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Title of Planned Core Program #1
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Origin
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The Emperor's New School
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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/8-8:30 AM CT
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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8 years
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11 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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Kuzco, a youth who is heir to the throne of a mythical Andean country, must graduate from Kuzco Academy before he can become Emperor of his land. He lives with a peasant foster family and faces the intellectual, physical and social challenges that all teens face, while also preparing to rule justly and well. Sometimes Kuzco wonders whether being Emperor for the rest of his days will be a pleasure or a trap.
Kuzco thwarts attempts by the nefarious Yzma and her henchman, Kronk, to stop him from doing well in school. If Kuzco were to fail at his class work, Yzma would become Empress. Kuzco struggles to complete his assignments and stay on track. Only if he remains steadfast, studies hard, learns from his mistakes, and can relate to citizens at all levels of society, will he ascend the throne. His best friend Malina, an excellent student, attempts to help Kuzco stay out of trouble and achieve his goals.
Series episodes explore issues such as coping with peer pressure, respecting authority, taking responsibility, adhering to family and school rules, accepting differences, building self-esteem and trust.
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Title of Planned Core Program #2
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Origin
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The Replacements
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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/8:30-9:00 AM CT
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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8 years
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12 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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Riley and Todd, siblings who were raised in an orphanage after the death of their parents, long to be adopted. They find a comic book advertisement for Fleemco, an agency that will provide "Replacement" parents or adults to substitute for certain individuals. Brother and sister decide to send in the $1.98 fee in hopes of obtaining parents to replace their lost ones. They acquire an unorthodox pair of Replacement parents, Dick Daring and Agent K. Dick is a former daredevil stuntman and Agent K is a British super-spy. Neither seems to know much about parenting, although their intentions are good. Agent K's highly intelligent automobile, C.A.R., her former spy partner, also joins the household. Their attempts to forge a family and adjust to a new school are both touching and comedic.
Riley and Todd discover that they can call Fleemco to request replacement of any adult whom they dislike, who is overly strict, or who is merely uninteresting. The temporary Replacements for teachers, neighbors or other community figures never prove to be as exciting or fun as the siblings had hoped, and are often immature and obnoxious. As things go awry, Riley and Todd learn that they need adult leadership, discipline, role models, order and structure. By the end of each story they are eager to return the Replacement and reinstate the original adult.
Stories revolve around issues such as cooperating with household/family rules, taking responsibility, fairness, building self-esteem, and trust.
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Title of Planned Core Program #3
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Origin
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That's So Raven
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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/9:00-9:30 AM CT
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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10 years
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13 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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Raven Baxter, who has inherited her grandmother's gift of clairvoyance, is a normal, happy young woman. Nonetheless, Raven sometimes worries that she is a freak because of her clairvoyant abilities. She has a ten-year old brother, Cory. They are typical siblings, with the tension and rivalry that most siblings experience. Raven and Cory's mother is in law school, and their father owns a small restaurant.
Raven attends an ethnically diverse San Francisco public high school. She is responsible for the after-school safety and activities of Cory. Her closest friends, Chelsea and Eddie, are fiercely committed to environmental issues and sports, respectively. Raven dreams of a career in fashion design, and the new season's episodes revolve around her internship with an eccentric fashion designer.
Raven's parents and close friends know about her "visions". These premonitions often prompt her to intervene before trouble occurs. Sometimes her interventions backfire, and at other times the foreseen events occur, bringing embarrassment or sadness. She learns valuable lessons from her transgressions. "Visions" set up issues that the Core episodes of this series explore, among which are sibling rivalry, popularity, loyalty, self-acceptance, jealousy, dealing with authority, and consequences of lying or cheating.
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Title of Planned Core Program #4
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Origin
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That's So Raven
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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/9:30-10:00 AM CT
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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10 years
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13 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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Raven Baxter, who has inherited her grandmother's gift of clairvoyance, is a normal, happy young woman. Nonetheless, Raven sometimes worries that she is a freak because of her clairvoyant abilities. She has a ten-year old brother, Cory. They are typical siblings, with the tension and rivalry that most siblings experience. Raven and Cory's mother is in law school, and their father owns a small restaurant.
