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WASHINGTON — Television and cable networks donate only 15 seconds of airtime to public service announcements, and 43 percent of that time is during overnight hours, according to a new study released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The study, which analyzed paid and unpaid PSAS on ten different channels — including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and cable networks such as CNN, ESPN and MTV — found that public service announcements account for under one half of one percent of all airtime, compared with 25 percent given to paid ads and promotions.
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