Sentences with phrase «for religious programs»

Ben Armstrong sees competitiveness as one of the strengths of the American broadcasting system and considers such competition a good thing for religious programs because it stimulates them to improve their performance.

Once a station which operates on a «religious» format opens in an area, there is a tendency for religious programs in that area to appear on that station rather than for the new station to supplement existing programming on other stations.

While stations which sold time for religious programs in 1971 still broadcast other types of religious programming, there is a distinct narrowing of programming to favor paid - time

In establishing the size of the audience for religious programs, one must always distinguish between occasional viewers and regular viewers.

This study found also that stations which provided only free air - time for religious programs tended to broadcast more religious programs during the week of the survey than did stations which sold air - time for programs (an average of 6.08 programs per station compared to 4.51 programs per station).

We have noted already that the Broadcast Institute study in 1971 identified a fairly even level of religious programming across the country, indicating that station managers were not only influenced by the demand for air - time for religious programs, but also by peer example.

Broadcasters recognize that it is easier to gain an interested and sympathetic audience for religious programs in those regions and among those groups who are already interested in religion and for whom religious practice is an important element in their lives.

In addition to the audiences for syndicated religious programs, the audience for all religious programs also includes the audiences for other programs such as local religious programs (which increasingly are turning to cable), network religious programs, religious specials, and those programs broadcast outside the regular sweeps period.

To attempt to estimate the total audience for all religious programs is even more difficult.

When the Broadcast Institute of North America surveyed religious programming in the country in 1971, they found that stations which had begun to sell time for religious programs averaged fewer network and locally produced religious programs than did those stations which did not sell time for religious programming.

It is possible that stations which did not accept payment for air - time for religious programs reflected a greater concern for public - service programming and therefore presented a wider representation of other programming such as network and local programs.

(13) Stuart Johnson, in a study of the distribution patterns of evangelical radio programs, found that when a station with a «religious» format opens in an area, there is a tendency for religious programs in the area to begin to appear on these stations.

The viewing audience for religious programs is far smaller than has been claimed.

«The audience for religious programs on television is not an essentially new, or young, or varied audience.

While in 1959 programs that purchased their air - time accounted for 53 percent of religious air - time, by 1977 they occupied 92 percent of air - time used for religious programs.

These broadcasters, who once could not get enough time, have been so effective in their struggle that they now hold a virtual monopoly over air - time used for religious programming, having forced most other religious programs off the air by their cut - throat purchase of time.

The evangelical and fundamentalist strategy of building programming on direct audience support and purchasing air - time for religious programming for the purpose of evangelism has been shown to have not succeeded.

Audience figures presented in detail in the next chapter suggest that these syndicated programs have displaced higher - rating network programs, which may also result in a smaller audience for religious programming on television.

The adoption of purchasing of air - time and audience solicitation as the basis for religious programming on television does not necessarily result in the breaking out of the religious ghetto, but has mainly resulted in religion's becoming more firmly ensconced in it.

While the managerial dynamics behind these changes can be appreciated, the implications for religious programming are profound.

Because television is a capital - intensive industry, the matter of where the money is to come from is one of central importance, for it has been demonstrated that the source of the finances for religious programming plays a ma) or part in shaping the nature of the program.

While the research in this area is still only suggestive and probably does not apply to the high - demand markets, it corresponds to what has been noted in relation to the lack of growth in overall religious programming as a consequence of paid - time programming and other syndication characteristics for religious programming.

Not exact matches

She focused on the Klan for her dissertation as part of a PhD program in American religious history, and her thoughts on what she learned are illuminating — but not about the Klan.

If you work for a religious organization that doesn't pay into the Social Security program, you must pay Social Security taxes if your earnings are more than $ 100 per year.

Before 1984, people who worked for nonprofit, religious, charitable or educational organizations did not pay into Social Security unless they specifically chose to take part in the program.

There are many, many schools which prohibit any and all music with a religious text from their curricula and prohibit teachers from programming such music for concerts no matter how balanced the program may be (that is, it encompasses secular and sacred, accompanied and unaccompanied, difficult and easy, music in a variety of styles and from a variety of musical eras.

