Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
October 5, 2007
DA 07-4167
Released: October 5, 2007
CERTIFIED MAIL – RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Hearst-Argyle Stations, Inc.
KHVO(TV)
c/o Brooks, Pierce, et al.
P.O. Box 1800
Raleigh, NC 27602
Re:  Hearst-Argyle Stations, Inc.
KHVO(TV), Hilo, HI
Facility ID No. 64544
File No. BRCT-20060928ALH
Dear Licensee:
This refers to your license renewal application for station KHVO(TV), Hilo, HI.
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 its Rules (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 28, 2006, you filed the above-referenced license renewal application for station 
KHVO(TV).  In response to Section IV, Question 5 of that application, you certify that, during 
the previous license term, station KHVO(TV) failed to comply with the limitations on 
commercial matter in children’s programming specified in Section 73.670 of the Rules.  In 
Exhibit 19, you state that station KHVO(TV) exceeded the children’s television commercial 
limits by 15 seconds on April 3, 2005, and April 10, 2005.  You indicate that each overage was 
caused by human error and/or inadvertence and describe remedial measures which were taken 
after these incidents to prevent a recurrence.
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It appears from the information before us that the overages in question were isolated and 
inadvertent violations of the children’s television commercial limits.  Such de minimis violations 
of Section 73.670 of the Rules do not warrant further consideration in connection with 
KHVO(TV)’s renewal application.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, a copy of this Letter shall be sent by First Class and 
Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to Hearst-Argyle Stations, Inc. at the address listed 
above, and to its counsel, Mark J. Prak, Esquire, Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & 
Leonard, LLP, P.O. Box 1800, Raleigh, North Carolina 27602.
Sincerely,
Barbara A. Kreisman
Chief, Video Division
Media Bureau