FCC Hits Stations With Proposed Kids TV Fines

FCC HITS STATIONS WITH PROPOSED KIDS TV FINES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The FCC has proposed one of its largest collections of fines for TV stations violating children's television advertising limits and reporting requirements. On Monday, the FCC proposed fining six stations a total of $65,000, and admonishing a seventh station for violating public filing and commercial limit rules. The decisions were issued just two days before the FCC commissioners are scheduled to appear before the House Telecommunications Subcommittee for an oversight hearing. The biggest fine was for $17,500, levied against KGWB-TV Burlington, Iowa. The station violated the FCC's limits on commercials in kids TV shows by showing an image of a Quack Pack character in a Quack Pack show, and for failing to maintain adequate public records of its kids programming.
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