July 29 -- The world's oldest profession has its own television show in Denver, and so far it's the most popular show ever broadcast over the city's public access channel. Twice a day, pictures and names of johns convicted of soliciting prostitutes are posted on the broadcast along with ominous music and warnings from the police that if "you have any dealings with prostitution, you will likely be arrested and appear on television. Wallace Wortham Jr.
Initial ratings were huge and there was a noticeable lack of prostitutes on the street the next night. A spokesman for Mayor Wellington Webb says the show is necessary because of complaints from area residents.
She says the law does not entitle the police to humiliate people, even though they have been convicted and the information is public record. There are other problems. Some people in Denver say the prostitutes will simply move to the next community as they did years ago when another Colorado city published pictures of convicted johns.
In fact, some say that's why Denver has so many prostitutes today. When neighboring Aurora published the pictures, the prostitutes headed down the street to Denver. Now residents in Lakewood, just west of Denver, are worried. Stream on. By ABC News. July 28, , PM. These prices could climb within days if Trump slaps tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
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