Raven attends an ethnically diverse San Francisco public high school. She is responsible for the after-school safety and activities of Cory. Her closest friends, Chelsea and Eddie, are fiercely committed to environmental issues and sports, respectively. Raven dreams of a career in fashion design, and the new season's episodes revolve around her internship with an eccentric fashion designer.
Raven's parents and close friends know about her "visions". These premonitions often prompt her to intervene before trouble occurs. Sometimes her interventions backfire, and at other times the foreseen events occur, bringing embarrassment or sadness. She learns valuable lessons from her transgressions. "Visions" set up issues that the Core episodes of this series explore, among which are sibling rivalry, popularity, loyalty, self-acceptance, jealousy, dealing with authority, and consequences of lying or cheating.
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Title of Planned Core Program #5
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Origin
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Hannah Montana
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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/10-10:30 AM CT
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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10 years
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13 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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Thirteen-year-old Miley Stewart, recently moved from Tennessee to Malibu, CA, leads a double life. By day she attends public high school, along with her older brother Jackson, but by night she is emerging pop star "Hannah Montana". Except for her family, only her two best friends, Oliver and Lilly, and her bodyguard know about Miley's career as a singer, and she strives to maintain privacy, fearing that her new classmates would treat her very differently if they knew of her stage identity. Miley wears blonde wigs while performing, and manages to escape being recognized.
Miley's mother died three years before the story begins, so her dad is now a single parent. He has just begun dating again. Miley misses her mother very much. One of the songs that she writes and performs is about the pain of growing up without her mother.
Unlike her brother, Miley is a dedicated student. At school, her enemies are Amber and Ashley, two girls who constantly bully Miley. Oliver and Lilly are fiercely protective of their friend. Miley has ordinary teenage insecurities, but remains true to herself, despite the allure of concert life, the limos, parties, and glamorous clothes. This is in no small part due to the solid values that her father, Miley's manager (Billy Rae Cyrus), has imparted. Tension and sibling rivalry do occur, especially when Jackson feels that his talented sister is getting all the attention.
Stories examine social issues such as peer pressure, integrity, family rules, jealousy, friendship, loyalty, and issues related to bereavement.
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Title of Planned Core Program #6
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Origin
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The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
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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/10:30-11:00 AM CT
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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11 years
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13 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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Those episodes of "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" that air on ABC as Core Programming deliver life lessons tailored for the older child and "tween" audience.
Stories take place in a luxury hotel in Boston, where twelve-year-old identical twins Zack and Cody live with their divorced mom, a lounge singer for the Tipton Hotel. The boys attend a local public middle school. One of the twins is polite and shy and excels in academics, while the other, athletic and extroverted, barely scrapes by in school, due to lack of effort. He often instigates wacky plans for outwitting hotel authorities, caregivers, and their mother. The boy's mother dates and would like to remarry. Their father is a professional rock musician who is on the road much of the year, but stays in touch with his sons. This sets up occasional parental conflicts about discipline and expectations.
Parallel stories involve two teenage girls: heiress London Tipton, whose father owns the hotel, and Maddie, a girl who works after school at the hotel snack bar. Unlike London, Maddie attends a parochial girls' school and comes from a working class Boston family.
Series episodes explore sibling rivalry, conflicts with parents, divorce, household and hotel rules, family budget limitations, responsibility, self-esteem, and peer pressure.
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Title of Planned Core Program #7
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Origin
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Winx Club
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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 7:00 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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To
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6 years
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11 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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Winx Club utilizes fairy castles, magical caverns and timeless villages as a backdrop for coming-of-age lessons, group problem-solving, cooperative investigations and the important social and emotional learning opportunities that children need to develop the valuable emotional competencies of resilience, empathy and self-confidence. In each episode, as a conflict arises, the fairies pool their unique capabilities to find a solution comprised of the sum total of their special talents. Life scenarios that commonly worry children, from feeling vulnerable and powerless to being lost or separated from loved ones, are enacted throughout the series and a variety of practical behavioral solutions are presented. WINX CLUB promotes the development of social skills, with actions such as speaking kindly to others, doing good for one's community, and managing anger appropriately, integrated into the show's humor. These social competencies are now considered legitimate and necessary objectives of school curricula. The program is regularly scheduled and airs between the hours of 7:00am and 10:00 pm. The program is 30 minutes in length, and is identified as an educational and informational show, targeted to 6 - 11 year olds, at the beginning and through each broadcast and in listings provided to publishers of program guides.
