Quello seeks kids TV deal. (Federal Communications Commission's James Quello; compliance rules for Children's Television Act)(includes related articles on NBC Inc.'s proposal for rules, position of Commissioner Reed Hundt)

Broadcasting & Cable, May, 1996 by McConnell, Chris

Commissioner calls for children's programing guidelines based on 'industry norm'; Hundt, Ness await specifics As scores of TV stations prepared license renewal applications, FCC Commissioner James Quello last week pushed to settle the longstanding children's TV dispute at the FCC that threatened to block action on the applications.

In a plan released on Friday, Quello proposed setting guidelines on the amount of programing broadcasters must air to comply with the 1990 Children's Television Act. The law requires stations to serve the educational and informational needs of children. The Quello compromise would not specify how many hours per week broadcasters would have to air to insure compliance, but would suggest--at least implicitly--the industry...

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