Though some of the programs are broadcast in almost every market in the country,
religious programs in general are to be found clustered in areas that already display a high degree of religious interest and church affiliation: on Sunday mornings, in geographical areas of high church attendance, and on stations recognized as being «religious» in their format.
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.
Viewers are more likely to express influences of
religious programs in actions which are proximate to the television screen, such as contacting or subscribing to a religious broadcast organization rather than through the more distant option of initiating a relationship with a neighborhood church.
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
The increases in the audience for the paid - time
religious programs in the early 1970s initially affected locally produced religious programs.
(The two studies by Dennis and Robinson parallel each other to a large extent and reach similar conclusions with regard to the audiences of
religious programs in these locations and in this period.)
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.
Though their audience dropped in the late 1970s, in 1981 the NBC one - hour specials still had an average audience per program of 1,674,000.3 The weekly audience for the three network
religious programs in mid-1982 was still close to three million, a fact which is frequently overlooked because of their lack of flamboyance, and the controversy that has surrounded the paid - time religious programs.
Robinson, in his study of the audience of
religious programs in seven cities in the United States in 1964, found that the lowest levels of formal education were much more likely to listen to or view religious programs regularly.
(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.
Both survey companies include syndicated
religious programs in their regular audience research and many of the large religious organizations subscribe to one or both of these services as an aid in the syndication and marketing of their programs.
The FCC has also avoided ruling on the representativeness of
religious programs in relation to particular issues or religious - affiliation patterns in a viewing area.
The Roman Catholic program, «Insight,» for example, was the third largest - rating
religious program in the areas in which it was broadcast.
A Gallup survey conducted in 1982 found that 43 per cent of the total population said that they had watched
religious programming in the past 30 days.
In l982 a Gallup survey found that 43 % of the total population said that they had watched
religious programming in the past 30 days, and another Gallup poll in l98l showed that 32 % said that they had watched during the past week.
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.
The CBS network, for example, took total control of
its religious programming in 1933 because of the problems caused by the radio programs of Father Charles Coughlin.
The adoption of this intensive audience solicitation within the organization enabled the program to expand to such an extent that in 1971 it was the third most widely syndicated
religious program in the country.
As a consequence of the displacement of these other types of religious programs, the growth of paid - time
religious programming in the 1960s and 1970s has resulted in a marked movement in religious television away from representating a range of U.S. cultures and traditions toward representing mainly the Protestant evangelical and fundamentalist traditions, particularly the independent broadcast organizations.
They point out that Christian evangelical groups already have infiltrated the lives of America's children through after - school
religious programming in public schools, and they appear determined to give young students a choice: Jesus or Satan.
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.
United Health
Programs employees were being forced to follow a «Harnessing Happiness» system that required them to engage
in activities such as prayers,
religious workshops and «spiritual cleansing rituals,» according to a lawsuit filed by the EEOC.
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.
In addition to making policy recommendations on administration policies affecting faith - based and community
programs, the newly - formed office will also inform the administration of «any failures of the executive branch to comply with
religious liberty protections under law.»
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.
In March 2009, Coppedge claims that his supervisor advised him that co-workers had complained that he was harassing them over debates about his religious views and coercing them in the workplace into watching DVD programs about intelligent desig
In March 2009, Coppedge claims that his supervisor advised him that co-workers had complained that he was harassing them over debates about his
religious views and coercing them
in the workplace into watching DVD programs about intelligent desig
in the workplace into watching DVD
programs about intelligent design.
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.
I listen to how they talk about matters of faith, religion, what they watch on their favorite
religious tv
programs, often listening as well to their radios playing their favored «Christian music» radio stations
in the background, what are
in the lyrics.
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.
My experience has been those believers that listen among any of these: the ex-ex-gay departing
religious «therapy
programs», the believers departing from
religious belief, and those leaving church - sponsored patriarchy,...
in time, these people see the commonality of humanity....
Edward T. Oakes, S.J., teaches
in the
Religious Studies
Program at New York Universty.
Having met several products of Wheaton College's educational
programs... I would say the
religious aspect definitely hurts the quality of education they receive, especially those who are interested
in continuing to graduate school
in math and science.
Athiests are able to get past the
religious programming and brainwashing indoctrination that usually starts
in the cradle.
Ashley Samelson works
in International
Programs for the Becket Fund for
Religious Liberty.
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.
The tensions have provoked Jewish groups across the country to launch
programs aimed at lowering the political temperature
in their own
religious communities.
Unlike
in 2004, when John Kerry - a former altar boy - lost Catholic voters, the Obama campaign had a robust
religious outreach
program aimed largely at Catholic and evangelical voters.
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.
The Crystal Cathedral, with its fountains and flowers, catches — as other major
religious television
programs holding different world views do not — the awareness that the world and its inhabitants are good and that
in such recognition the world moves toward wholesome fulfillment.
That can be anything from a
religious God, to just a belief
in the
program of AA to help you stay sober because you can't do it alone, obviously.
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
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
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
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..
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 literalist mentality does not manifest itself only
in conservative churches, private - school enclaves, television
programs of the evangelical right, and a considerable amount of Christian bookstore material; one often finds a literalist understanding of Bible and faith being assumed by those who have no
religious inclinations, or who are avowedly antireligious
in sentiment.
Most stations broadcast a certain amount of
religious programming as part of their license obligation to operate
in the public interest.
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.
In the face of his predecessor Sydney Ahlstrom, who made much of the Puritan thread in American religion, Butler announces a program that attaches less importance to Puritanism and more to what he calls throughout the book «religious eclecticism.&raqu
In the face of his predecessor Sydney Ahlstrom, who made much of the Puritan thread
in American religion, Butler announces a program that attaches less importance to Puritanism and more to what he calls throughout the book «religious eclecticism.&raqu
in American religion, Butler announces a
program that attaches less importance to Puritanism and more to what he calls throughout the book «
religious eclecticism.»
Local
programs, mostly sustaining - time
programs, produced by local television stations either independently or
in association with local
religious groups or churches.