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When Was The Last Time You Saw This?

The NAB’s Code Of Good Practice started around 1952 and lasted till the early 80s. I read a lot of it this morning and frankly, I would love to have parts of it back! Specifically the part that limited commercials! The best part of that section limits advertising to 6 minutes per hour in A and AA time. During Christmas and election times, you could go to 8 minutes per hour. With the Code back in place, most of the 800-Sue-Someone spots, the Viagra and big pharma spots and the, ‘but wait, there’s more’ spots we see would be long gone. Ahhh…the good old days!

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13 responses to “When Was The Last Time You Saw This?”

  1. Mark Plut

    I still love the black and white sign-off card with the (I think) Indian head in the middle. It meant I was up WAY too late and mom and dad hadn’t caught me watching TV ’til WAY past my bedtime.

  2. Natashka Kogan

    is there shows? I think its all reality tv and commericals

  3. Vance Oxentenko

    BRING IT BACK

  4. Robert W. Gale

    Love this. Sharing.

  5. Gary Donahue

    It is painful to watch networks like TV Land with their 5 minute commercial breaks…so I don’t anymore. And how about those animated “lower third” promo ads that take up about half the screen and totally destroy the moment while you are trying to watch a movie?

  6. Frank Gottlieb

    Stations made a ton of money in those pre-cable days.

  7. David Harrington

    …and now. our National Anthem.

  8. Joe Day

    sad part is, I work with people who have no clue what that even meant

  9. Keith Nelson

    We would also have that long-lost separation of similar products, especially in the automotive sector.

  10. Greg Zastava

    Now the shows are 8 minutes and the comercials are 52.

  11. Steven Bristow

    I remember waking up early on weekends (in the late 80s & early 90s) to see WTVR sign on in the morning, and this seal was part of their sign on. I was a broadcast nerd even as a child!

  12. Kenneth M Johnson

    Wow. Serious flashback!

  13. Peter Boden

    ofcom saw this off

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