Federal Communications Commission
Approved by OMB
Washington D.C. 20554
3060-0754
Report reflects information for quarter ending (mm/dd/yyyy) 03/31/2001 06/30/2001 09/30/2001 12/31/2001 03/31/2002 06/30/2002 09/30/2002 12/31/2002 03/31/2003 06/30/2003 09/30/2003 12/31/2003 03/31/2004 06/30/2004 09/30/2004 12/31/2004 03/31/2005 06/30/2005 09/30/2005 12/31/2005 03/31/2006 06/30/2006 09/30/2006 12/31/2006 03/31/2007 06/30/2007 09/30/2007 12/31/2007
1. Call Sign
Channel Number
Community of License
City
State
County
ZIP Code
Licensee
Network Affiliation:
Nielsen DMA Abilene-Sweetwater Alaska Albany GA Albany-Schenectady-Troy Albuquerque-Santa Fe Alexandria LA Alpena Amarillo Anchorage Anniston Atlanta Augusta Austin TX Bakersfield Baltimore Bangor Baton Rouge Beaumont-Port Arthur Bend Billings Biloxi-Gulfport Binghamton Birmingham Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill Boise Boston Bowling Green Buffalo Burlington-Plattsburgh Butte-Bozeman Casper-Riverton Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Dubq Champaign-Spgfld-Decatur Charleston SC Charleston-Huntington Charlotte Charlottesville Chattanooga Cheyenne-Scottsbluff-Sterling Chicago Chico-Redding Cincinnati Clarksburg-Weston Cleveland Colorado Springs-Pueblo Columbia SC Columbia-Jefferson City Columbus GA Columbus OH Columbus-Tupelo-W Pt. Corpus Christi Dallas-Ft. Worth Davenport-Rock I-Moline Dayton Denver Des Moines-Ames Detroit Dothan Duluth MN-Superior WI El Paso Elmira Erie Eugene Eureka Evansville IN Fairbanks Fargo-Valley City Flint-Saginaw-Bay City Florence-Myrtle Beach Fresno-Visalia Ft. Myers-Naples Ft. Smith Ft. Wayne Gainseville Glendive Grand Junction-Montrose Grand Rapids-Kalaz-Battle Crk Great Falls Green Bay-Appleton Greensboro-High Pt-W/Salem Greenville-New Bern-Wash Greenville-Spart-Ashvlle-Ands Greenwood-Greenville Guam Harlingen-Weslaco-Brnsv-McA Harrisburg-Lanc-Leb-York Harrisonburg Hartford-New Haven Hattiesburg-Laurel Helena Honolulu Houston Huntsville-Decatur-Florence Idaho Falls-Pocatello Indianapolis Jackson MS Jackson TN Jacksonville-Brunswick Johnstown-Altoona Jonesboro Joplin-Pittsburg Kansas City Knoxille LaCrosse-Eau Claire Lafayette IN Lafayette LA Lake Charles Lansing Laredo Las Vegas Lexington Lima Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney Plus Little Rock-Pine Bluff Los Angeles Louisville Lubbock Macon Madison Mankato Marquette Medford-Klamath Falls Memphis Meridian Miami-Ft. Lauderdale Milwaukee Minneapolis-St.Paul Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson Missoula Mobile-Pensacola Monroe LA-El Dorado AK Monterey-Salinas Montgomery Nashville New Orleans New York Norfolk-Ports-Newport News North Platte Odessa-Midland Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando-Daytona-Melbourne Ottumwa-Kirksville Paducah-Cp Gird-Harris-MT Vrn. Palm Springs Panama City Parkersburg Peoria-Bloomington Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland OR Portland-Auburn ME Presque Isle Providence-New Bedford Puerto Rico Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk Raleigh-Durham Rapid City Reno Richmond-Petersburg Roanoke-Lynchburg Rochester NY Rochester-Mason City-Austin Rockford Sacramento-Stock-Modesto Salisbury Salt Lake City San Angelo San Antonio San Fran-Oakland-San Jose SanDiego Santa Barb-Santa Maria-San Luis Savannah Seattle-Tacoma Sherman TX-Ada OK Shreveport Sioux City Sioux Falls-Mitchell South Bend-Elkhart Spokane Springfield MO Springfield-Holyoke MA St Joseph St.Louis Syracuse Tallahassee-Thomasville GA Tampa-St.Pete-Sarasota Terre Haute Toledo Topeka Traverse City-Cadillac TriCitiesTN-VA Tulsa Tuscaloosa Tuscon (Nogales) Twin Falls Tyler-Longview (Luf. & Nacod.) Utica Victoria Virgin Islands W. Palm Beach-Ft Pierce Waco-Temple-Bryan Washington DC Watertown Wausau-Rhinelander Wheeling-Steubenville Wichita Falls TX-Lawton OK Wichita-Hutchinson Plus Wilkes Barre-Scranton Wilmington NC Yakima-Pasco-Rich-Kennwck Youngstown Yuma AZ-El Centro CA Zanesville
World Wide Web Home Page Address (if applicable)
Independent
Facility ID Number
Previous Call Sign (if applicable)
License Renewal Expiration Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
Core Programming
2.