This program airs on digital stream 2.
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Title of Planned Core Program #8
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Origin
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Animal Atlas
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SYNDICATED
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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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From
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To
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13 years
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16 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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Target audience for tone, program content, and learning concepts:
Middle and high school (ages 13-16)
General Category of Learning:
Life Science
Underlying Science Content Standards addressed:
Functions in ecosystems
Underlying principles of Animal Classification
Environment and Adaptive Characteristics
Secondary-specific science content standards addressed (examples drawn from the
California State Science Content Standards, Biology/Life Sciences - Grades Nine
Through Twelve)
Students know how fluctuations in population size in an ecosystem are determined
by the relative rates of birth, immigration, emigration, and death.
Students know reproductive or geographic isolation affects speciation.
Ecology: Stability in an ecosystem is a balance between competing effects.
Students know biodiversity is the sum total of different kinds of organisms and is
affected by alterations of habitats.
Students know how to distinguish between the accommodation of an individual
organism to its environment and the gradual adaptation of a lineage of organisms
through genetic change.
Students know variation within a species increases the likelihood that at least
some members of a species will survive under changed environmental conditions.
Students know how natural selection determines the differential survival of
groups of organisms.
Students know a great diversity of species increases the chance that at least some
organisms survive major changes in the environment.
This program airs on digital stream 2.
Does the Licensee identify the program by displaying throughout the program
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Title of Planned Core Program #9
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Origin
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Safari Tracks
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SYNDICATED
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays 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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To
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13 years
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16 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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Safari Tracks is a program with content grounded in the natural world, joining
video photography of living animals engaged in natural activities with an accompanying
narrative that enlightens both these activities and other aspects of natural life in general
and the animal kingdom specifically. Real data is plentiful and entertainingly presented.
Safari Tracks uses an approach that, while entertaining to an
audience range of 13-16 year-olds, highlights the informational and educational aspects
of the animal kingdom in the given environment of Africa. There is no question that an
audience of young people continues to gain worthwhile information and concepts from
this series, delivered with an enlightened attitude toward nature, science, and the
environment. Viewers receive topic points that bring together many areas of science tied
together by their applications in the animal world.
This program airs on digital stream 2.
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Title of Planned Core Program #10
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Origin
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Animal Exploration with Jarod Miller
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SYNDICATED
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays 12:00 PM
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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13 years
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16 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 each episode, cameras follow the Host Jared Miller to the nearest and farthest corners of the world as he explores the land, the air and the sea with intrepid curiosity. Jared Miller has the experience and the credentials to introduce children to places, people and things they may have never seen before. It is the mission of this program to inspire viewers, and to preserve the innate human instinct to explore. The producers design each episode to reveal to children the world around them in a way that identifies positive role models and pro-social values within an environmentally responsible universe.
This program airs on digital stream 2.
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Title of Planned Core Program #11
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Origin
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The Outdoorsman with Buck McNeely
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SYNDICATED
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Sundays 7:00 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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To
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10 years
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16 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 series format includes an educational blend of world class adventures in domestic and international locations. Environmental and conservation issues, teaching kids & people of all ages about wildlife, hunting, fishing, ethics and respect for nature and a celebration of the sporting lifestyle are important aspects of the format.
The series is hosted by Outdoorsman International founder BUCK McNEELY. An international adventurer, dedicated conservationist and game management proponent, Buck promotes the enjoyment of the great outdoors for kids of all ages.
THE OUTDOORSMAN has been shot on location world wide in places like:
New Zealand, Argentina, Namibia, Siberia, Brazil, Botswana, Mexico, South Africa, Alaska, Iceland, Costa Rica, Canada, New Foundland, Zimbabwe & the USA.
Celebrity guests from the world of sports, literature, politics and entertainment have appeared on the program.
GOALS: Long term goals of the series include propagation of a Mass Media Communications Network in support of the sporting industry. To establish this series as a major force in the entertainment and education of young people and their families. To give people of all ages motivation and inspiration to enjoy the great outdoors and follow their dreams of travel, adventure and exploration. To also teach people the key role sportsmen & women play in this countries overall game management & habitat programs.
This program airs on digital stream 2.
