new local structure.
Separemon trom Trident, new local structure Midlands ATV's company structure and name to change, more coverage of East Midlands More local coverage.
Better regional service, more local news LVN/TT Better regional service, more local news in conjunction with Thames country No doubt the authorities will try to find weird anc wondert reasons why, in spite of such an enormous potential for labour movement and com Divautasiillg, • SU IOL O1 Some expansion of TI Dor e arle 19805 schedule for the carly The Fourth Channel comes on air next year, and ihs .cuic excuuve Jerem • Iscal has said that it wil pay attention to tne necos c "minorities", among :* hi women, and