Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC 20554
Approved by OMB
3060-0754
FCC 398
Children's Television Programming Report

Report reflects information for the filing period ending: 2001-06-30 00:00:00.0 Filed on: 2001-07-05 16:52:02.533

Call Sign Channel Numbers Community of License
KAMR-TV (analog)
City State County ZIP Code
Amarillo TX POTTER 79101
Licensee Name
Quorum of Amarillo License, LLC
Network Affiliation Nielsen DMA Licensee World Wide Web Home Page Address (if applicable)
NBC Amarillo http://www.kamr.com/
Facility ID Previous Call Sign (if applicable) License Renewal Expiration Date
8523 2006-08-01 00:00:00.0
Analog Core Programming
2. State the average number of hours of Core Programming per week broadcast by the station. See 47 C.F.R. §73.671(c). 3.50 hours
3. (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. §73.673? Y
(b) Identify publishers who were sent information in 3(a).
TV GUIDE IN PENN., TV GUIDE IN OK.; TV DATA; TRIBUNE MEDIA; HOSPITAL MEDIA; VIDEO VIEW; PREVIEW CHANNEL; AMARILLO GLOBE NEWS
4. 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 Analog Core Program #1 Origin
CRITTER GITTERS SYNDICATED
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 7:30-8:00a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Half-hour live action program designed around a group of neighborhood kids who join forces with a couple of veterinarians and an inventive professor to become a search and rescue unit, detective agency and a police force for animals. Team works with authorities to solve animal mysteries.
Title of Analog Core Program #2 Origin
HANG TIME NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 8:30-9:00a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Follows the Deering Tornadoes, a varsity basketball team in an Indiana High School that includes only one female player. The series follows the starting line-up through its basketball seasons and explores both personal themes of adolescent life, as well as the social themes which relate to sportsmanship, fair play, jealousy, teamwork, cooperation and competition. As the team progresses through each season, the audience will see them develop skills in several areas. These include establishing priorities, managing conflict, developing self-confidence, respecting differences, and reducing bias in behavior toward others. There is an emphasis on interpersonal competence and teamwork which demonstrates to the audience ways to develop positive self-concepts yet also make and maintain effective social relationships.
Title of Analog Core Program #3 Origin
CITY GUYS A NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 9:00-9:30 a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Originates at a densely populated, multi-ethnic, public high school in the heart of Manhattan. Through its characters, the show demonstrates that what we see doesn't begin to tell the story about who people really are and what life is really like. Two young men, who seem to be opposites in all the obvious ways--race, economic background, culture, clothes and music--are thrown into a friendship and working relationship by their wise and acerbic principal. The boys actually have a lot in common--they are both bright, they want to be more than the negative images they sometimes project, and they have never been motivated to really think, reflect, or act beyond the superficial. As they deal with the pressures of big city life, they learn that getting beyond the superficial and seriously dealing with a deeper reality is the critical path to attaining success.
Title of Analog Core Program #4 Origin
JUST DEAL NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 9:30-10:00 a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Focuses on the development of three teens who are uniquely different from one another yet forge deep bonds of friendship through their shared interests and problems. As these three navigate their way through high school, they will deal with all the important issues of adolescence, modeling their problem-solving and decision making for the teen audience. The over-arching goal of this series is to take the viewer from one level of knowledge to a more informed or higher level of knowledge within each episode. This is achieved through the storylines where one or more of the three main characters will demonstrate active problem-solving and decision-making related to a specific topic. Each week, embedded in an evolving, continuous process of friendship and values charification, a character will deal with a specific challenge. Topics will include, for example, racial identity, understanding and accepting loss, facing failure, effective commnication, conflict management, personal responsibility, service to others, trust and betrayal, academic achievement, life balance and tolerance.
Title of Analog Core Program #5 Origin
ONE WORLD NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 10:00-10:30 a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Focuses on a family of six adopted and foster children who live with Dave and Karen Blake, a high school baseball coach and his wife. Each of the Blake kids has had a rough life: getting into trouble either at school, with the law, or getting bounced around the different foster families. Life with the Blakes is their chance at a stable future but each child's background influences their perspective on how to handle family and life challenges. In addition to learning how to manage family relationships, the kids deal with other social and cognitive issues, from providing service to help others, to life planning and educational development. There is an emphasis on understanding multiple perspectives on any problem and giving every person a fair chance to prove their worth to others.
Title of Analog Core Program #6 Origin
CITY GUYS B SYNDICATED
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 10:30-11:00 a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Originates at a densely populated, multi-ethnic, public high school in the heart of Manhattan. Through its characters, the show demonstrates that what we see doesn't begin to tell the story about who people really are and what life is really like. Two young men, who seem to be opposites in all the obvious ways--race, economic background, culture, clothes and music--are thrown into a friendship and working relationship by their wise and acerbic principal. The boys actually have a lot in common--they are both bright, they want to be more than the negative images they sometimes project, and they have never been motivated to really think, reflect, or act beyond the superficial. As they deal with the pressures of big city life, they learn that getting beyond the superficial and seriously dealing with a deeper reality is the critical path to attaining success.
Title of Analog Core Program #7 Origin
INSIDE STUFF NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays, 11:00-11:30 a.m. 9 4
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
A half-hour news magazine program directed at teens between the ages of 13 and 16. The program features the pro-social off-court activities of male and female basketball players, coaches, team personnel and teenage athleters. Other features highlight athletic skills, attitude and knowledge needed for successful athletic competition and participation. Program segments are based on a curriculum inspired by the U.S. Department of Education's Goals 2000, with particular focus on messages encouraging the following values: school completion, community service, cooperation, tolerance of differences, healthful practices and athletics, peaceful conflict resolution and global awareness. The program's host conveys these educational and informational messages primarily through real life examples, interviews and commentary. Weekly features on players and other individuals associated with basketball help the audience see how these individuals were able to overcome various obstacles in order to achieve their goals.
Total Times Aired Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
9 4 0
Preemption #1
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
April 21, 2001 N/A N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? N
Reason for Preemption SPORTS
Preemption #2
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
April 28, 2001 N/A N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? N
Reason for Preemption SPORTS
Preemption #3
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
June 2, 2001 N/A N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? N
Reason for Preemption SPORTS
Preemption #4
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
June 30, 2001 N/A N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? N
Reason for Preemption SPORTS

