PSA: TV-Turnoff Week: April 23-29, 2007

Note - Thanks to Jens Hewerer, Top Kid at Kiddio in Jersey City, New Jersey ( http://www.KiddioAdventures.com ) for passig this along. 

Is there too much television in your life? Are your evenings an endless blur? The TV-Turnoff Network may have advice for you.

Excerpted from TV Turnoff Network at http://www.tvturnoff.org/ :

“TV-Turnoff Network, formerly TV-Free America, is a nonprofit organization that encourages children and adults to watch much less television in order to promote healthier lives and communities.

“Founded in 1994, TV-Turnoff Network is dedicated to the belief that we all have the power to determine the role that television plays in our own lives. Rather than waiting for others to make “better” TV, we can turn it off and reclaim time for our families, our friends, and for ourselves.

“There are many actions you can take today, whether you simply want to reduce TV’s presence in your life or are ready to become a TV-Turnoff Network Organizer.”

Find out how television can be reduced or eliminated in your life. And while television is getting urned off, be sure to turn in radio drama.

Details:

TV Turnoff Network
http://www.tvturnoff.org/

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Public Service Announcement: Radio drama as a cure for cranky cel calls

Over the weekend was realized an usual phenomenon - the cel phone seems more of an anchor than a liberator. And an aggravating anchor at that.

The devil you say. So said.

Scenario: Friday, Saturday and Sunday were spent in the world of retail shopping. Not at all uncommon. Here in New Jersey, malls and shopping are celebrated more than Bruce Springsteen.

How amazing to note the lowly and dead common cel phone - the must-have accessory - more often than not put the calls’ recipients into funks rather than a fantastic moods. For minutes on end, office topics were debated, family divisions were made public and marital discord was aired. From the outside listening in, none of the three were of significant interest.

What if those frustrated cel call recipients were receiving the next installments of their favorite radio dramas instead of audio migraines from colleagues and loved ones? What if they were listening to 10 minutes of comedy, mystery or suspence instead of profits and losses, cranky children or sour spouses.

Welcome to the Handheld Radio Drama Network (HRDN) - relief for the miserable cel call. HRDN could cel-cast programs to mobile phone and audio-enabled PDA owners on regular schedules or for delayed playback Tivo-style. All for a very reasonable monthly subscription fee.

If readers find that business sounding familiar, the Handheld Radio Drama Network was debuted right here. (”Radio drama and the passing of the PC”; Lit Between the Ears; Tuesday, August 01, 2006) We’ll keep you posted on its progress.

Long live great drama. Long live the power of voices.

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