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Title of Planned Core Program #1
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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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SATURDAYS/9:00 AM
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4
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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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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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In "Croc Files", famed Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and his wife bring their unique brand of fun, information and high velocity adventures with snakes, Komodo dragons, kangaroos, and of course, crocodiles. This program addresses conservation issues and relationships and importance of different animals to specific ecosystems.
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*"Kenny the Shark" replaces "Croc Files", effective November 1, 2003 and will air 9 times. "Kenny the Shark" is about a tiger shark that has made the transition from sea to land, but it's very hard trying to adapt to new conditions. He lives with Kat, a middle school student, and her family. In the process of watching Kenny deal with the visuation, viwers learn real world facts about shark behavior, habits, and biology. Viwers also learn a lot about how to understand multiple perspectives on a problem. In each episode, Kenny and Kat have to solve a problem that requires one of them to be generous, cooperative, hardworking, honest, unselfish or responsible. The situations they face are comedic and action-packed extensions of the incongruous circumstances of Kenny's life.
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Title of Planned Core Program #2
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Origin
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JEFF CORWIN UNLEASHED
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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SATURDAYS/9:30 AM
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4
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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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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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"Jeff Corwin Unleashed" has one overarching goal: to show the audience the importance of ecological balance and wildlife conservation. Every episode features the naturalist and environmentalist, Jeff Corwin, on his worldwide travels. Jeff is a
no frills traveler, interested in documenting and sharing with the audience an abundance of information about animal habitats, zoology, species evolution and ecosystems. In each episode, the viewer will see Jeff go deep into forests, swamps, deserts, mountains, and rivers to find unusual and rare animals from different countries. He always goes right to the original habitat, pointing out historical facts along the way, so the audience not only understands where the animals live, but why and how the animals exist in their particular ecosystem.
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*Tutenstein is an animated show featuring the resurrected mummy of an Egyptian boy-king. After the discover of his tomb, the entire burial chamber with artifacts is brought to a metropolitan museum for a permanent exhibit and scientific research. Tut comes alive shortly after his arrival and connects with a teen-age museum intern and her cat Luxor. Each episode teaches the audience about Egyptian history, mythology and belief systems. "Tuteinstein" replaces "Jeff Corwin Unleashed", effecrtive November 1, 2003, and will air 9 times.
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Title of Planned Core Program #3
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Origin
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TRADING SPACES; BOYS AND GIRLS
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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SATURDAYS/10:00 AM
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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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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. Each week a boy or girl will be given two days and $5,000 to complete a renovation of their partner's room. The space 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, spacial 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 #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 to be Aired
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SATURDAYS/10:30 am
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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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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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Made just for kids, series tests kids' knowledge, and athleticism in a world without malls, television or video games. Twenty kids are brought to a selected island in the Pacific and challenged in matches of skill, speed, strength and smarts. Every other week, the weakest team will be eliminated until one team is crowned champion. Narration and interviews during each episode trace the emotional growth and insights of the contestants, with an emphasis on how the experience teaches both social skills and life skills for achieveing success with your goals.
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Title of Planned Core Program #5
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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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SATURDAYS/11:00 am
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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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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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The educational goal of this program is to embed scientific content in a narrative story with strong socio-emotional messages. In each episode, one of the five 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 a larger mystery. Specific objectives are to expose the audience to content about the physical sciences such as black holes, worm holes, vortexes, gravity, electricy, 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, as well as between the group and other significant people in their lives.
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Title of Planned Core Program #6
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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/11:30 AM
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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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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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Series chronicles a young American girl's coming of age. Born and raised in New York City, Scout - a typical happy, 12-year-old girl - who like any other teen, anxiously awaits for the excitement her teenage years have to offer. But when her father is involved in a tragic car accident, Scout is suddenly forced to move to a remote area in South Africa to live with her mother. Minus the comforts and conveniences of modern society, Scout comes face to face with nature and learns valuable lessons about what really matters in life.
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To supplement and enhance the educational value of the network's"Discover Kids" programs, NBC has a "The More You Know" website (www.nbc.com/tmyk)which features scripts 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 list of the campaign's most recent accolades.
Station airs NBC'S on-air component "More You Know" PSA'S targeted to children 16 and under, consisting of topics such as violence prevention, tolerance, environment, stay in school, judging and mentoring.
Station aired locally-produced PSA's featuring news and weather personalities, consisting of immunization information, back-to-school safety and end-of-summer safety geared toward children.
Station tours were provided to students to let them have a first- hand look at operation of a television station. These tours included local junior high school students and cub scout groups.
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