Fritts rebukes Hundt over kids quotas. (National Association of Broadcasters President Eddie Fritts; FCC Chair Reed Hundt's adherence to a rule mandating a minimum amount of children's programming)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, April, 1996 by Jessell, Harry A.

National Association of Broadcasters President Eddie Fritts last week rebuked FCC Chairman Reed Hundt for his continuing insistence on an FCC role requiring TV stations to air a minimum amount of educational children's programing each week. "Hundt is clearly espousing a government-imposed quota system...to further a personal agenda," Fritts said in an interview following Hundt's NAB convention speech.

"He seems interested only in controlling content." Fritts saw as a threat Hundt's apparent reluctance to fully embrace the industry-endorsed Grand Alliance system as the national standard for digital broadcasting. "It's clear he's holding the standard hostage to his quota system." A Hundt aide later said no threat was intended. In fact, he said, having...

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