State the average number of hours of Core Programming per week broadcast by the station. See 47 C.F.R. Section 73.671(c).
3.
Does the licensee identify each Core Program at the beginning of the airing of each program as required by C.F.R. Section 73.673?
Yes No
4.
a.
Does the licensee provide information identifying each Core Program aired on its station, including an indication of the target child audience, to publishers of program guides as required by 47 C.F.R Section 73.673?
b.
Identify publishers who were sent information in 4.a.
TV Data TV Guide Tribune Media Tel-Aire Video Viewing
5. Complete the following for each program that you aired during the past three months that meets the definition of Core Programming. Complete chart below for each Core Program.
Title of Program #1:
Origination Local Network Syndicated
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled:
Total times aired at regularly scheduled time
Number of Preemptions
If preempted, complete Preemption Report
Length of Program: (minutes)
Age of Target Child Audience: from years to years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures: Reknown animal expert Jack Hanna travels the world to remote areas to study animals in their natural habitat. In each episode of this program, viewers learn as cameras follow Jack Hanna and he spends time with nature's creatures and various experts that are knowledgeable about each animal and their habitat. Each episode is designed to reveal to viewers the world around them in a way that presents positive role models and pro-social values within an environmentally responsible universe. Mr. Hanna's journeys include Alaska where he observed brown bears and the effect of declining salmon runs on the brown bear population, the Great Barrier Reef to explore its development, and to a farm for exotic animals located in Missouri where wildlife preservation and history come together.
Preemption Report
Complete the chart below for each core program listed in Question 5 of FCC 398 that was preempted during the past three months. * Total Times Aired is total times aired at regularly scheduled time plus Number of Preemptions Rescheduled.
Title of Program #1: Jack Hanna Animal Adventures
Total Times Aired *
Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
0
Date Preempted/Episode # (1)
If rescheduled, date and time rescheduled. If not rescheduled, enter N/A
Is the rescheduled date the second home?
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify public of rescheduled date and time?
Reason for Preemption:
Breaking News
Sports
Other
Other News
Public
Add information about another preemption(s)
Delete information for last preemption (#1) [or just clear Date Preempted/Episode to have the system ignore any block of data]
Title of Program #2:
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Pet Keeping: Step into the most entertaining pet shop around as host Marc Morrone guides viewers through the fun and frenetic world of pets. Playing ringmaster to the countless pets that jump, crawl, fly and bark all around him, Marc provides a lively offbeat look at what makes pets special. Marc gives unique advice and helpful tips on anything from supplementing a lizard's diet with peach baby food or housebreaking a puppy. This modern day Dr. Doolittle presents a warm and unscripted program that's part neighborly chat, part animal kingdom insight. Marc helps viewers to have a better understanding of their pets and the best method to care for them. He also instills into viewers the sense that animals are living creatures and not toys to just be played with, and that life is precious and should have the best love and care that we can give them.
Title of Program #2: Pet Keeping
Title of Program #3:
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Kenny The Shark: This animated program is about Kenny, a tiger shark that has made the transition from sea to land and must adapt to his new surroundings. Kat, a middle school student, and her family take Kenny into their home. In the process of watching Kenny adapt to his new surroundings, the viewers learn various facts about shark behavior, their habits and biology. Viewers also learn about how to understand the different perspectives that can be used to solve a particular problem. In each episode, Kenny & Kat have to solve a problem that requires one of them to display generosity, cooperation, honesty, unselfishness, responsibility and the ability to work hard. The situations they face are borne from the unusual circumstances of Kenny’s life.
Title of Program #3: Kenny The Shark
Title of Program #4:
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. TUTENSTEIN – This animated program takes place in a metropolitan museum where the entire burial chamber including artifacts and the mummy of an Egyptian boy-king, Tut, have been brought after their discovery. Shortly after his arrival, Tut comes to life and befriends the young teen museum intern Cleo and her pet cat, Luxor. In each episode there are lessons about Egyptian history, and mythology as Cleo draws on her knowledge of Egyptology to try and understand her new friend. Tut is curious also and often ventures out of the safety of the museum which causes problems that he and Cleo have to solve by calling on the gods, demons and artifacts from the tomb. Through the problem solving the program also teaches cooperation and acceptance of differences.
