other · Federal Communications Commission · Published 1996-03-11 · Effective 1996-03-11 · 61 FR 9648
Document
Document number
96-5869
Federal Register citation
61 FR 9648
CFR reference
47 CFR 76
Type
Rule
Action
Interim rule.
Category
other
Publication date
1996-03-11
Effective date
1996-03-11
FCC docket
CS Docket No. 96-40
Abstract
This Order establishes interim rules to implement Section 641 of the Communications Act, including establishing the hours of the day when a significant number of children are likely to view sexually explicit adult programming or other indecent programming on any channel of the service of a multichannel video programming distributor primarily dedicated to sexually-oriented programming if such programming is not fully blocked or fully scrambled. Section 505 of the Telecommunications Act directs the Commission to establish these hours. In this Order, the Commission determines that the hours of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. are the hours when such programming may not be shown if not fully scrambled or fully blocked.