After the April announcement that the Vatican was taking the Leadership Conference of Women Religious into a form of ecclesiastical receivership, appointing Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain to oversee the LCWR until its statutes and program are reformed, Tom Fox, a major figure at the National Catholic Reporter for decades, had this to say:

Working under what he acknowledges were false pretenses, he was a well - paid writer for the religious right until the end of 1991 when he decided to tell the world that those whom he had served for decades are in fact promoting a program comparable to that of Hitler and the Third Reich.

Messages of fidelity, monogamy, and delay of first sexual experience can be transmitted in a secular manner» for example, through life - skills programs at schools» and / or these messages can come through religious leaders and organizations.

One of the more promising innovations in state - level education policy has been the establishment of programs that encourage privately - funded scholarships for students attending private and religious elementary and secondary schools.

Ashley Samelson works in International Programs for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.

Parents were put to a cruel choice: either give up their plans for a religious education or forfeit their child's right to the kind of remedial education program Congress provides for all other children.

Emergency shelters and feeding programs, for example, rely heavily on church and synagogue facilities and religious volunteers; the government supplies all or a part of the operating costs of food, blankets and the like.

In order to ensure that the effect of government action is neutral toward religion, it is sometimes necessary for the government to tailor its programs to religious needs.

Ultimately, the programs that the religious leaders were lobbying for were protected in the debt ceiling deal, though it's unclear how big a role the religious leaders played.

I will always be grateful to the religious people in the 12 Step Program that I joined for all of the help that they gave me.

Colleges may still have to certify they do not discriminate in order for their students to be eligible; and the threat of liability from private lawsuits may be just as effective as an agency decision in driving the college either to drop out of the grant program or to violate its religious tenets.

In the evening of the same day this sermon was the subject of a discussion in the B.B.C.'s program, «Meeting Point», in which I was questioned by some members of the morning congregation under the chairmanship of Canon W. E. Purcell, editor of this Dialogue, and at that time the Religious Broadcasting Organizer for the Midland Region of the B.B.C..

The practice of the networks was to produce religious programs, either by making production facilities, technical services and some budget resources available to the religious groups for the production of their own programs, or by using these religious agencies as consultants on their own religious programs.

Other five step programs are available for saving religious adherents of any stripe to include summaries like the following:

Mike Gallagher, who was the Roman Catholic producer for NBC - Catholic programs, criticized the lack of seriousness which characterized the network attitude to religious programs: «I have a rather cynical attitude towards the networks.

Similarly, he may conduct seminars on religious aspects of mental health for the staff of the community mental health program.

And, as Jean - Louis Brindamour, who developed Pyramid Publications» religious program, points out, «The phenomenal growth of sales so far tells us that time and a determined public will eventually force even greater space for such books where they do not yet appear.»

That the new baccalaureate program at Cornell University would be thoroughly interfaith in character is not surprising, since the Cornell United Religious Work has functioned on an interreligious basis for many years.

We are grateful for America's global development and diplomacy programs that have been instrumental in saving lives, safeguarding religious liberties, and keeping America safe and secure.

When television came in about 1950, each of these «faith groups» was given time each Sunday for their TV programs — programs which were broadly representative of the religious and cultural diversity of the country as a whole.

If we ask what overt result Jesus may have hoped for, the answer is not easy, because he issued no program of religious or political reform, any more than he laid down precise regulations for individual behavior.

Furthermore, after he had been teaching at Stony Brook for several years he helped to establish a Religious Studies Program there.

They are not simply calling for a religious revival but are also very actively carrying out programs to help blacks and initiate meaningful change.

Still in draft form, the Code of Conduct commits signatories to faithful compliance with Charitable Choice; to straightforward and consistent communication about their religious identity among their volunteers, service beneficiaries, donors and government partners; to refraining from using government funding for «confessional activities»; to winsome and gentle witness; to love of neighbor; to freedom from religious coercion; to nondiscrimination toward program participants; to faithfulness to their mission; to credible and objective evaluation procedures; to avoidance of «turf wars» with other FBOs and nonprofits; and to rigorous financial accountability.