Children's TV Programming Reports for 2020 Now Available in FCC's Online System

Under Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rules as modified last year, every full-power commercial and Class A TV station must file on an annual basis a Children's Television Programming Report reflecting their efforts during the preceding year to serve the educational and informational needs of children. This report must be filed on FCC Form 2100, Schedule H by the 30th day of the succeeding calendar year. The Media Bureau has announced that TV licensees may now begin populating their 2020 reports in the FCC's Licensing and Management System (LMS). Although licensees may now prepare and save their 2020 Children's Reports in the LMS, they will not be able to file them until January 1, 2021. All licensees need to file their 2020 reports by January 30, 2021.

Going forward, the reports will be available for licensees to populate and save in the LMS on the first day of the calendar year that the report will cover. Licensees will then be able to file these reports beginning January 1 of the succeeding calendar year. For example, licensees will be able to begin populating their 2021 Children's Reports in the LMS on January 1, 2021 and may file those reports beginning January 1, 2022. For further details, the Media Bureau's announcement is available here.