broadcasting · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2006-11-01 · Effective 2007-01-02 · 71 FR 64154
Document
Document number
E6-18401
Federal Register citation
71 FR 64154
CFR reference
47 CFR 73
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
broadcasting
Publication date
2006-11-01
Effective date
2007-01-02
FCC docket
MM Docket No. 00-167
Abstract
This document resolves a number of issues regarding the obligation of television broadcasters to protect and serve children in their audience. The document addresses matters related to two areas: the obligation of television broadcast licensees to provide educational and informational programming for children and the requirement that television broadcast licensees protect children from excessive and inappropriate commercial messages. The item makes certain modifications to the rules and policies adopted in the Commission's 2004 order in this proceeding. These modifications respond to petitions for reconsideration filed in response to the 2004 rules as well as a joint proposal recommending modifications to those rules filed by a group of cable and broadcast industry representatives and children's television advocates, among others.