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To offset the sensitive nature of the topic, VD Blues masqueraded as a television variety show featuring celebrities, musical performances, and comedy sketches that gently educated viewers about the dangers of syphilis.
- ↑ Day, James (8 January 2021). The Vanishing Vision: The Inside Story of Public Television. University of California Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-520-35663-4.
VD Blues aired on October 9, 1972. Only two stations refused it : one in Jackson, Mississippi, and one in Little Rock, Arkansas . Most not only ran it but mounted local follow - up shows with experts responding to viewers ...
- ↑ "The VD Blues, written and created by Donald Fouser". Time, Inc. October 9, 1972. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ↑ Oullette, Laurie (24 July 2012). Viewers Like You: How Public TV Failed the People. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-52931-0.
VD Blues (1972), declared "one of the most significant events in the history of television as a medium for education, enlightenment, and raised consciousness," rejected stodgy public television formats in an aggressive attempt to ...
- ↑ Brown, James Isaac (1975). Reading Power. D. C. Heath. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-669-85571-5.
You certainly didn't feel preached at if you were watching VD Blues . Instead, you saw a bizarre, sometimes hilarious, and remarkably informative show — saw it, enjoyed it, stayed tuned to one of numerous " breakaway " half hours ...
- ↑ Health Services Reports, Volume 89. Health Services Administration. 1974. p. 295.
... which followed a 1 - hour national program entitled " VD Blues " that starred Dick Cavett . Following this 2 - hour broadcast, WETA-TV aired an additional 1 - hour program in which participants from the " Free Metro D.C. from VD ...
- ↑ United States Congress Senate Committee on Commerce Subcommittee on Communications (1973). Public Broadcasting: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on S. 1090 . U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 273.
More of the ' VD Blues ' type that inspires local follow - up . " " The objective is actually the objective of our entire schedule and can, I think, be better met by individual series, each dealing with a specific area of the Arts or ...
- ↑ Greenberg, Bradley S.; Gantz, Walter (1976). "Public television and taboo topics: The impact of VD Blues". Public Telecommunications Review. 4 (1): 56–59.
- ↑ Cincinnati Magazine. Emmis Communications. April 1973. p. 20.
April 2, 8 p.m. V.D. Blues. A dynamic program of information on venereal disease.
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