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2.
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State the average number of hours of Core Programming per week broadcast by the station. See 47 C.F.R. §73.671(c).
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3.00 hours
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3.
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(a)
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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?
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Y
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(b)
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Identify publishers who were sent information in 3(a).
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Cable View Publications, Turner Entertainment Report, KFWB Radio, Los Angeles Times, Compton Bulletin, Pro/Guide Inc., Larimi Communications, Los Angeles Sentinel, Riverside Press Enterprise, Nielson, Burbank Times, Video Viewing, Triple D Publishing Listings, Tribune Media Services, Gemstar Development Corp., Prevue Channel, San Diego Unio, Bull Dog Reporter, Cox Cable Santa Barbara, TV Fanfare, Orange County Register, Los Angeles Bay News, El Aviso de Ocasion, Fontana Herald News, Travel Host Inc., Santa Barbara News Press, La Opinion, South Bay Daily Breeze, Escondido Times Advocate, Newhall Signal Enterprise, TV Data, Multichannel News, Continental Cablevision, Gateway U.S.A., Costa Mesa Daily Pilot, KMIR-TV, Los ANgeles Daily News, Fresno Bee, Comcast Cable, Los Angeles Times Valley Edition, TV Guide, Long BEach Press Telegram, ITV, Inc., Beverly Hills Courier, Cox Cable, Time-Warner Communications, Catalina Islander, Imperial Valley Cablevision, KGET-TV, Korea Times Los Angeles, Leader Newspaper, KECY-TV, Associated Press, Cable Guide, Desert Sun, JDTV, Western Systems, MAster Control-TW Cable, Crenshaw Today Magazine, Edmonton SEG Direct Guide, Escondido In-Room Magazine, Anaheim This Week, Villa PArk TV Monthly, New York Primetime, Vernon TV World Edition, Buena Vista Television, Bishop Register, Mohave Desert News, Lake Arrowhead Mountain News & Shopper, Teleguia, Telenovedades, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Phelan Mountaineer Progress, Redlands Daily Facts, Ridgecrest Daily Independent, San Bernardino Sun, Thousand Oaks Star, Van Nuys La Guia, Ventura County Star Free Press, Victorville Daily Press, Yucaipa News Mirror, High Desert Star, Castle Cable, Charter Communications, Competitive Media, DBS Programming Service, Motion Picture Service of America, Neopoint Now Leap Wireless, Ruidoso Television Guide, TVEYES.COM, Mammoth Lakes Herald-Review, Mojave Desert News., San Gabriel Valley Tribune, The Californian, The North Country Times, Big Bear Grizzly, SD Rapid City Journal, Navic Systems, E-View Technologies.
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4.
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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.
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Title of Analog Core Program #1
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Origin
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PREHISTORIC PLANET
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time
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Number of Pre-emptions
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Saturday, 8:00AM - 8:30AM
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11
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2
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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E/I Symbol Used As Required
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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PREHISTORIC PLANET is based on the award-winning BBC/Discovery series “Walking with Dinosaurs.” It begins over 200 million years ago with the Triassic Period. Over several weeks, the audience travels through time to the Jurassic, Early Cretaceous and Mid-Cretaceous Periods, which ended 65 million years ago. The dawn of the mammals is then covered, with the series ending just a few million years ago. The objectives of this show are to:
· Expose the audience to a re-creation of the prehistoric world and explain how the animal kingdom might have lived day by day.
· Expose learners to content that will enable them to differentiate and match species to eras, to habitat, and to their respective behavior patterns.
· Expose the audience to information on how and why certain prehistoric beasts were the precursors of species alive today.
· Expose the audience to basic concepts of the life cycle, the food chain, and the process of species survival vs. extinction.
· Expose the audience to content on the development of the Earth’s geography and the relationship of weather, geography, and natural events to the development of different animal species.
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Total Times Aired
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Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News
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Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
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11
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2
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0
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| Preemption #1 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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2/1/03
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N/A
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N
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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Y
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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| Preemption #2 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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3/22/03
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N/A
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N
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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Y
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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Title of Analog Core Program #2
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Origin
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CROC FILES
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time
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Number of Pre-emptions
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Saturday, 8:30AM - 9:00AM
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11
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2
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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E/I Symbol Used As Required
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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CROC FILES 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. The objectives of this show are to:
· Expose the audience to the habitat, behavior patterns and, in most cases, the dangers of most types of non-domesticated animals.
