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 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 December  20,  2005 
 DA  05-  3230  Released:  December  20,  2005 


 CERTIFIED  MAIL  –  RETURN  RECEIPT  REQUESTED 
 Superstation,  Inc.  WTBS(  TV) 
 1050  Techwood  Drive  WTBS  Public  Affairs  Office 
 Room  NC10113A  Atlanta,  GA  30318 


 Re:  Superstation,  Inc.  WTBS(  TV),  Atlanta,  GA 
 Facility  ID  No.  64033  File  No.  BRCT-  20041201AQV 


 Dear  Licensee: 
 This  refers  to  your  license  renewal  application  for  station  WTBS(  TV),  Atlanta,  GA. 
 In  the  Children’s  Television  Act  of  1990,  Pub.  L.  No.  101-  437,  104  Stat.  996-  1000,  codified  at  47  U.  S.  C.  Sections  303a,  303b  and  394,  Congress  directed  the  Commission  to  adopt  rules,  inter 
 alia,  limiting  the  number  of  minutes  of  commercial  matter  that  television  stations  may  air  during  children’s  programming,  and  to  consider  in  its  review  of  television  license  renewals  the  extent  to 
 which  the  licensee  has  complied  with  such  commercial  limits.  Pursuant  to  this  statutory  mandate,  the  Commission  adopted  Section  73.670  of  the  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  73.670,  which  limits 
 the  amount  of  commercial  matter  which  may  be  aired  during  children’s  programming  to  10.5  minutes  per  hour  on  weekends  and  12  minutes  per  hour  on  weekdays.  Children’s  Television 
 Programming,  6  FCC  Rcd  2111,  2118,  recon.  granted  in  part,  6  FCC  Rcd  5093,  5098  (1991).  The  commercial  limitations  became  effective  on  January  1,  1992.  Children’s  Television 
 Programming,  6  FCC  Rcd  5529,  5530  (1991). 
 On  December  1,  2004,  you  filed  the  above-  referenced  license  renewal  application  for  station  WTBS(  TV).  In  response  to  Section  IV,  Question  5  of  that  application,  you  certify  that,  during 
 the  previous  license  term,  station  WTBS(  TV)  failed  to  comply  with  the  limitations  on  commercial  matter  in  children’s  programming  specified  in  Section  73.670  of  the  Commission’s 
 Rules.  In  Exhibit  19  to  the  renewal  application,  you  state  that  station  WTBS(  TV)  exceeded  the  children’s  television  commercial  limits  by  20  seconds  on  November  3,  1997.  You  attribute  the 
 violation  to  technical  error  in  airing  a  commercial  make-  good  during  a  children’s  program,  and  maintain  that  station  WTBS(  TV)  took  corrective  actions  to  prevent  further  overages. 
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 It  appears  that  the  overage  in  question  was  a  de  minimis  violation  of  the  children’s  commercial  limits.  Such  de  minimis  violation  of  Section  73.670  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  is  not  an 
 impediment  to  a  renewal  of  WTBS(  TV)  ’s  license.  Finding  you  fully  qualified  to  remain  a  Commission  licensee,  we  conclude  that  a  grant  of  your  application  for  renewal  of  license  for 
 station  WTBS(  TV)  would  serve  the  public  interest,  convenience  and  necessity,  and  BRCT-20041201AQV  IS  HEREBY  GRANTED. 


 Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  a  copy  of  this  Letter  shall  be  sent  by  First  Class  and  Certified  Mail,  Return  Receipt  Requested  to  Superstation,  Inc.  at  the  address  listed  above,  and  to 
 its  counsel,  Bruce  Sokler,  Esquire,  Mintz,  Levin,  Cohn,  Ferris,  Glovsky  &  Popeo,  P.  C.,  701  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Suite  900,  Washington,  D.  C.  20004-  2608. 


 Sincerely, 
 Barbara  A.  Kreisman  Chief,  Video  Division 
 Media  Bureau 
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