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: 2003-03-31 00:00:00.0 Filed on: 2003-04-10 15:44:51.75

Call Sign Channel Numbers Community of License
KPLC (analog)
City State County ZIP Code
Lake Charles LA CALCASIEU LA
Licensee Name
LibCo, Inc.
Network Affiliation Nielsen DMA Licensee World Wide Web Home Page Address (if applicable)
NBC Lake Charles www.kplctv.com
Facility ID Previous Call Sign (if applicable) License Renewal Expiration Date
13994 2005-06-01 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). 3.00 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 Data, TV Guide, Tribune
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
PREHISTORIC PLANET NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA, 9:00-9:30am 12 1
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
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-Cretaceaus 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 dawn of the mammals is then covered, with the series ending just a million years ago. The objectives of this show is to: 1) expose the audience to a re-creation of the prehistoric world and explain how the animal kingdom might have lived day by day, 2)expose learners to content that will enable them to differentiate and match species, to habitat, and their respective behavior patterns, 3) expose the audience to information on how and why certain prehistoric beasts where the precursors of species alive today, 4) expose the audience to basic concepts of the life cycle, the food chain, and the process of species survival vs extinction, 5) 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.
Total Times Aired Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
12 1 0
Preemption #1
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
2/01/03 N/A N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? N
Reason for Preemption BREAKING NEWS
Title of Analog Core Program #2 Origin
CROC FILES NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 9:30-10:00am 12 1
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
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 varity of animals species. The objectives of this show are: 1) expose the audience to the habitat, behavior patterns and, in most cases, the dangers of most types of non-domesticated animals, 2) demonstrate to the audience how to be safe around wild animals, particularly dangerous preditors and poisonous snakes, 3) inform the audience about the life, eating habits and social behavior of different animals, 4) inform the audience about conservation issues and the relationships and importance of different animals to specific ecosystems.
Total Times Aired Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
12 1 0
Preemption #1
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
2/01/03 N/A N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? N
Reason for Preemption BREAKING NEWS
Title of Analog Core Program #3 Origin
OPERATION JUNKYARD NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 10:00-10:30am 12 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
Operation Junkyard is a reality show that creates teams of kids who are interested in building and inventing, and puts the team 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 demonstrte 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.
Total Times Aired Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
12 0 0
Preemption #1
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
2/01/03 N/A N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? N
Reason for Preemption BREAKING NEWS
Title of Analog Core Program #4 Origin
ENDURANCE NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 10:30-11:00am 12 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
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 historial information about great feats of endurance, from Houdini's escape artistry to Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mount Everst. Each of the 12 competitive challenges is a metaphor for one of these feats of endurance. In addition, there are strategic probabilities and beat the odds. Overall, the compeition 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 fo 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.
Total Times Aired Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
12 0 0
Preemption #1
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
02/01/03 N/A N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? N
Reason for Preemption BREAKING NEWS
Title of Analog Core Program #5 Origin
SCOUT'S SAFARI NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 11:00-11:30am 12 1
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
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 over-arching 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' Safari" will expose the audience to factually accurate account about threats to the natual environment and preserving animal species in their natural habitats.
Total Times Aired Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
12 1 0
Preemption #1
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
2/01/03 N/A N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? N
Reason for Preemption BREAKING NEWS
Title of Analog Core Program #6 Origin
STRANGE DAYS AT BLAKE HOLSEY HIGH NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 11:30am-12:00nn 12 1
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
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 science club that decides, with the help of their professor, to figure it all out. The initator of many of their investigative processes is the newest student of 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 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 hoes, worm holes, vortexes, gravity, electricity, satellite tranmissions and radio frequences. Through the characters experiments, the audience is exposed to the scientific method, hypothesis testing and analysis of data. Other objectives are to model development of the group cohesion, teamwork, social competence with the group and between the group and other significant people in their lives.
Total Times Aired Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
12 1 0
Preemption #1
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
2/01/03 N/A N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? N
Reason for Preemption BREAKING NEWS