Non-Core Educational and Informational Programming
5. 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. §73.671. Complete chart below for each additional such educational and informational program.
Title of Analog Non-Core Program #1 Origin
CROCODILE HUNTER: BIG CROC DIARIES NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
May 21, 2001 1 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
60 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Does the program have educating and informing children ages 16 and under as a significant purpose? Y
If Yes, does the Licensee identify each program by displaying throughout the program the symbol E/I? Y
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. §73.673? Y
Description of Program
Over the past two years, cameras have followed Steve Irwin "The Crocodile Hunter" around the Australia Zoo, documenting his adventures with some of the zoo's fiercest inhabitants. In this program, Irwin introduces viewers to five of his favorite crocodiles: Monty, Agro, Charlie, Acco and Murray. "Big Croc Diaries" invites viewers to get to know each reptile's personality by profiling all five crocs. Flashbacks of each rescue reveal how each one of these dino-ancestors has come to know The Australia Zoo as home. Other animals featured include koalas, camels, Tasmanian devils, dingoes and a reticulated python.
Date and Time Aired (if preempted and rescheduled)
 
Title of Analog Non-Core Program #2 Origin
PEARL HARBOR: LEGACY OF AN ATTACK NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
May 27, 2001 1 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
60 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Does the program have educating and informing children ages 16 and under as a significant purpose? Y
If Yes, does the Licensee identify each program by displaying throughout the program the symbol E/I? Y
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. §73.673? Y
Description of Program
Sixty years after fire and death rained from the skies as Japanese warplanes attacked American forces, National Geographic takes a contemporary look at the surprise raid that signaled America's entry into World War II. Famed underwater explorer Robert Ballard (discoverer of Titanic) combs the waters off Pearl Harbor for the remains of a secret Japanese midget submarine that could have changed history. Pearl Harbor survivors share their painful and poignant stories and renowned historian Stephen Ambrose adds powerful historical persepctive. National Geographic and the National Park Service also capture the first-ever images from inside the sunken battleship U.S.S. Arizona and examine the ecological risk presented by the sunken ship and the half million gallons of oil that may still be contained inside it.
Date and Time Aired (if preempted and rescheduled)
 

