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: 2004-06-30 00:00:00.0 Filed on: 2004-07-12 15:03:58.436

Call Sign Channel Numbers Community of License
WRC-TV (analog)
City State County ZIP Code
WASH., D.C. NA NA 20016
Licensee Name
NBC Subsidiary (WRC-TV, Inc.)
Network Affiliation Nielsen DMA Licensee World Wide Web Home Page Address (if applicable)
NBC Washington DC nbc4.com
Facility ID Previous Call Sign (if applicable) License Renewal Expiration Date
47904 2004-10-01 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 Guide Magazine, TV Guide Channel, TVGUIDE.com, TV GUIDE Interactive,TV Guide Ultimate Cable, The Washington Post, Tribune Media (which in turn distributes this information to multiple local publications)Tel-Aire Publications, The Culpeper News,TV Data, Comcast Cablevision Alexandria, Comcast Cablevision Baltimore, Comcast Cablevision Reston, Cox Communications Fredericksburg, Bel Air-The Aegis, Cambridge Daily Banner, Easton Star Democrat, Salisbury Daily Times, Waldorf Chesapeak Pub.Co, Westminster Carroll City Times, Chambersburg Public Opinion, Waynesboro Record Herald, Alexandria Atlantic Mutual, Culpeper Star Exponent, Fairfax Journal, Fredericksburg Free Lance Star, Harrisonburg Daily New Record, Leesburg London Times Mirror, Manassas Journal Messenger, Staunton Northern Virginia Daily, Warrenton Fauquier Democrat, Woodbridge Potomac News, Woodbridge Stafford Sun, Video Viewing, Inc.
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
IT'S ACADEMIC LOCAL
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 10:00AM 12 1
Length of Program Age of Target Audience E/I Symbol Used As Required
30 minutes From To
13 years 17 years
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
It's Academic showcases the brightest students from 81 area high schools - private, parochial, and public inner city and suburban. Using an exciting quiz format, these students compete to answer questions from all areas of the school curriculum: history, literature, geography, science and math. NBC4's Mac McGarry hosts the program. There are questions on music, arts and current events. Through It's Academic, the admiration and respect normally reserved for athletic heroes is extended to high school scholars and this helps create a pro-learning atmosphere in the schools, where academic excellence is encouraged. School systems in the Washington metropolitan area, recognizing that academic competition is a great motivating force, have established It's Academic clubs to extend the benefit of the competition to a far greater number of students than those who actually participate on the television program. It's Academic is targeted to those young people in middle and high school.
Total Times Aired Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
12 1 1
Preemption #1
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
6/5/04 #38 6/12/04 at 10am N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? Y
Reason for Preemption SPORTS
Title of Analog Core Program #2 Origin
KENNY THE SHARK NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 10:30am 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
When a shark lives among humans, getting along in the world is one tough challenge after another. 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 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.
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?
6/5/04 #565001 N/A Y
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? Y
Reason for Preemption SPORTS
Title of Analog Core Program #3 Origin
TUTENSTEIN NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 11:00am 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
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.
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?
6/5/04 #690007 N/A Y
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? Y
Reason for Preemption SPORTS
Title of Analog Core Program #4 Origin
TRADING SPACES: BOYS VS GIRLS NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 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
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.
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?
6/5/04 #771014 N/A Y
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? Y
Reason for Preemption SPORTS
Title of Analog Core Program #5 Origin
ENDURANCE NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 12:00pm 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
This series 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.
Total Times Aired Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
13 1 1
Preemption #1
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
5/29/04 #838027 5/29/04 at 7:00am Y
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? Y
Reason for Preemption SPORTS
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 12:30pm 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
This series 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 students 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 memssages. 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.
Total Times Aired Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled
13 2 1
Preemption #1
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
5/29/04 #001017 5/29/04 at 7:30am Y
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? Y
Reason for Preemption SPORTS
Preemption #2
Date Preempted/Episode # If rescheduled, date and time reschedule Is the rescheduled date the second home?
6/19/04 #001020 6/19/04 at 7am N
If rescheduled, were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? Y
Reason for Preemption SPORTS

Non-Core Educational and Informational Programming
5. Complete the following for each program that you aired during the past three months that is specifically designed to meet the educational and informational needs of children ages 16 and under, but does not meet one or more elements of the definition of Core Programming. See 47 C.F.R. §73.671. Complete chart below for each additional such educational and informational program.
Title of Analog Non-Core Program #1 Origin
SCOUT'S SAFARI NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
SA 1pm 12 3
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Does the program have educating and informing children ages 16 and under as a significant purpose? Y
If Yes, does the Licensee identify each program by displaying throughout the program the symbol E/I? Y
Does the Licensee provide information regarding the program, including an indication of the target child audience, to publishers of program guides consistent with 47 C.F.R. §73.673? Y
Description of Program
This series 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 behave moved from one level of knowledge to a higher level of knowledge or insight. Specific ovjectives 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.
Date and Time Aired (if preempted and rescheduled)
6/5 at 5:30am, 6/26 at 5:30am
 
Title of Analog Non-Core Program #2 Origin
THE WASHINGTON INFORMER SPELLING BEE LOCAL
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
Saturday April 3, 2004 1:30-2:30pm 1 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
60 minutes From To
9 years 14 years
Does the program have educating and informing children ages 16 and under as a significant purpose? Y
If Yes, does the Licensee identify each program by displaying throughout the program the symbol E/I? Y
Does the Licensee provide information regarding the program, including an indication of the target child audience, to publishers of program guides consistent with 47 C.F.R. §73.673? Y
Description of Program
For the 21st consecutive year NBC4 produced and broadcast the District of Columbia citywide Spelling Bee sponsored by the Washington Informer newspaper. Hosted by News4 Anchors Wendy Reiger and Joe Krebs, the program demonstrates that spelling helps wiht diction and speaking, encourages young people to be academically competitive, recognizes academic excellence and highlights student achievement. The competition provides young people with the opportunity to witness the positive results of other youngsters having studied difficult words. Winners of the Bee may go on to the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee.
Date and Time Aired (if preempted and rescheduled)
 
