More TV Stations Face FCC Fines

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ACME Communications’ WIWB Suring (WI), Viacom's WKBD TV Detroit and Sage Broadcasting's KIDU-LP Brownwood (TX) all face fines for breaking Federal Communications Commission rules. WIWB twice exceeding the FCC's limits on ads during kids’ TV shows -- 10.5 minutes on weekends, 12 minutes on weekdays One overage was 90 seconds and the other was the appearance of a Pokemon character in an ad during the Pokemon show on The WB back when there was a WB (in 2002). WKBD infraction also involved a TV character appearing in ads during children's programming. KIDU-LP, a low power TV station, is being fined for violations of the ad limits during kids’ shows, a failure to put information on its kids' shows in its public files and incomplete issues reports.
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