Channel One, oh wow.
It's been years since I've watched a Channel One broadcast. Anyone else remember Kathy Kronenberger, or Hicks Neal? It seemed like every time I changed schools, Channel One changed anchors, but those two were there a long time.
While the point was clearly advertising revenue, Channel One provided reasonable news coverage - especially to those of us who were busy doing other things instead of watching the news. The fact that it came on during class was cool, because it provided a break from classwork. It was convenient, because hey, we were in class anyway - why not give us a dose of current events?
I especially liked Channel One's annual "Year in Review" broadcast. Those were pretty cool.