FCC Fines Three TV Stations for Kids’ TV Rules Violations

FCC FINES THREE TV STATIONS FOR KIDS' TV RULES VIOLATIONS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The FCC's Media Bureau Friday proposed fining KTBY-TV (Anchorage, Alaska), Freedom Broadcasting's KFDM-TV (Beaumont, Texas) and Southwest Media's KCSG-TV (Cedar City, Utah) for violating children's television rules. KTBY-TV got hit with the biggest fine -- $20,000 -- for exceeding the FCC's limits on commercials in kids’ shows a total of 38 times, including three overages of 15 seconds and 35 of 30 seconds. The station also failed to publicize the existence of its public reports on compliance, except where it obviously didn't, with the commercial limits and other kids’-TV rules. KFDM was fined for airing a program-length commercial and KCSG for failure to file or publicize various reports about commercial compliance and other issues.
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