Talking Blue TV Unceremoniously Dumped From Local Cable Channel Again
10/31/00 -- Pennsylvania-based cable company Adelphia Cable has pulled
the plug on adult-themed cable access shows, which includes the television version of this
website: Talking Blue TV.The cable giant, which recently acquired Century Cable in the
Santa Monica and surrounding beach community areas, sent out letters to the producers of
such shows as The Dr. Susan Block Show, Colin's Sleazy Friends
and Talking Blue TV. All three shows carried adult material in an
uncensored format.
FCC regulations that guide what materials could be shown on commercial stations
throughout the U.S. require cable companies such as Adelphia to set aside air time for
local broadcasters. Under provisions set up by the FCC, cable outlets are prohibited
from censoring public access shows as long as the conform to the weakly-defined term
"within community standards". Because of the relaxation of rules, cable
access producers have been allowed to discuss sexuality, often in words that would
sometimes be deemed obscenity or profanity on standard television. Under the
"community standards" clause, some cable shows, including Talking Blue TV, are
permitted to depict nudity.
Adelphia Cable, owned by the Rigas family of Pennsylvania, is the sixth largest cable
provider in the United States and provides service to over six million homes.
