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: 2003-12-31 00:00:00.0 Filed on: 2004-01-06 14:45:29.243

Call Sign Channel Numbers Community of License
KAMR-TV (analog)
City State County ZIP Code
Amarillo TX POTTER 79101
Licensee Name
Quorum of Amarillo License, LLC
Network Affiliation Nielsen DMA Licensee World Wide Web Home Page Address (if applicable)
NBC Amarillo http://www.kamr.com/
Facility ID Previous Call Sign (if applicable) License Renewal Expiration Date
8523 2006-08-01 00:00:00.0
Analog Core Programming
2. State the average number of hours of Core Programming per week broadcast by the station. See 47 C.F.R. §73.671(c). 3.50 hours
3. (a) Does the Licensee provide information identifying each Core Program aired on its station, including an indication of the target child audience, to publishers of program guides as required by 47 C.F.R. §73.673? Y
(b) Identify publishers who were sent information in 3(a).
TV GUIDE IN PENN.; TV DATA; TRIBUNE MEDIA; AMARILLO GLOBE NEWS
4. Complete the following for each program that you aired during the past three months that meets the definition of Core Programming. Complete chart below for each Core Program.
Title of Analog Core Program #1 Origin
CRITTER GITTERS SYNDICATED
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 7:30-8:00a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Half-hour live action program designed around a group of neighborhood kids who join forces with a couple of veterinarians and an inventive professor to become a search and rescue unit, detective agency and a police force for animals. Team works with authorities to solve animal mysteries.
Title of Analog Core Program #2 Origin
KENNY THE SHARK (STARTED NOV. 1 REPLACING CROC FILES) NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 8:30-9:00a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
When a shark lives among humans, getting along in the world is one tough challenge after another. Kenny the Shark is about tiger shark that has made the transition from sea to land, but it’s very hard trying to adapt new conditions. He lives with Kat, a middle school student, and her family. In the process of watching Kenny deal with this situation we learn real world facts about shark behavior, habits, and biology. We 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.
Title of Analog Core Program #3 Origin
TUTENSTEIN (STARTED NOV. 1 REPLACING JEFF CORWIN) NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 9:00-9:30 a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Tut-en-stein is an animated show featuring the resurrected mummy of an Egyptian boy-king. After the discovery 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 Cleo, a teen-age museum intern and her cat Luxor. Each episode teaches the audience about Egyptian history, mythology and belief systems. Because Tut’s resurrection is a secret, Cleo has to draw on her knowledge of Egyptology to understand the mummy and his frame of reference. More importantly, she and Tut use the characters, gods, demons, and articles from the tomb to solve the many problems they encounter when Tut forgets the rules of engagement and ventures out into the world on his own.
Title of Analog Core Program #4 Origin
TRADING SPACES - BOYS AND GIRLS NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 9:30-10:00 a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
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 skilfully 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 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.
Title of Analog Core Program #5 Origin
ENDURANCE NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 10:00-10:30 a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
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 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.
Title of Analog Core Program #6 Origin
STRANGE DAYS AT HOLSEY HIGH NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays 10:30-11:00 a.m. 13 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
What happens when the natural laws of science no longer apply? Discovery Kids on NBC welcomes viewers to Blake Holsey School (a.k.a. Black Hole High), an unusual private school where scientific mysteries and oddities are the rule. Each week, four students (cast TBA) will investigate these strange events applying scientific knowledge and theories. “Black Hole High,” is produced by Fireworks Entertainment (“Real Kids,” “Mutant X”) in association with director/producer Henry Winkler (“So Weird,” “MacGyver”).“Strange Days at Blake Holsey High” revolves around a group of teens enrolled in boarding school. They are science nerds on a mission to solve a complex mystery involving a vortex and an array of other science challenges. The lead character, Josie Trent, is independent, free-thinking and determined to make sense of her own illogical life, which, it turns out, is intertwined with the strange goings-on at the school. All of the educational content was integrated into the action and movement of each episode so that the entertainment and education would be interdependent and present throughout the program.
Title of Analog Core Program #7 Origin
SCOUT'S SAFARI NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturdays, 11:00-11:30 a.m. 11 2
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 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.
Total Times Aired Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
11 2 2
Preemption #1
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
Nov. 15, 2003/Nov. 22, 2003 N/A N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? N
Reason for Preemption SPORTS

Non-Core Educational and Informational Programming
5. Complete the following for each program that you aired during the past three months that is specifically designed to meet the educational and informational needs of children ages 16 and under, but does not meet one or more elements of the definition of Core Programming. See 47 C.F.R. §73.671. Complete chart below for each additional such educational and informational program.
[There are no analog non-core program reports.]
Sponsored Core Programming
6. List Core Programs, if any, aired by other analog stations that are sponsored by the Licensee and that meet the criteria set forth in 47 C.F.R. §73.671. Also indicate whether the amount of total Core Programming broadcast by another station increased.
[There are no analog sponsored core program broadcast reports.]
[There are no analog sponsored core program detail reports.]
Digital Core Programming
7. (a) State the average number of hours of Core Programming per week broadcast by the station on its main program stream.  
  (b) Did the Licensee broadcast on its main digital program stream the same Children's Core Programming provided on its analog channel?  
  (c) If Yes to 7(b), the Licensee certifies that the representations and children's program information provided with respect to its analog channel apply equally with respect to its main digital program stream.  
    If No to 7(c), submit as an Exhibit a Statement of Explanation.  
8. (a) State the average number of hours per week of free over-the-air digital video programming broadcast by the station on other than its main program stream.  
  (b) State the average number of hours per week of Core Programming broadcast by the station on other than its main program stream. See 47 C.F.R. §73.671.  
9. (a) Does the Licensee provide information identifying each Core Program aired on its station, including an indication of the target child audience, to publishers of program guides as required by 47 C.F.R. §73.673?  
  (b) Identify publishers who were sent information in 9(a).
 