Title of Analog Non-Core Program #3 Origin
IT'S ACADEMIC SUPERBOWL LOCAL
Regular Schedule Total Times Aired at Regularly Scheduled Time Number of Pre-emptions
6/26/04 7-7:30pm 1 0
Length of Program Age of Target Audience
30 minutes From To
13 years 17 years
Does the program have educating and informing children ages 16 and under as a significant purpose? Y
If Yes, does the Licensee identify each program by displaying throughout the program the symbol E/I? Y
Does the Licensee provide information regarding the program, including an indication of the target child audience, to publishers of program guides consistent with 47 C.F.R. §73.673? Y
Description of Program
It's Academic SuperBowl is the championship version of It's Academic. The Championship teams from Washington DC, Baltimore, Maryland, and Central Virginia compete for the area championship. Spottswood High represented Central Virginia. Richard Montgomery High School was the Washington DC entrant and the Superbowl Champions Howard High from Baltimore, Maryland.
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
SCOUT'S SAFARI NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 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
This series 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 behave moved from one level of knowledge to a higher level of knowledge or insight. Specific ovjectives 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.
Title of Planned Core Program #2 Origin
KENNY THE SHARK NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 10:30am 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
When a shark lives among humans, getting along in the world is one tough challenge after another. 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 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
SA 11:30am (eff 9/4 11-11:30am) 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
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 Planned Core Program #4 Origin
TRADING SPACES: BOYS VS GIRLS NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 12:00pm (eff 9/4 11:30-12pm) 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 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.
Title of Planned Core Program #5 Origin
SKUNKED TV NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 11:00am thru 8/28 9
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
Skunked TV is a program taped in a florida animal park that catches unsuspecting visitors in a practical joke. While the park visitors are engaged in learning about the animal, the practical joke is being recorded by a hidden camera. At the start of each segment, the host or narrator provides the audience with background information about the featured animal. When the host's attention is turned to a park visitor, the visitor is asked to do something with the animal that demonstrates the animal fact. When the animal or situation turns out to be more than the visitor can handle, the practical joke is revealed and the visitor is informed of the hidden camera. At the end of each segment the animal fact is reinforced.
Title of Planned Core Program #6 Origin
STRANGE DAYS AT BLAKE HOLSEY HIGH NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 12:30pm 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
This series 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 students 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 memssages. 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.
Title of Planned Core Program #7 Origin
ENDURANCE NETWORK
Regular Schedule Total Times to be Aired
SA 12-12:30pm eff 9/4 4
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
This series 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.

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
Beverly D. Whitner 202-885-4099
Address E-mail Address
4001 Nebraska Ave. NW Beverly.Whitner@nbc.com
City State ZIP Code
Washington, DC NA

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. French Open Tennis on 6/5 pre-empted the It's Academic and in part the Discovery Line-up. The It's Academic episode was rescheduled the following week at the regular time (10am) Endurance" and "Strange Days at Blake Holsey High" were pre-empted by French Open Tennis on 5/29. Both shows were rescheduled to their second home 7am and 7:30am respectively that date. US Open golf pre-empted "Strange Days at Blake Holsey High" on 6/19 the program was rescheduled to 7am that same day. On Saturday June 26, 2004 from 1:30-2:30pm, NBC4 broadcast the "Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge" hosted by Al Roker. The program puts ten finalists through a series of grueling vocabulary questions to test the limits of their verbal skills. The finalists were selected from a national competition of state championships in all states, Washington DC and the Department of Defense Dependents schools. Kids from grades 4 through 8 competed for $50,000 in college scholarships. NBC4 broadcast the "EA Sports Roundball classic" on May 1, 2004 from 2:30-3:30pm. This is the oldest high school All Star game in the United States and the country's most prestigious showcase of high school seniors. The sale of bob Ryan's "Almanac and Guide for the Weatherwise" raised more than $44,000 this year. those dollars were contributed to five area children's health organizations on June 23, 2004. They are the juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Treatment and Learning Centers, Children's National Medical Center, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Special Love, Inc. Representatives of the charities participated in a check presentation ceremony at NBC4 hosted by NEWS4 Chief Meteorologist bob Ryan and NEWS4 at 4 Anchor, Pat Lawson Muse. NBC4 kicked off the 2004 Camp 4 Kids campaign on June 16, 2004 by presenting checks in the amount of $10k500 to each of the four camps supported by the project. Those camps are: Camp Fantastic, which serves youngsters who have been diagnosed with cancer; Camp Virginia Jaycee, which serves persons with mental retardation; Camp Ernest Brown, which serves financially disadvantaged children; and Camp Letts, which reserves spaces for homeless children. 4-WINDS created by NEWS4's Chief Meteorologist Bob Ryan, gives school children a hands-on introduction to meteorology and supports their study of geography, math and other subjects. NEWS4's Meteorologists use the students'work during weathercasts, giving the schools credit on the air. 306 schools are now a part of the 4-WINDS network, the largest such outreach in the country. NBC4 employees and NEWS4 talent participate in the enrichment of children throughout the year by participating in school workshops, career days and speaking engagements in area schools throughout the metropolitan area.

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
NBC Subsidiary (WRC-TV, Inc)
Date
7/6/04
FCC Form 398
March 2006