CITY HELPLESS TO BAR SEX ON ITS CHANNEL.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer Call it L.A.'s blue station. Channel 36, the city-run public access station that goes by the name The LA Channel, has been carrying programs that City Council members complained Tuesday are inappropriate because of their sexual nature. ``We have kids at home who can watch this and I don't think the city's name should be associated with it,'' Councilman Hal Bernson Hal Bernson served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 12th district. He was chair of the Transportation Committee. Prior to being on the City Council, he served in the Navy. Preceded by Robert M. fumed fume n. 1. Vapor, gas, or smoke, especially if irritating, harmful, or strong. 2. A strong or acrid odor. 3. A state of resentment or vexation. v. during a council meeting. While other council members agreed, they were told there is nothing that can be done to stop the programs because of federal rules allowing freedom of expression. Stymied, the council approved the annual grant of $375,000 to pay for station salaries and equipment. ``There are six or eight shows that I have tried to stop but the producers threatened to sue us,'' said Dyke H. Redmond, executive director of the channel. ``That's when we found out about the federal laws. If we want to change this, we have to go to Congress.'' The same community standards Community standards are local norms bounding acceptable conduct. Sometimes these standards can itemized in a list that states the community's values and sets guidelines for participation in the community. for obscenity obscenity, in law, anything that tends to corrupt public morals by its indecency. The moral concepts that the term connotes vary from time to time and from place to place. In the United States, the word obscenity is a technical legal term. In the 1950s the U.S. apply to the public-access station as for any other broadcast station, Redmond said. Redmond would not identify the shows, other than to say they involve some nudity and sexual situations. He has put the shows in a post-midnight time slot Continuously repeating interval of time or a time period in which two devices are able to interconnect. , but is unable to control them otherwise. Shows are scheduled over a 10-week period and are given time based on a first-come, first-served “FCFS” redirects here. For the figure skating competition, see Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. This article is about a general service policy. For the technical concept, see FIFO. basis, Redmond said. The producers of the shows - most of whom are college students - pay a $25 handling fee for each half-hour they are on the air. Redmond said he is trying to encourage others with milder programming to go on the station. The LA Channel is the sister station to CityView on Channel 35, which televises the City Council meetings. |
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