· Demonstrate to the audience how to be safe around wild animals, particularly dangerous predators and poisonous snakes.
· Inform the audience about the life cycle, eating habits and social behavior of different animals.
· Inform the audience about conservation issues and the relationship and importance of different animals to specific ecosystems.
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Total Times Aired
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Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News
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Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
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11
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2
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0
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| Preemption #1 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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2/1/03
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N/A
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Y
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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Y
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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| Preemption #2 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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3/22/03
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N/A
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Y
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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Y
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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Title of Analog Core Program #3
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Origin
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OPERATION JUNKYARD
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time
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Number of Pre-emptions
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Saturday, 9:00AM - 9:30AM
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11
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2
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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E/I Symbol Used As Required
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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OPERATION JUNKYARD is a reality show that creates teams of kids who are interested in building and inventing, and puts the teams in competitive engineering challenges. The over-arching goal of the program is to show how the basic principles of engineering are accessible to anyone who wants to know “how things work.” Specific objectives are to communicate to the audience how teams can work successfully under pressure to create working machines and to demonstrate the use of recyclable objects to create something completely different from the object’s original purpose. In each episode, two groups of four kids form teams that actually work under defined time pressures and information limitations. They have to create, from the junk on an “Operation Junkyard” bus, working machines that spray water, float on water, catapult balls, scoop mud, lift objects or even fill pies. The engineering is diagrammed for the audience to track each team’s progress, and the underlying concepts of the project are explained in everyday terms. After each machine is built, a rousing and sometimes hilarious competition is held to see which contraption succeeds in fulfilling its purpose.
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Total Times Aired
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Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News
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Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
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12
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2
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1
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| Preemption #1 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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2/1/03
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N/A
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Y
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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Y
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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| Preemption #2 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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3/22/03
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3/22/03 @ 4:00PM
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Y
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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N
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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Title of Analog Core Program #4
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Origin
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ENDURANCE
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time
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Number of Pre-emptions
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Saturday, 9:30AM - 10:00AM
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11
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2
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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E/I Symbol Used As Required
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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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, from Houdini’s escape artistry to Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mount Everest. Each of the 12 competitive challenges is a metaphor for one of these feats of endurance. In addition, there are strategic challenges based on ten character traits that are important for success. Contestants must estimate probabilities and beat the odds. Overall, the competition balances luck or fate against personal effort so that the contestants learn to balance intellect with intuition in developing their winning strategy. Narration and interviews during each episode trace the emotional growth and insights of the contestants, with an emphasis on how the experience of protracted competition and teamwork teaches both social skills and life skills for achieving success with your goals.
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Total Times Aired
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Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News
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Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
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12
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2
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1
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| Preemption #1 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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2/1/03
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N/A
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Y
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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Y
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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| Preemption #2 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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3/22/03
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3/22/03 @ 4:30PM
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Y
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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N
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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Title of Analog Core Program #5
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Origin
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SCOUT'S SAFARI
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time
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Number of Pre-emptions
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Saturday, 10:00AM - 10:30AM
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11
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2
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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E/I Symbol Used As Required
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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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 our 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. By the end of each episode, Scout will have moved from one level of knowledge to a higher level of knowledge or insight. Specific objectives are to show how Scout makes a good transition into her blended family with a stepfather and new brother, makes new friends in a completely different system, understands different religious and cultural belief systems, and defines a place for herself where she feels secure and confident about her future. As the first children’s show actually filmed on location in an African animal reserve, “Scout’s Safari” will expose the audience to factually accurate content about threats to the natural environment and preserving animal species in their natural habitats.
