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[CITE: 47USC303b]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                 CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO
 
                       Part I--General Provisions
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 101-437, title I, Sec. 103, Oct. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 997; Pub. 
L. 102-356, Sec. 15, Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 954; Pub. L. 103-414, 
title III, Sec. 303(c), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4296.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Children's Television Act of 
1990, and not as part of the Communications Act of 1934 which comprises 
this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-414 substituted ``noncommercial'' for 
``noncommerical''.
    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-356 inserted reference to commercial 
or noncommercial television broadcast licenses.