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Title of Planned Core Program #12
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Origin
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Wild America
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SYNDICATED
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Mondays 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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From
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To
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13 years
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16 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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Marty Stouffer's Wild America is the first and only Wildlife and Nature Series to focus exclusively on the wild animals and wild lands of North America. Hosted by award-winning wildlife photographer and premier naturalists Marty Stouffer, the Series features footage of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Fish and Insects throughout the entire continent.
Viewers take a guided journey to witness the vast wonders and infinite diversity of Nature first hand. Series highlights include a magnificent menagerie... Mice, Moose, Muskox, Marmot, Mollusc, Mink, Mockingbird, Mushroom, Marten, Manatee and many, many more. Marty Stouffer's Wild America is a Series that families can enjoy together. Parents and children will be delighted as they learn about Nature.
This program airs on digital stream 2.
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Title of Planned Core Program #13
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Origin
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Degrassi: The Next Generation
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Monday - Friday 1:30 PM
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66
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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13 years
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16 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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Degrassi: The Next Generation is a television series for middle-and high-school-aged children and adolescents. The series, rated TV-PG addresses important ageâ??relevant topics in a direct and honest fashion. While adolescents will certainly have some awareness of issues presented, the series provides vivid representations of dilemmas along with solid information about how they can be handled. Many of these problems emerge from within the peer culture as well as occasionally from expectations and conflicts that adults may be experiencing. Resolutions emerge through peer discussions and direct experiences. Viewing these situations in the often entertaining and engrossing format of the series may also yield opportunities for teenagers to express any concerns they may have about their own choices and the consequences portrayed in each episode.
The Degrassi series exemplifies topics such as bullying, cliques, dating, conflicts between friends, relationships with teachers and parents, substance abuse, and school pressures both intellectual and social. All of these problems reflect concerns youth may encounter in the sometimes-tumultuous world of middle school and high school. The series also addresses the difficulties and opportunities for communication between adolescents and their parents and teachers.
Often youth may have difficulty recognizing or expressing and confronting their own issues. Degrassi can act as a catalyst for young people who may be experiencing some of the problems presented on the show. Guides on the Internet are provided for the episodes to parents and teachers to talk with young people.
The recurring casts of characters who appear in the 30-minute episodes of Degrassi represent a diversity of personalities, ethnic backgrounds, body types and class distinctions affording the viewers opportunities for identification or modeling behaviors. None of these young people are reflected as perfect or demonstrate super human qualities. Each character may demonstrate flaws or misgivings as well as opportunities for overcoming difficulties, for helping others, and improving their own character.
This program airs on Digital Stream 3.
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Title of Planned Core Program #14
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Origin
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Degrassi: The Next Generation
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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 5:30 PM
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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13 years
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16 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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Degrassi: The Next Generation is a television series for middle-and high-school-aged children and adolescents. The series, rated TV-PG addresses important ageâ??relevant topics in a direct and honest fashion. While adolescents will certainly have some awareness of issues presented, the series provides vivid representations of dilemmas along with solid information about how they can be handled. Many of these problems emerge from within the peer culture as well as occasionally from expectations and conflicts that adults may be experiencing. Resolutions emerge through peer discussions and direct experiences. Viewing these situations in the often entertaining and engrossing format of the series may also yield opportunities for teenagers to express any concerns they may have about their own choices and the consequences portrayed in each episode.
The Degrassi series exemplifies topics such as bullying, cliques, dating, conflicts between friends, relationships with teachers and parents, substance abuse, and school pressures both intellectual and social. All of these problems reflect concerns youth may encounter in the sometimes-tumultuous world of middle school and high school. The series also addresses the difficulties and opportunities for communication between adolescents and their parents and teachers.
Often youth may have difficulty recognizing or expressing and confronting their own issues. Degrassi can act as a catalyst for young people who may be experiencing some of the problems presented on the show. Guides on the Internet are provided for the episodes to parents and teachers to talk with young people.
The recurring casts of characters who appear in the 30-minute episodes of Degrassi represent a diversity of personalities, ethnic backgrounds, body types and class distinctions affording the viewers opportunities for identification or modeling behaviors. None of these young people are reflected as perfect or demonstrate super human qualities. Each character may demonstrate flaws or misgivings as well as opportunities for overcoming difficulties, for helping others, and improving their own character.
This program airs on Digital Stream 3.
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