47 U.S.C. § 303b : US Code - Section 303B: Consideration of children's television service in broadcast license renewal

Search 47 U.S.C. § 303b : US Code - Section 303B: Consideration of children's television service in broadcast license renewal

(a) After the standards required by section 303a of this title
are in effect, the Commission shall, in its review of any
application for renewal of a commercial or noncommercial television
broadcast license, consider the extent to which the licensee -
(1) has complied with such standards; and
(2) has served the educational and informational needs of
children through the licensee's overall programming, including
programming specifically designed to serve such needs.
(b) In addition to consideration of the licensee's programming as
required under subsection (a) of this section, the Commission may
consider -
(1) any special nonbroadcast efforts by the licensee which
enhance the educational and informational value of such
programming to children; and
(2) any special efforts by the licensee to produce or support
programming broadcast by another station in the licensee's
marketplace which is specifically designed to serve the
educational and informational needs of children.