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Download full textFederal Communications Commission, Washington, DC. – 1974
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Report and Policy Statement on Children's Television Programs summarizes the findings of a series of hearings held in response to a petition of Action for Children's Television (ACT), urging that the FCC prohibit sponsorship and commercials in children's programing, forbid product mention by program…
Descriptors: Commercial Television, Educational Television, Federal Legislation, Programing (Broadcast)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1989
A statement by the chairman of the subcommittee, Representative Edward J. Markey opened this hearing on H.R. 1677, the Children's Television Act of 1989, a bill which would require the Federal Communications Commission to reinstate restrictions on advertising during children's television, to enforce the obligation of broadcasters to meet the…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Federal Legislation, Hearings, Programing (Broadcast)
Hooks, Benjamin L. – Federal Register, 1974
Three Federal Communications Commissioners (FCC) filed supplementary statements to the FCC Children's Television Report, elaborating on their individual views. Commissioner Benjamin L. Hooks concurred in the proposed limit on commercial minutes in children's programs, but suggested a lower figure. He also suggested that commercials be…
Descriptors: Children, Educational Television, Programing (Broadcast), Television Commercials
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce. – 1976
This text contains the transcript of a one-day hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce held in Salt Lake City to collect views on the impact of television on children. It consists of 19 testimonies, and additional articles, letters, and statements introduced into the record. (EMH)
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Children, Commercial Television, Government Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1988
This report provides transcripts of two hearings held 6 months apart before a subcommittee of the House of Representatives on three bills which would require the Federal Communications Commission to reinstate restrictions on advertising on children's television programs. The texts of the bills under consideration, H.R. 3288, H.R. 3966, and H.R.…
Descriptors: Advertising, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. – 1989
For this document the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation reports favorably on the Children's Television Act of 1989 and recommends that it be passed. The aims of the legislation are to increase the amount of educational and informational television programming available to children and to protect children from…
Descriptors: Certification, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, Educational Television
Choate, Robert B., Comp.; Engle, Pamela C., Comp. – 1977
This document reports on the impact of television food commercials on children under 12, focusing specifically on how commercials influence children's food preferences and concepts, how they affect children's knowledge of nutrition, and how they contribute to obesity. Part I is a compilation of short excerpts from relevant testimony before the…
Descriptors: Children, Early Childhood Education, Eating Habits, Federal Government
Council on Children, Media, and Merchandising, Washington, DC. – 1974
The Council on Children, Media, and Merchandising, in a letter to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), issued a formal complaint against the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). The Council charges that CBS has failed to meet its public interest obligations, as well as its obligations under the fairness doctrine, with respect to advertising…
Descriptors: Advertising, Agencies, Broadcast Industry, Children
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. – 1994
The topic of this hearing was the Children's Television Act of 1990. This act was designed to increase the choices for children and to give parents and families the possibility of finding educational programming to supplement other children's programs. The Act has two major provisions. First, it established time limits on the amount of advertising…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Television, Educational Media, Educational Television
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1985
This document presents witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the impact of broadcast alcohol advertising on alcohol-related problems, the responsibility of the broadcast media in shaping attitudes about alcohol, and how to reduce any negative impact of advertising. Statements were heard from…
Descriptors: Advertising, Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism, Broadcast Industry
Choate, Robert B. – 1975
This testimony presents evidence of children's television advertising excesses and abuses. The testimony points out that the average TV-watching child sees more than 22,000 commercials a year, and that on the programs most popular with children large numbers of over-the-counter drugs and hazardous products are advertised. The history of private…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Child Advocacy, Children, Childrens Television
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1987
This document present witnesses' testimonies from the Congressional hearing called to examine condom advertising and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Opening statements are included by Congressmen Henry Waxman, William Dannemeyer, and Jim Bates. C. Everett Koop, United States Surgeon General, and Gary Noble, AIDS coordinator for the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Advertising, Condoms, Health Education
Peer reviewedWiller, Barbara – Young Children, 1991
Reports on legislation on child care and regulations for children's television enacted during the 101st congress. Legislation involving block grants, Title IV-A funding, and earned income tax credits was intended to bring about quality improvement and affordability. Reauthorizations included Head Start, Follow Through, Community Services Block…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Advocacy, Childrens Television, Day Care
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
The purpose of this hearing was to get a sense of the larger picture of what educational television is currently doing, what the alternative modes for educational television are, the merits of the programming that is currently available, what the documented educational impact in schools that have used educational TV has been, the types of policy…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Educational Television
