'Incorrect' Statement.Remember the dust-up over "Politically Incorrect politically incorrect adj. Disregarding or unconcerned with political correctness. political incorrectness n. Adj. 1. " host Bill Maher's onair comments about the United Stares' "cowardly" military practices? ABC's Washington, D.C., affiliate, WJLA-TV, Channel 7, decided to drop the show "indefinitely." WJLA WJLA Washington DC area television station; JLA comes from founder Joseph L. Allbritton is the flagship station In broadcasting, a flagship station is the station which originates a broadcast network, or a particular radio show or TV show, primarily in the United States and Canada. This includes both direct network feeds and syndication, but generally not backhauls. of Allbritton Communications Corp., which also owns KATV-TV, Channel 7, in Little Rock. Richard Forrester, KATV's director of programming, said the station received calls and e-mails from viewers who like and dislike the program, but not in large volume. Allbritton left the decision about whether to air the show up to each station. Although KATV is still airing the program, Forrester said the station will continue to monitor it and viewer response. Forrester also is keeping in touch with ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. . "Monitoring the program, we haven't seen any evidence that [Maher] is a communist and is ready to overthrow the country," Forrester said. KAIT-TV, Channel 8, in Jonesboro is airing the program as well. KAIT KAIT Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test is owned by Cosmos Broadcasting Corp. |
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