Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
September 5, 2008
DA 08-2049
Released:  September 5, 2008
CERTIFIED MAIL – RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Ketchikan TV, LLC
KTNL-TV
P.O. Box 348
2539 North Highway 67
Sedalia, CO 80135
Re:  Ketchikan TV, LLC
KTNL-TV, Sitka, AK
 Facility ID No. 60519
File No. BRCT-20061002BPH
Dear Licensee:
This refers to your license renewal application for station KTNL-TV, Sitka, AK.
Under the Commission’s rules implementing the Children’s Television Act of 1990,1 each 
television broadcast station licensee has an obligation, during its license term, to air 
programming that serves the educational and informational needs of children through both the 
licensee’s overall programming and programming “specifically designed” to educate and inform 
children (core programming).2 The Commission’s rules require commercial licensees to provide 
information to the public about the shows they air to fulfill their obligation.  Subsection 
73.3526(e)(11)(iii) of the Commission’s Rules (Rules) requires each commercial television 
broadcast station to prepare and place in its public inspection file a Children’s Television 
Programming Report (FCC Form 398) for each calendar quarter reflecting, inter alia, the efforts 
it has made during the quarter to serve the educational needs of children.3 As set forth in 
Subsection 73.3526(e)(11)(iii), licensees are also required to file the reports with the 
Commission and to publicize for the public the existence and location of the reports.
On October 2, 2006, you filed the above-referenced license renewal application for station 
KTNL-TV.  In Exhibit 24, and in an August 7, 2008 amendment to the renewal application, you 
indicated that through inadvertence, station KTNL-TV did not regularly publicize the existence 
  
1 Pub. L. No. 101-437, 104 Stat. 996-1000, codified at 47 U.S.C. Sections 303a, 303b and 394.
2 47 C.F.R. § 73.671.
3 47 C.F.R. § 73.3526(e)(11)(iii).
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and location of its Children’s Television Programming Reports during the license term.  You 
claimed that, as a result of personnel changes, it could not be determined when the station did not 
comply with this requirement.  You maintained that procedures are in place to ensure future 
compliance.
Based on the record before us, we think that an admonition is warranted for the station’s failure 
to publicize the existence and location of the Children’s Television Programming Reports.  
Although we do not rule out more severe sanctions for violations of this nature in the future, we 
have determined that an admonition is appropriate at this time.  Therefore, based upon the facts 
and circumstances before us, we ADMONISH you for the admitted violations of Section 
73.3526(e)(11)(iii) of the Rules described in station KTNL-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 Ketchikan TV, LLC at the address listed above.
Sincerely,
Barbara A. Kreisman
Chief, Video Division
Media Bureau