made available by the program director to
area chaplains through programming which is
prepared, produced, and supervised locally at
the commands AFRTS outlet.
Chaplains may also be asked to provide short
inspirational messages for the local AFRTS
outlet to be used at the station sign-on and sign-
off. In addition to local programming featuring
the chaplain, religious programming for AFRTS
is provided by AFRTS Los Angeles and by
AFRTS Washington.
Religious broadcast material is selected for
AFRTS use by the Armed Forces Chaplains
Board for distribution and broadcast. Religious
programming selected by the Armed Forces
Chaplains Board is representative of all faith
groups which supply chaplains to the Armed
Forces of the United States. A religious program
series may be presented weekly, or it may be
shipped in alternate 13-week cycles with other
religious series, or it may be given time in the
weekly omnibus series called Banners of
Faith.
Religious music is also programmed with
other types of music for broadcast by AFRTS
stations. Questions concerning religious pro-
grams and programming should be sent to the
Navy Broadcasting Service for coordination
with the Armed Forces Chaplains Board.
Shipboard Information, Training, and
Entertainment Closed Circuit Television
(SITE-CCTV) System
At sea, the Navy SITE-CCTV System (see
figure 6-9) provides shipboard chaplains with an
extremely flexible communication tool to assist
them in fulfilling their responsibilities.
The first SITE (Shipboard Information,
Training, and Entertainment) closed circuit
television system was installed on USS Josephus
Daniels in January 1973. At that time, SITE TV
systems were basic, austere, standardized, com-
patible CCTV systems designed for ships with
crews of more than 350 personnel (less aircraft
carriers) that could provide cable TV throughout
a ship from one of four programming sources
live camera, 16mm film, 35mm slides, and
1-inch videotape. By mid-1977, 139 more ships
had been equipped with SITE.
By 1979, a smaller TV system for ships with
crew sizes of less than 350, called Mini-SITE (see
figure 6-10), had been successfully tested and
was being installed in the smaller surface ships.
Mini-SITE was followed by Sub-SITE, a CCTV
system specifically designed for submarines. The
first production model Sub-SITE system was in-
stalled in 1980. Mini-SITEs and Sub-SITEs
utilize 1/2-inch videotape, and all SITE-1
systems were converted to 1/2-inch videotape.
They were later replaced by the newer state-of-
the-art SITE-2 systems.
By 1984 all deploying ships and submarines
will have a SITE family CCTV system. All ships
with a SITE system are American Forces Televi-
sion (AFTV) outlets.
Religious programming is normally a part of
each SITE systems regular broadcast schedule.
Short sermons or religious instructions are often
used for weekend viewing in fringe or nonprime
time slots. Public affairs personnel normally
manage the SITE systems aboard ships where
chaplains and RPs are assigned and may ask the
chaplain for ideas or suggestions concerning
local programming dealing with religious sub-
jects. A copy of the SITE BROADCASTERS
HANDBOOK may be obtained from:
Director
Navy Broadcasting Service (OP-007C)
Office of Information
Department of the Navy
Washington, DC 20350
RELIGIOUS PROGRAM
FACILITIES
The chapel with its related religious program
facilities comprise the physical center for the
Command Religious Program. It serves as the
center for divine services and other devotional
and religious activities in the command. The
chapel and its related facilities should be kept
clean and in good order at all times. Chapel sur-
roundings should be conducive to the religious
activities and events which occur there.
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