TV license renewal '96; applications show stations claim to average four hours of programming a week. (of children's programming)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 1996 by Sandlin, Jessica

Applications show stations claim to average four hours of programing a week The first batch of TV stations now bidding for license renewal at the FCC claim to be airing about four hours a week of children's educational programing. Stations in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C., submitted their applications on June 3, but the filings were not available publicly until last Wednesday.

The Baltimore stations claimed an average of 4.13 hours per week (see chart). And that average seemed to hold for a sampling of a dozen other station applications.. The greater part of most applications--some of which are several inches thick--is devoted to detailing what the stations have done to serve the educational and informational needs of...

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