In exchange for use of the public airwaves, the Children's Television
Act of 1990 required that each television licensee offer programming to
serve the "educational and informational needs" of children. In the
years since, the FCC has clarified and added rules. The November 2004
revisions include changes to the "three-hour rule" that requires
stations to air three hours of specifically designed educational and
informational programming for kids each week. The legal department of
the National Association of Broadcasters offers a summary of the FCC's
newly adopted children's television rules.

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