European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday april 11,1990 letter scheduling practices of an to discussed i would like to submit a complaint about arts scheduling and rescheduling of to shows. I would like to say that each saturday a come rain Snow or Shine a arts shows an hour of wrestling. Additionally arts easily replaces any scheduled program with a sports event. And this brings me to my complaint. A movie a the Slipper and the Rose a was due to Start after a football game matter when the game ended. The game started at 10 45 . And ended at 1 30 . A the Slipper and the Rose is a version of that old fairy tale classic Cinderella. Can anyone guess How Many children were up at 1 30 . To watch it having seen it before let me say that they missed quite a delightful movie. But what the Heck you say Why should they care they were asleep. When the movies that Are selected for viewing Are scheduled at a particular Day and time do the selectors know the subject of the movie based on the screw up of the morning that i am referring to i very much doubt it. Maybe the movie was directed to the older audiences your 30 years old and up they might have been up at that hour on a Friday or saturday night but monday being the beginning of a new workweek i would estimate that the majority of this audience was already in bed. Of yes i know who was up to enjoy the movie. The football fanatic who by the time the final score was displayed was already in bed happily snoring away the hours. No one was taking a poll of viewers were they Lucky us. Done to you agree that whoever makes up the scheduling should find a More appropriate hour to show a movie directed to the younger audience my suggestion for future use is to schedule such a movie for 4 . On saturday instead of showing the perpetual saturday afternoon a a idiots hour where muscle bound Schmoe Grovel and Grope on the mat and talk like they have grip on reality by uttering the most unqualified junk. If children talked in that manner their Mouths would get a Good scrubbing out with soap. One further word on scheduling rescheduling of to shows. Why was the highly amusing to series a Simon amp Simon replaced in its time Slot by a tour of duty a and rescheduled for a much later time should the arts audience have a say so in some of these rescheduling also i was under the impression that arts could not show advertisements of any kind. On saturday afternoon after the conclusion of a pit Stop three of their sponsors got their bids writer lauds wife a Effort editor s note a we asked the writer if we could withhold his name and location from this letter. Many families throughout our readership probably share these same feelings and thoughts. To my wife congratulations on your degree everybody knows being a military wife these Days Isnit easy. With unsure pay raises budget cuts troop cuts and moves the future of the military family just Isnit that firm anymore. Yet you keep it All together follow my career and support whatever i need to do. A thank you everybody knows being a Mother these Days Isnit easy. With skinned Knees emergency rooms sports school meetings shoes under the bed dirty clothes and warnings about drugs the Day just Isnit Long enough. Yet you guide and teach by example and we have a Fine son thank you everybody knows going Back to school after nearly 10 years Isnit easy. With Young idealistic minds 80 Miles a Day on the Road lost student Loans confused Pell Grants essays exams open a Reading until your eyes fall out conferences meetings being a wife and Mother getting groceries talking to teachers attending military functions tending skinned Knees mine also cleaning and once in a great while a relaxing. Yet you packed four years of College into 3 i years and somehow managed to do All the other stuff too congratulations seems like such an empty word. I vote you woman of the year your son and i give thanks to god for you. We have been blessed with you a we love you. A your Friend and husband and your Sony Texas a amp a plans Muster former students of Texas a amp a University will assemble in Frankfurt West Germany april 21 for the Texas aggie Muster. The Muster activities will begin at 7 . At the Terrace club on the Abrams Complex and Are open to All former students and their families parents of students and friends of Texas a amp a. For information reservations Contact a capt. James c. Mccune am St eur Apo by 09079-4734 or phone ets 320-7151, civilian 06195-65827 lastly Why does to someone at the to studio pay attention to what goes on the air for a noticeable length of time on a recent saturday a Walt Disney movie was preempted by can news scenes with the soundtrack from the Walt Disney movie. Ridiculous. I have been in Europe for a few years and i should by now be used to afro so funny Way of doing things but i am glad that i have not come to the Point that 1 do not give a dam what children should watch and enjoy