*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 57059.doc* Federal Communications Commission Washington, D. C. 20554 May 17, 2006 DA 06- 1044 Released: May 17, 2006 CERTIFIED MAIL – RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED KTVO License Subsidiary, Inc. KTVO( TV) 201 Monroe Street RSA Tower, 20 th Floor Montgomery, AL 36104 Re: KTVO License Subsidiary, Inc. KTVO( TV), Kirksville, MO Facility ID No. 21251 File No. BRCT- 20050930BFG Dear Licensee: This letter refers to your license renewal application for station KTVO( TV), Kirksville, MO. 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 September 30, 2005, you filed the above- referenced license renewal application for station KTVO( TV). In response to Section IV, Question 5 of that application, you certify that, during the previous license term, station KTVO( 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 indicate that station KTVO( TV) exceeded the children’s television commercial limits on three occasions between February 1, 1998, and 1 2 March 15, 1998. 1 Of those overages, one was 15- seconds in duration, and two were 35- seconds in duration. You describe corrective actions taken to prevent future violations. It appears from the information before us that the overages in question were de minimis violations of the children’s television commercial limits. Such de minimis violations of Section 73.670 of the Commission’s Rules are not an impediment to a renewal of KTVO( 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 KTVO( TV) would serve the public interest, convenience and necessity, and BRCT- 20050930BFG 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 Crystal Amini- Rad, Vice President and General Manager, KTVO License Subsidiary, Inc., at the address listed above, and to William H. Fitz, Esquire, Covington & Burling, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20004- 2401. Sincerely, Barbara A. Kreisman Chief, Video Division Media Bureau 1 You also report four conventional overages which occurred in January 1998. We note that these violations occurred prior to the license term under consideration and consequently, warrant no further consideration. 2