Title of Program #4: Tutenstein
Title of Program #5:
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Trading Spaces Boys vs. Girls: This program allows boys and girls get to illustrate how well they know each other, effectively manage a budget, and skillfully execute a design plan in each other’s room. Each episode, one boy and/or one girl are given two days and $5000 dollars to complete a renovation of a particular space. The space may be a bedroom, recreation room, or clubhouse, but the real challenge is whether the participant’s knowledge of the other’s preferences, hobbies, and lifestyle can successfully develop a suitable design for the space. The participants are further challenged by budget constraints and the actual process of redesigning the space. Participants will learn measurement, spatial reasoning, and principles of aesthetic design as they experience the challenge. Ultimately, each participant will learn how knowledgeable and perceptive they were about the other when their design is revealed.
Title of Program #5: Trading Spaces Boys vs. Girls
1
Title of Program #6:
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Endurance: is an engrossing program that shows the target audience, with typical kids ages 12-16, succeeding at several different physical, intellectual and strategic challenges in order to win a fabulous travel prize. The audience will be exposed to historical information about great feats of endurance such as Houdini's escape artistry and Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mount Everest and each of the competitive challenges is a based on one of these feats of endurance. In addition, there are strategic challenges based on ten character traits that are important for success. Overall, the competition balances luck against skill or knowledge so that the contestants learn to balance intellect with intuition in developing their winning strategy.
Title of Program #6: Endurance
Title of Program #7:
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Strange Days At Blake Holsey High: focuses on a group of five young teens who are students at a boarding school where strange phenomena occur. The students, as members of a science club, look for answers to the strange phenomena along with the help of their professor. The educational goal of the program is to embed scientific content in a narrative story with strong socio-emotional messages. In each episode, one of the main characters models a learning process that relates to their social competence and also explores science content that relates to resolving an immediate problem or some aspect of the larger mystery. Specific objectives are to expose the audience to physical science by investigating, for example, black holes, worm holes, vortexes, gravity, electricity, satellite transmissions and radio frequencies. Through the characters’ experiments, the audience is exposed to the scientific method, hypothesis testing and analysis of data.
Title of Program #7: Strange Days At Blake Holsey High
Title of Program #8:
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Darcy's Wild Life: follows the life of 15-year-old Darcy Fields, the pampered daughter of a top Hollywood movie-star who was plucked out of a life of limousines, movie-premieres and world class restaurants to live a “no frills” life in rural Idaho. Darcy’s initial resentment gives way to optimism as she makes new friends and becomes a part of the community. The overarching educational goal is for the audience to see how the main character, Darcy, is able to make a successful adjustment to a new environment that is the complete antithesis of her old life. Darcy comes to a deeper understanding of herself, the value of relationships, and the insignificance of material things. This occurs as she makes new friends who have totally different perspectives than hers. The viewer will also learn about the care and treatment of a variety of animals that live on farms or in the wild.
Title of Program #8: Darcy's Wild Life
Add information about another program(s)
Delete information for last program (#8) [or just clear Title to have the system ignore any block of data]
Non-Core Educational and Informational Programming
6. Complete the following for each program that you aired during the past three months that is specifically designed to meet the educational and informational needs of children ages 16 and under, but does not meet one or more elements of the definition of Core Programming. See 47 C.F.R. Section 73.671. Complete chart below for each additional such educational and informational program.
Dates/Times Program Aired:
Total times aired
If preempted and rescheduled, list date and time aired.
Describe the program.
Does the program have educating and informing children ages 16 and under as a significant purpose?
If Yes, does the licensee identify each program at the beginning of its airing consistent with 47 C.F.R Section 73.673?
If Yes, does the licensee provide information regarding the program, including an indication of the target child audience, to publishers of program guides consistent with 47 C.F.R Section 73.673?
Delete information for last program (#1) [or just clear Title to have the system ignore any block of data]
Other Matters
7. Complete the following for each program that you plan to air for the next quarter that meets the definition of Core Programming. Complete chart below for each Core Program.
Total times to be aired
Length of Program
Age of Target Child Audience:
(minutes)
from to (years)
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. CROC FILES: This program takes the audience on world-wide travels with naturalist, adventurer and story-teller Steve Irwin of the Australian Zoo. In humorous and adventuresome episodes, Steve, with his wife Terri and a small crew, travel to different locales to film a wide variety of animal species. This show a) exposes the audience to the habitat, behavior patterns and the dangers of most types of non-domesticated animals; b) demonstrates safety around wild animals, particularly dangerous predators and poisonous snakes; c) informs about the life cycle, eating habits and social behavior of different animals; d) informs the audience about conservation issues and the relationship and importance of different animals to specific ecosystems.
