
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 6, 1990                   TAG: 9003062023
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: KNOXVILLE, TENN.                                LENGTH: Short

SCHOOL SHOW INCLUDING COMMERCIALS BEGINS

Students across the country got the news Monday along with a sales pitch for candy, razors and cheese snacks when the advertiser-supported classroom program "Channel One" went on the air.

"I think it is a good idea," said Powell High School student Jim Addington, 17, one of the first to see the "Channel One" news program, beamed nationwide for the first time to 400 schools.

- Associated Press

by CNB