Rockin' Out on the Big Yellow Bus

Alana Stoneking puts a group of MC101s through their paces during a noontime review of material in the first half of Mass Comm 101. Midterm is coming up soon.

Bus Radio plays kid-appropriate music on school buses, which apparently serves to lessen rowdy behavior by the kids. However, Bus Radio is controversial because each hour of programming comes with eight minutes of commericals. The company that makes Bus Radio takes its profit and gives a small cut to the school districts that allow their programming to be played.

As the following National Public Radio story explains, some parents and others feel this commercialism aimed at children in a semi-school setting is morally wrong.

***AUDIOBLOGGER LIVES for one more day, at least.