Sponsored Core Programming
6. List Core Programs, if any, aired by other analog stations that are sponsored by the Licensee and that meet the criteria set forth in 47 C.F.R. §73.671. Also indicate whether the amount of total Core Programming broadcast by another station increased.
[There are no analog sponsored core program broadcast reports.]
[There are no analog sponsored core program detail reports.]
Digital Core Programming
7. (a) State the average number of hours of Core Programming per week broadcast by the station on its main program stream.  
  (b) Did the Licensee broadcast on its main digital program stream the same Children's Core Programming provided on its analog channel?  
  (c) If Yes to 7(b), the Licensee certifies that the representations and children's program information provided with respect to its analog channel apply equally with respect to its main digital program stream.  
    If No to 7(c), submit as an Exhibit a Statement of Explanation.  
8. (a) State the average number of hours per week of free over-the-air digital video programming broadcast by the station on other than its main program stream.  
  (b) State the average number of hours per week of Core Programming broadcast by the station on other than its main program stream. See 47 C.F.R. §73.671.  
9. (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. §73.673?  
  (b) Identify publishers who were sent information in 9(a).
 
10. 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.
    [There are no digital core program reports.]
11. (a) Does the Licensee certify that at least 50% of the Core Programming counted toward meeting the additional programming guideline (applied to free video programming aired on other than the main program stream) did not consist of program episodes that had already aired within the previous seven days either on the station's main program stream or on another of the station's free digital program streams?  
  (b) If No, submit as an Exhibit a Statement of Explanation setting forth the number of repeats in excess of the repeat limit and the times and dates the episodes involved were aired.  
Non-Core Educational and Informational Programming
12. 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. §73.671. Complete chart below for each additional such educational and information program.
[There are no digital non-core program reports.]
Sponsored Core Programming
13. 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. §73.671. Also indicate whether the amount of total Core Programming broadcast by another station increased.
[There are no digital sponsored core program broadcast reports.]
[There are no digital sponsored core program detail reports.]
Other Matters
14. Complete the following for each analog and digital program that you plan to air for the next quarter that meets the definition of Core Programming. Complete chart below for each Core Program, identifying whether it is to be broadcast on the station's analog or digital channel or both channels.
Title of Planned Core Program #1 Origin
CRITTER GITTERS NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays, 7:30-8:00 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Half-hour live action program designed around a group of neighborhood kids who join forces with a couple of veterinarians and an inventive professor to become a search and rescue unit, detective agency and a police force for animals. Team works with authorities to solve animal mysteries.
Title of Planned Core Program #2 Origin
ALL ABOUT US NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays, 8:30-9:00 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
MCA recording artist Alecia Elliott, plays the central character, Alecia Alcott, who is adjusting to her new environment and trying to keep alive her dreams of becoming a singer. With her three friends,these four girls navigate their typical and not-so-typical teenage dilemmas on a weekly basis...boys...parents...what to get from the vending maching. Their commitment to each other and their individual friendships are true and strong, and their moments of hilarity always result in moments of truth. In short, each week the girls experience what it means to be a teenager, what it means to be a girl and what it means to help each other realize who they really are...and who they are becoming. Set against the backdrop of an urban Chicago high school, where music, clothes and the occasional four-way-cell-phone-call keeps the girls connected, ALL ABOUT US is an entertaining, hilarious and touching journey.
Title of Planned Core Program #3 Origin
JUST DEAL NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays, 9:00-9:30 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Focuses on the development of three teens who are uniquely different from one another yet forge deep bonds of friendship through their shared interests and problems. As these three navigate their way through high school, they will deal with all the important issues of adolescence, modeling their problem-solving and decision making for the teen audience. The over-arching goal of this series is to take the viewer from one level of knowledge to a more informed or higher level of knowledge within each episode. This is achieved through the storylines where one or more of the three main characters will demonstrate active problem-solving and decision-making related to a specific topic. Each week, embedded in an evolving, continuous process of friendship and values charification, a character will deal with a specific challenge. Topics will include, for example, racial identity, understanding and accepting loss, facing failure, effective commnication, conflict management, personal responsibility, service to others, trust and betrayal, academic achievement, life balance and tolerance.
Title of Planned Core Program #4 Origin
ONE WORLD NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays, 9:30-10:00 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Focuses on a family of six adopted and foster children who live with Dave and Karen Blake, a high school baseball coach and his wife. Each of the Blake kids has had a rough life: getting into trouble either at school, with the law, or getting bounced around the different foster families. Life with the Blakes is their chance at a stable future but each child's background influences their perspective on how to handle family and life challenges. In addition to learning how to manage family relationships, the kids deal with other social and cognitive issues, from providing service to help others, to life planning and educational development. There is an emphasis on understanding multiple perspectives on any problem and giving every person a fair chance to prove their worth to others.
Title of Planned Core Program #5 Origin
CITY GUYS B NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays 10:00-10:30 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Originates at a densely populated, multi-ethnic, public high school in the heart of Manhattan. Through its characters, the show demonstrates that what we see doesn't begin to tell the story about who people really are and what life is really like. Two young men, who seem to be opposites in all the obvious ways--race, economic background, culture, clothes and music--are thrown into a friendship and working relationship by their wise and acerbic principal. The boys actually have a lot in common--they are both bright, they want to be more than the negative images they sometimes project, and they have never been motivated to really think, reflect, or act beyond the superficial. As they deal with the pressures of big city life, they learn that getting beyond the superficial and seriously dealing with a deeper reality is the critical path to attaining success.
Title of Planned Core Program #6 Origin
INSIDE STUFF NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays, 11:00-11:30 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
13 years 16 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
A half-hour news magazine program directed at teens between the ages of 13 and 16. The program features the pro-social off-court activities of male and female basketball players, coaches, team personnel and teenage athleters. Other features highlight athletic skills, attitude and knowledge needed for successful athletic competition and participation. Program segments are based on a curriculum inspired by the U.S. Department of Education's Goals 2000, with particular focus on messages encouraging the following values: school completion, community service, cooperation, tolerance of differences, healthful practices and athletics, peaceful conflict resolution and global awareness. The program's host conveys these educational and informational messages primarily through real life examples, interviews and commentary. Weekly features on players and other individuals associated with basketball help the audience see how these individuals were able to overcome various obstacles in order to achieve their goals.