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
JACK HANNA'S ANIMAL ADVENTURE SYNDICATED
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 4:30-5:00am 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 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? N
Description of Program
Jack Hanna's Animal Adventure is a half hour live action adventure designed to meet the eduational and informational needs of children. In each episode the camera follows jack as he spends time with nature's creatures across the continents. Jack talks with people that are knowledgeable about each animal and habitat, teaching as he goes. Each eposide is designed to reveal to children the world around them in a way that presents positive role models and pro-social values within an enviromentally responsible universe.
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
PREHISTORIC PLANET NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 9:00-9:30am 6
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
Prehistoric Planet is based on the award winning BBC/Discovery series "Walking with Dinosaurs". It begins over 200 million years ago with the Triassac Period. Over several weeks, the audience travels trough time to the Jurassic, Early Cretaceous and Mid-Cretaceous Periods, which ended 65 million years ago. The dawn of the mamals is then covered, with the series ending just a few million years ago. The dawn of mamals is then covered, with the series ending just a few million years ago. The objectives of this show are to: 1) expose the audience to a re-creation of the prehistoric world and explain how the animal kingdom might have lived day by day, 2) expose learners to content that will enable them to differentiate and match species to ereas, to habitat, and to their respective behavior patterns, 3) expose the audience to information on how and why certain prehistoric beasts were the precursors of species alive today, 4) expose the audience to basic concepts of the life cycle, the food chain, and the process of species survival vs extinction, 5) 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.
Title of Planned Core Program #2 Origin
ADVENTURE CAMP NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 9:00-9:30am 7
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
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.
Title of Planned Core Program #3 Origin
CROC FILES NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 9:30-10:00am 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
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: 1) expose the audience to the habitat, behavior patterns, and in most cases, the dangers of most types of non-domesticated animals, 2) demonstrate to the audience how to be safe around wild animals, particularly dangerous preditors and poisonous snakes, 3) inform the audience about the life cycle, eating habits and social behavior of different animals, 4) inform the audience about conservation issues and the relationships and importance of different animals to specific ecosystems.
Title of Planned Core Program #4 Origin
OPERATION JUNKYARD NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 10:00-10:30am 6
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
Operation Junkyard is a reality show that creates teams of kids who are interested in building and inventing, and puts the team 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 thinks 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.
Title of Planned Core Program #5 Origin
TRADING SPACES: BOYS VS GIRLS NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 10:00-10:30am 7
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
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 $5,000 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 the base.
Title of Planned Core Program #6 Origin
ENDURANCE NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 10:30-11:00am 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
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 historial information about great feats of endurance, from Houdini's escape artisty to Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mount Everst. Each of the 12 competitive challenges is a metaphor for one of these feats of endurance. In addition, ther eare strategic probabilities and beat the odds. Overall, the competition balances luck of 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 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 the goals.
Title of Planned Core Program #7 Origin
STRANGE DAYS AT BLAKE HOLSEY HIGH NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 11:00-11:30am 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
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 happens 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 initator of many of their investigative processes is the newest student of 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 messages. 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 that the physical sciences, such as black hoes, worm holes, vortexes, gravity, electricity, satellite transmissions and radio frequences. Through the characters experiments, the audience is exposed to the scientific method, hypothsis testing analysis of data. Other objectives are to model the development of the group cohesion, teamwork, social competence with the group and between the group and other significant people in their lives.
Title of Planned Core Program #8 Origin
SCOUT'S SAFARI NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 11:30am-12:00nn 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
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 over-arching 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 account about threats to the natual environment and preserving animal species in their natual habitats.

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
Robin Daugereau 337-439-9071
Address E-mail Address
320 Division Street www.kplctv.com
City State ZIP Code
Lake Charles LA

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.
See public file for public service announcements designed specifically for children. The More You Know's website (www.nbci.com/tmyk) features scripts from the award winning public service announcements, referral information for the organizations referenced in the PSA's a general campaign overview, and educational materials produced in connection with NBC Programming. The site also includes a list of the campaigns most recent accolades.

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
LibCo, Inc.
Date
4/10/03
FCC Form 398
March 2006