Reply #25: I've Tried Various Times Since This Came Out...

[KharmaTrain]

I've posted numerous times since this memo came out...and ran this memo past several people I know in "the biz" and posted several times on what was happening here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2789103#2789143

These are called "Traffic Instructions"...an internal memo from the network to ABC affiliates about which advertisers will be in their programming during the week and to keep these commercials. First, ABC does not operate any Air America affiliates and this is sent to the handful of affiliates that carry the 5 minute ABC Newscast at the top of the hour. It's a general memo and policy and many of these advertisers ask to avoid being place in certain types of programs (political...and it's generally any type of political show...right or left) or format specific...such as not having a Depends commercial run on the Urban Contemporary station.

I'm not good with the search engine here, but if you look back on my posts you'll find various aspects of this memo being discussed going back several weeks when it was released by Peter B. Collins.