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Total Times Aired
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Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News
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Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
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11
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2
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0
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| Preemption #1 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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2/1/03
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N/A
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Y
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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Y
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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| Preemption #2 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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3/22/03
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N/A
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Y
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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Y
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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Title of Analog Core Program #6
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Origin
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STRANGE DAYS AT BLAKE HOLSEY HIGH
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time
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Number of Pre-emptions
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Saturday, 10:30AM -11:00AM
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11
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2
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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E/I Symbol Used As Required
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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STRANGE DAYS AT BLAKE HOLSEY HIGH focuses on a group of five young teens who are students at a very unusual boarding school. Strange phenomena happen at the school, and our kids are members of a science club that decides, with the help of their professor, to figure it all out. The initiator of many of their investigative processes is the newest student to the school, Josie Trent. In exploring the larger mystery of why the phenomena occur, our kids also deal with issues relating to their socio-emotional development. 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. Each episode 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 content about the physical sciences, such as 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. Other objectives are to model the development of group cohesion, teamwork, and social competence within the group and between the group and other significant people in their lives.
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Total Times Aired
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Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News
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Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
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12
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2
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1
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| Preemption #1 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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2/1/03
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N/A
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Y
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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Y
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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| Preemption #2 |
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Date Preempted/Episode #
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If rescheduled, date and time reschedule
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Is the rescheduled date the second home?
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3/22/03
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3/22/03 @ 3:30PM
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Y
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If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time?
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N
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Reason for Preemption
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BREAKING NEWS
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Non-Core Educational and Informational Programming
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7.
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(a)
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State the average number of hours of Core Programming per week broadcast by the station on its main program stream.
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(b)
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Did the Licensee broadcast on its main digital program stream the same Children's Core Programming provided on its analog channel?
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(c)
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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.
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If No to 7(c), submit as an Exhibit a Statement of Explanation.
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8.
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(a)
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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.
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(b)
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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.
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9.
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(a)
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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?
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(b)
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Identify publishers who were sent information in 9(a).
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10.
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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.
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[There are no digital core program reports.]
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11.
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(a)
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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?
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(b)
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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.
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Non-Core Educational and Informational Programming
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14.
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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.
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Title of Planned Core Program #1
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Origin
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PREHISTORIC PLANET
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturday, 8:00AM - 8:30AM
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6
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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PREHISTORIC PLANET is based on the award-winning BBC/Discovery series “Walking with Dinosaurs.” It begins over 200 million years ago with the Triassic Period. Over several weeks, the audience travels through time to the Jurassic, Early Cretaceous and Mid-Cretaceous Periods, which ended 65 million years ago. The dawn of the mammals is then covered, with the series ending just a few million years ago. The objectives of this show are to:
· Expose the audience to a re-creation of the prehistoric world and explain how the animal kingdom might have lived day by day.
· Expose learners to content that will enable them to differentiate and match species to eras, to habitat, and to their respective behavior patterns.
· Expose the audience to information on how and why certain prehistoric beasts were the precursors of species alive today.
· Expose the audience to basic concepts of the life cycle, the food chain, and the process of species survival vs. extinction.
· Expose the audience to content on the development of the Earth’s geography and the relationship of weather, geography, and natural events to the development of different animal species.
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Title of Planned Core Program #2
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Origin
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ADVENTURE CAMP (EFFECTIVE 5/17/03)
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturday, 8:00AM - 8:30AM
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7
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Adventure Camp takes eight kids to a wild animal complex in Florida where they get to combine competition, relationship-building, and science into a program of learning and fun. In each episode, the kids are given exposure to lots of new information about animals, ecology and the environment. If they demonstrate their knowledge and fulfill certain responsibilities in caring for an animal, the campers earn beads for an opportunity to have different adventures with the animals (e.g., releasing an injured manatee into the wild or swimming with dolphins). Over several weeks, the group gains lots of important knowledge about animal habitats, different animal behaviors, animal care, and ecological balance. They also increase their self-knowledge, while forming close friendships and teams with kids they had not known before.
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Title of Planned Core Program #3
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Origin
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CROC FILES
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturday, 8:30AM - 9:00AM
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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CROC FILES 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. The objectives of this show are to:
· Expose the audience to the habitat, behavior patterns and, in most cases, the dangers of most types of non-domesticated animals.
· Demonstrate to the audience how to be safe around wild animals, particularly dangerous predators and poisonous snakes.
· Inform the audience about the life cycle, eating habits and social behavior of different animals.
· Inform the audience about conservation issues and the relationship and importance of different animals to specific ecosystems.