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. JEFF CORWIN UNLEASHED: The goal of this program is to illustrate to the audience the importance of ecological balance and wildlife conservation. Each episode features naturalist and environmentalist, Jeff Corwin, on his worldwide travels. Jeff documents and shares with the audience an abundance of information about animal habitats, zoology, species evolution and ecosystems. In each episode of this show, the viewers will see Jeff go deep into forests, swamps, deserts, mountains, and rivers to find unusual and rare animals from different countries. He always goes right to the original habitat, pointing out historical facts along the way, so that the audience not only understands where the animals live, but why and how the animals exist in their particular ecosystem.
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. SCOUT'S SAFARI follows the development of 14-year-old Scout Lauer, whose divorced parents have to quickly move Scout from her father's home in New York City to her mother's home on a game reserve in South Africa. The overarching goal of the series is for the main character, Scout, to model a learning process for the audience that charts her socio-emotional growth as she adjusts to a completely new life in South Africa. Specific objectives are to illustrate how Scout makes a good transition into her blended family with a stepfather and new brother, and understands different religious and cultural belief systems. The program further provides information relating to the natural environment and preserving animal species in the natural habitat.
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. TRADING SPACES BOYS V. GIRLS: This program allows boys and girls get to illustrate how well they know each other, effectively manage a budget, and skillfully execute a design plan in each other’s room. Each episode, one boy and/or one girl are given two days and $5000 dollars to complete a renovation of a particular space. The space may be a bedroom, recreation room, or clubhouse, but the real challenge is whether the participant’s knowledge of the other’s preferences, hobbies, and lifestyle can successfully develop a suitable design for the space. The participants are further challenged by budget constraints and the actual process of redesigning the space. Participants will learn measurement, spatial reasoning, and principles of aesthetic design as they experience the challenge. Ultimately, each participant will learn how knowledgeable and perceptive they were about the other when their design is revealed.
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. ENDURANCE is an engrossing program that shows the target audience, with typical kids ages 12-16, succeeding at several different physical, intellectual and strategic challenges in order to win a fabulous travel prize. The audience will be exposed to historical information about great feats of endurance such as Houdini's escape artistry and Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mount Everest and each of the competitive challenges is a based on one of these feats of endurance. In addition, there are strategic challenges based on ten character traits that are important for success. Overall, the competition balances luck against skill or knowledge so that the contestants learn to balance intellect with intuition in developing their winning strategy.
8. Does the licensee publicize the existence and location of the stations's Children's Television Programming Reports (FCC 398) as required by 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3526(e)(11)(iii)?
9. List Core Programs, if any, aired by other stations that are sponsored by the licensee and that meet the criteria set forth in 47 C.F.R. Section 73.671. Also indicate whether the amount of total Core Programming broadcast by another station increased.
Name of Program
Call Letters of Station Airing Sponsored Program
Channel Number of Station Airing Sponsored Program
Did total programming Increase?
Add row for another program/airing station (or delete last row)
For each Core Program sponsored by the licensee, complete the chart below.
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming.
10. Name of children's programming liaison:
Name
Telephone Number (include area code)
Address
Internet Mail Address (if applicable)
11. Include any other comments or information you want the Commission to consider in evaluating your compliance with the Children's Television Act (or use this space for supplemental explanations). This may include information on any other non-core educational and informational programming that you aired this quarter or plan to air during the next quarter, or any existing or proposed non-broadcast efforts that will enhance the educational and informational value of such programming to children. See 47 C.F.R. Section 73.671, NOTE 2.
See public file for public service announcements designed specifically for children. To supplement and enhance the educational value of the network's "Teen NBC" programs, NBC has a web site (www.nbc.com/tnbc) specifically dedicated to teens. This site was recently re-launched with a new design. The goals of this site are first, to create a platform for the teen community where opportunties for self-expressions become the core of the interactive experience; second to build these communities wherever possible around the themes and ideas generated within the TNBC shows themselves; and third, to provide online resources of information and guidance around the issues that most effect teens' lives. Features of the web site include information on the upcoming episodes of each of the TNBC shows, as well as information about the shows and their cast members. In addition to core children's programming, WTWC airs public service announcements and Network news programming that have educational and informational value for children. WTWC airs NBC's "The More You Know" PSA series.
WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND/OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 18, SECTION 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION LICENSE OR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 503).
I certify that the statements in this application are true, complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and are made in good faith.
Name of Licensee
Signature (only for printed version)
Date
FCC 398 April 2001 (1.3) (end)