15. Does the Licensee publicize the existence and location of the station's Children's Television Programming Reports (FCC 398) as required by 47 C.F.R. §73.3526(e)(11)(iii)? Y
16. Identify the licensee's children's programming liaison.
Name Telephone Number
Dale R. Woods 806 383-3321
Address E-mail Address
1015 S. Fillmore
City State ZIP Code
Amarillo TX

17. 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. §73.671, NOTES 2 and 3.
The More You Know's website (www.nbci.com/tmyk)features actual video clips from the award-winning public service announcements, referral information for the organizations referenced in the PSAs, a general campaign overview, and educational materials produced in connection with NBC programming. The site also includes a "feature of the month" page which addresses select TMYK topics, a list of the campaign's most recent accolades, and actionable video of the latest TMYK events. To supplement and enhance the educational value of the network's "Teen NBC" programs, NBC has a Web site (www.tnbconline.com) 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 opportunities for self-expressions become the core of the interactive experience; second to build these communities wherever possible arround 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 Website include information on the upcoming episodes of each of the TNBC shows, as well as information about the shows and their cast members. A free TNBC email service is provided to teens to foster a sense of community and communication. Using functionality from outside interactive partners, there is a prominent link to NBC.com, which include polls, message boards and features on subjects such as relationships, family, advice columns, dating, drugs and alcohol, entertainment and other teen sites on the Web. There are chat rooms for teens, hosted by Talk City, and there are links to Web page building and hosting services.

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
Quorum of Amarillo License, LLC
Date
July 5, 2001
FCC Form 398
March 2006