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Title of Planned Core Program #4
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Origin
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OPERATION JUNKYARD
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturday, 9:00AM - 9:30AM
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6
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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OPERATION JUNKYARD is a reality show that creates teams of kids who are interested in building and inventing, and puts the teams in competitive engineering challenges. The over-arching goal of the program is to show how the basic principles of engineering are accessible to anyone who wants to know “how things work.” Specific objectives are to communicate to the audience how teams can work successfully under pressure to create working machines and to demonstrate the use of recyclable objects to create something completely different from the object’s original purpose. In each episode, two groups of four kids form teams that actually work under defined time pressures and information limitations. They have to create, from the junk on an “Operation Junkyard” bus, working machines that spray water, float on water, catapult balls, scoop mud, lift objects or even fill pies. The engineering is diagrammed for the audience to track each team’s progress, and the underlying concepts of the project are explained in everyday terms. After each machine is built, a rousing and sometimes hilarious competition is held to see which contraption succeeds in fulfilling its purpose.
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Title of Planned Core Program #5
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Origin
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TRADING SPACES: BOYS VS. GIRLS (EFFECTIVE 5/17/03)
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturday, 9:00AM - 9:30AM
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7
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Boys and girls get to show how well they know each other, how effectively they can manage a budget, and how skillfully they can execute a design plan in Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls. Each week a boy or girl will be given two days and $5000 dollars to complete a renovation of their partner’s “room.” The space might be a bedroom, a recreation room, or a club house, but the “designer” has to show his or her knowledge of the other person’s preferences, hobbies, and lifestyle to come up with a good design. Then, the challenge of balancing the budget and figuring out the renovation process begins. Participants will learn measurement, spatial reasoning, and principles of aesthetic design as they go through the experience. In the end, they will find out if their knowledge and perception of their partner was on or off base.
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Title of Planned Core Program #6
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Origin
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ENDURANCE
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturday, 9:30AM - 10:00AM
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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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, from Houdini’s escape artistry to Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mount Everest. Each of the 12 competitive challenges is a metaphor for one of these feats of endurance. In addition, there are strategic challenges based on ten character traits that are important for success. Contestants must estimate probabilities and beat the odds. Overall, the competition balances luck or fate against personal effort so that the contestants learn to balance intellect with intuition in developing their winning strategy. Narration and interviews during each episode trace the emotional growth and insights of the contestants, with an emphasis on how the experience of protracted competition and teamwork teaches both social skills and life skills for achieving success with your goals.
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Title of Planned Core Program #7
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Origin
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STRANGE DAYS AT BLAKE HOLSEY HIGH
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturday, 10:00AM - 10:30AM
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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STRANGE DAYS AT BLAKE HOLSEY HIGH focuses on a group of five young teens who are students at a very unusual boarding school. Strange phenomena happen at the school, and our kids are members of a science club that decides, with the help of their professor, to figure it all out. The initiator of many of their investigative processes is the newest student to the school, Josie Trent. In exploring the larger mystery of why the phenomena occur, our kids also deal with issues relating to their socio-emotional development. 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. Each episode 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 content about the physical sciences, such as 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. Other objectives are to model the development of group cohesion, teamwork, and social competence within the group and between the group and other significant people in their lives.
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Title of Planned Core Program #8
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Origin
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SCOUT'S SAFARI
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturday, 10:30AM - 11:00AM
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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9 years
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14 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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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 our 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. By the end of each episode, Scout will have moved from one level of knowledge to a higher level of knowledge or insight. Specific objectives are to show how Scout makes a good transition into her blended family with a stepfather and new brother, makes new friends in a completely different system, understands different religious and cultural belief systems, and defines a place for herself where she feels secure and confident about her future. As the first children’s show actually filmed on location in an African animal reserve, “Scout’s Safari” will expose the audience to factually accurate content about threats to the natural environment and preserving animal species in their natural habitats.
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15.
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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)?
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Y
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16.
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Identify the licensee's children's programming liaison.
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Name
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Telephone Number
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Howard Fried
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818-840-3324
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Address
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E-mail Address
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3000 West Alameda Ave.
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www.nbc4.tv
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City
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State
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ZIP Code
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Burbank
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CA
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17.
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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.
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See Public File for public service announcements designed specifically for children.
It was necessary to reschedule certain shows this quarter due to conflicts with live breaking news.
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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.
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Name of Licensee
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Signature
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KNBC
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Date
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4/4/03
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