or have a Chance at it in this most limited to environment because of someone Slack of concern and maybe rules and regulations that should not be applicable. A name withheld Ramstein a West Germany editors note a we received two replies to this letter. The first is from col. Richard l. Fuller Deputy commander for operations arts broadcast Center Sun Valley Calif since acne program scheduling is solely Afner a responsibility our response is limited to remarks regarding the programming made available to acne. The arts broadcast Center arts by obtains programs to be distributed and determines the replacements for programs that Are ending. This replacement process is tied to the demographic target of those programs. For instance a program most popular with viewers in the 12-17 age group will be replaced with another program targeting that audience and so on. Since we do not release reruns on arts each series season runs Only 22-24 weeks. We program series Back to Back and make every attempt to be consistent in the category of programs that follow each other. While All arts networks and stations Are provided the same programming for their use actual programming decisions Are made locally. We do indicate whether programs originally aired in prime time after school Etc. The scheduling of programs varies from one arts outlet to another. Regarding your specific concerns arts by replaced a Simon amp Simon with a Beauty and the a tour of duty ended four weeks later and was replaced with a special on combat helicopters followed by a new season of a China a pit Stop and Many other sat net delivered sports events contain what is known As a sponsor billboards at the open and close of the program. These sponsor identifications Are usually very Brief and Are not considered because of the live nature of most of the programs that contain billboards it is virtually impossible to eliminate them As the of. Gram is being aired without also eliminating inform Tion of interest to our audience. Editors note a the second reply is from Tom Baxter chief broadcast operations american forces network Europe thank you for your letter concerning an television. However you Are incorrect concerning Afna a scheduling of a the Slipper and the it was not a scheduled to run matter what time the game although our Advance television programming printed by various magazines had originally listed a the Slipper and the Rose As a late sunday movie regular viewers of an television who consulted the european stars and stripes or watched our Friday program lineup announcements for that weekend realized that our sunday late movie had been preempted for late night National football league coverage. On the same sunday an broadcast two Walt Disney films a Parent trap and a the biscuit eater a during weekend afternoon times when Many children and family members look for such programming. In addition the saturday Nickelodeon matinee featured the outstanding classic film a Shenandoah a starring Jimmy Stewart. As you can see an had placed the Best of the family movies available to us during that week at times that served family audiences. Families who regularly watch an find this trend to be Well established. A Simon amp Simon was rescheduled to a later time following a tour of duty because a tour of duty a is a More highly rated program and has More widespread interest to our primarily military audience. There have been commercials in a on pit there May have been some commercial billboard announcements similar to those contained in live sporting events. Such announcements Are usually preceded by the words a brought to you by product name a these product identification announcements Are part of the program Content and cannot be removed by the armed forces radio and television service. Finally we Are aware that an interruption to the video portion of the a Disney movies occurred during maintenance of external transmission equipment. This interruption occurred beyond the control Point of our master control room and therefore occurred without our technicians knowledge. Since such situations Are extremely rare we Are confident that the problem associated with that temporary interruption has Long since been corrected. To a o. A we a 5i a this May take a i ays if air Force cartoonist the above cartoon was submitted to me by Kenneth a. Greenhouse of the 316th trans so 316th air div Ramstein a West Germany. We have a vehicle maintenance facility that receives such requests As the cartoon implies. A capt. Michael e. Laughton Ramstein a West Germany pen pals i am 19 years old and like Badminton. A Flordeliza Albina 2624 p. Villanueva Street Pasay City metro Manila Philippines Rasay , ii How Miraima Road i am a female turkish student age 15, and i am n.?s0pe my age oks travelling and painting. I would like to correspond w p6 books or older. A Fulya Ereller amiral Nendet Uran cad. Bahar Sok. Aslan a. No. 3-3 badge Dievler Istanbul Turkey
