New Children's Television Programming Form 398 Available - First Quarter 2007 Reports due by June 10th
Although the FCC has not issued a public notice announcing that the revised form is available, the new FCC Form 398 Children's Television Programming Report is now available on the Commission's web site. The form is available here, and should be used in lieu of the previous version of the form. As we've written previously, the FCC revised its Form 398 to reflect the extension of the children's programming rules to digital television. Accordingly, the Form 398 now solicits information on the children's programming provided on each of the station's digital program streams, as well as on the analog channel. For stations that multicast multiple programming streams, the quarterly report can require a bit of additional time to prepare.
Because the revised form was not available in April, when the first quarter reports would have been due, the Commission granted an extension of time until June 10th for television stations to prepare and file their FCC Form 398 Children's Television Programming Reports. Thus, stations should be sure to complete and file the form with the FCC and place a copy of the report in their public inspection file by June 10th. Going forward, the quarterly filing deadlines will be back on schedule with the Second Quarter Report due by July 10th.