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BusRadio has wired the school buses of Milford, Conn., and provides programming that includes commercials and public service announcements. Alexander Salahshurian expressed distaste for a song. Some parents and school officials have expressed distaste for the presence of commercials. Suzanne DeChillo/The New York TimeThe National Parent and Teacher Association and 40 Non-Profit religious, consumer and educational groups have opposed radios being installed on school buses.  Their problem isn't music, it's the advertising.  Channel One, the company that installs the radios free of charge do play commercials but restrict what is played, ommitting toys, video games, candy and soda ads.  One bus driver, Sue Riesling, said the experience of having a radio on the bus has actually helped stating, "They want to hear the music, so they’ll sit and be quiet,” she said. “As soon as they do that, they know the radio goes on and we’re in business.”

From the article:
Harvey B. Polansky, the Milford schools superintendent, said that bus safety had improved because the radios kept students in their seats, and that the global positioning system allowed the district to monitor the vehicles closely.

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Link to this page: Radio on Bus Fosters Quiet, but Not Peace
Originally Published: 04/17/2008 by Winnie Hu at The New York Times


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