Lately, I have been hearing people complain about stations called TVLand, CN, and others. I've been complaining too because what they did was lose their identity. For example-The Disney Channel, when it launched in 1982, it played old Disney Show reruns and Disney cartoons. Today the only thing Disney about it is its name...and "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse".
Also, many other stations have changed formats lately. For example, TNN was The Nashville Network and they would play country music (At this time, the 90's, there was a big country revival). But around 2000, it became The National Network and soon Spike TV. This station became a station for men.
Station identification (to me) is very inportant because if stations like MTV would stop playing Music Videoes...then why call it MTV?!
The downfall of TV (especially Cable TV) is Reality Shows and ratings. It seems that Reality Shows are very cheap to make so these TV Stations make Reality Shows. And since that's the big thing right now, these stations will be airing more Reality Shows by the droves.
And this is whe I formed a forum site called "Save Our Stations"....http://mrcleveland.proboards.com/index.cgi
I hope you like it and if there's a station to rant about...rant away!
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