10. Complete the following for each program that you aired during the past three months that meets the definition of Core Programming. Complete chart below for each Core Program.
    [There are no digital core program reports.]
11. (a) Does the Licensee certify that at least 50% of the Core Programming counted toward meeting the additional programming guideline (applied to free video programming aired on other than the main program stream) did not consist of program episodes that had already aired within the previous seven days either on the station's main program stream or on another of the station's free digital program streams?  
  (b) If No, submit as an Exhibit a Statement of Explanation setting forth the number of repeats in excess of the repeat limit and the times and dates the episodes involved were aired.  
Non-Core Educational and Informational Programming
12. Complete the following for each program that you aired during the past three months that is specifically designed to meet the educational and informational needs of children ages 16 and under, but does not meet one or more elements of the definition of Core Programming. See 47 C.F.R. §73.671. Complete chart below for each additional such educational and information program.
[There are no digital non-core program reports.]
Sponsored Core Programming
13. List Core Programs, if any, aired by other stations that are sponsored by the Licensee and that meet the criteria set forth in 47 C.F.R. §73.671. Also indicate whether the amount of total Core Programming broadcast by another station increased.
[There are no digital sponsored core program broadcast reports.]
[There are no digital sponsored core program detail reports.]
Other Matters
14. Complete the following for each analog and digital program that you plan to air for the next quarter that meets the definition of Core Programming. Complete chart below for each Core Program, identifying whether it is to be broadcast on the station's analog or digital channel or both channels.
Title of Planned Core Program #1 Origin
CRITTER GITTERS SYNDICATED
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays, 7:30-8:00 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Half-hour live action program designed around a group of neighborhood kids who join forces with a couple of veterinarians and an inventive professor to become a search and rescue unit, detective agency and a police force for animals. Team works with authorities to solve animal mysteries.
Title of Planned Core Program #2 Origin
KENNY THE SHARK NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays, 8:30-9:00 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Kenny the Shark (begins Nov. 1) When a shark lives among humans, getting along in the world is one tough challenge after another. Kenny the Shark is about tiger shark that has made the transition from sea to land, but it’s very hard trying to adapt new conditions. He lives with Kat, a middle school student, and her family. In the process of watching Kenny deal with this situation we learn real world facts about shark behavior, habits, and biology. We 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.
Title of Planned Core Program #3 Origin
TUTENSTEIN NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays, 9:00-9:30 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
Tut-en-stein (begins Nov. 1) is an animated show featuring the resurrected mummy of an Egyptian boy-king. After the discovery 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 Cleo, a teen-age museum intern and her cat Luxor. Each episode teaches the audience about Egyptian history, mythology and belief systems. Because Tut’s resurrection is a secret, Cleo has to draw on her knowledge of Egyptology to understand the mummy and his frame of reference. More importantly, she and Tut use the characters, gods, demons, and articles from the tomb to solve the many problems they encounter when Tut forgets the rules of engagement and ventures out into the world on his own.
Title of Planned Core Program #4 Origin
TRADING SPACES: BOYS VS. GIRLS NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays 9:30-10:00 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
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 skilfully 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 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.
Title of Planned Core Program #5 Origin
ENDURANCE NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays 10:00-10:30 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
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 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.
Title of Planned Core Program #6 Origin
STRANGE DAYS AT BLAKE HOLSEY HIGH NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Saturdays, 10:30-11:00 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
What happens when the natural laws of science no longer apply? Discovery Kids on NBC welcomes viewers to Blake Holsey School (a.k.a. Black Hole High), an unusual private school where scientific mysteries and oddities are the rule. Each week, four students (cast TBA) will investigate these strange events applying scientific knowledge and theories. “Black Hole High,” is produced by Fireworks Entertainment (“Real Kids,” “Mutant X”) in association with director/producer Henry Winkler (“So Weird,” “MacGyver”).“Strange Days at Blake Holsey High” revolves around a group of teens enrolled in boarding school. They are science nerds on a mission to solve a complex mystery involving a vortex and an array of other science challenges. The lead character, Josie Trent, is independent, free-thinking and determined to make sense of her own illogical life, which, it turns out, is intertwined with the strange goings-on at the school. All of the educational content was integrated into the action and movement of each episode so that the entertainment and education would be interdependent and present throughout the program.
Title of Planned Core Program #7 Origin
SCOUT'S SAFARI SYNDICATED
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
Sundays 6:00-6:30 a.m. 13
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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.

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

17. Include any other comments or information you want the Commission to consider in evaluating your compliance with the Children's Television Act (or use this space for supplemental explanations). This may include information on any other non-core educational and informational programming that you aired this quarter or plan to air during the next quarter, or any existing or proposed non-broadcast efforts that will enhance the educational and informational value of such programming to children. See 47 C.F.R. §73.671, NOTES 2 and 3.
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I certify that the statements in this application are true, complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and are made in good faith.

Name of Licensee Signature
Quorum of Amarillo License, LLC
Date
January 6, 2004
FCC Form 398
March 2006