Revised Kidvid Form to Go to OMB in November, Media Bureau Tells FCBA
The FCC Media Bureau is working on a revised form for annual children’s TV reports, said Legal Adviser Evan Morris at an FCBA event Monday. Reports will move from a quarterly requirement to annual after OMB gives final Paperwork Reduction…
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Act approval to several provisions of the new rules approved by commissioners in July (see 1907100067). The forms are expected to be submitted to OMB for PRA OK in November, Morris said. The bureau will issue a public notice on the new form, staffers said. They should be ready for the first reports in 2019, said Media Bureau attorney Kathy Berthot. The documents are expected to look and function similar to the current ones but will have many more entries since they now account for four times as much time, attorneys said. Some large broadcast groups will still require stations to internally submit quarterly kidvid reports to make the task of compiling the annual report easier, Video Division Chief Barbara Kreisman said. FCC officials told us they aren’t aware of any submitted or pending appeals or recon petitions for the kidvid rules, and the deadline for appealing the rules at the agency has passed.