Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"



DA 20-1130
Released: September 24, 2020

MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES THAT CHILDREN’S TELEVISION PROGRAMMING REPORTS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE COMMISSION’S LICENSING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The Commission requires that each full power commercial and Class A television station file on an annual basis a Children’s Television Programming Report (Children’s Report) reflecting efforts made by the licensee during the preceding year to serve the educational and informational needs of children.  The report must be filed on FCC Form 2100, Schedule H by the 30th day of the succeeding calendar year. See 47 CFR § 73.3526(e)(11)(iii); Children’s Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative, MB Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 34 FCC Rcd 5822, 5859–60, paras. 61–63 (2019).  
  The Media Bureau, by this Public Notice, announces that licensees may now begin populating their 2020 Children’s Reports in the Commission’s Licensing and Management System (LMS).  Although licensees may now prepare and save their 2020 Children’s Reports in LMS, they will not be able to file them until January 1, 2021. Children’s Reports covering the calendar year 2020 are due on February 1, 2021.  Because the filing deadline for Children’s Reports falls on a Saturday (January 30, 2021), the filing deadline is the next business day, February 1, 2021.  See 47 CFR § 1.4. 

Going forward, Children’s Reports will be available for licensees to populate and save in LMS on the first day of the calendar year that the report will cover.  Licensees will then be able to file these reports beginning January 1 of the succeeding calendar year.  For example, licensees will be able to begin populating their 2021 Children’s Reports in LMS on January 1, 2021, and may file those reports beginning January 1, 2022.
People with Disabilities:  To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
For additional information, please e-mail KidVidForm@fcc.gov.
2