In a 3-2 party-line vote, the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to ease rules governing children’s programming broadcasts. The move, which had been widel…
,” O’Rielly wrote in a blog post in 2018, noting he is the father of a toddler. “But none of these shows are aired on commercial broadcast stations. In fact, I can’t think of the last time, if ever, we turned to a local broadcast television station for children’s programming.”
Geoffrey Starks and Jessica Rosenworcel, the two Democrats on the five-member commission, dissented. In a statement, he said, “The new rules will allow broadcasters to air less than one hour of regularly scheduled children’s programming per month on their most widely viewed primary stream. One third of a broadcaster’s annual hours can be moved to an unpopular multicast stream, and an additional third will not need to be regularly scheduled.
“Chairman Ajit Pai is making it clear for all to see that kids and families are not a priority for him,” Common Sense founder and CEO James Steyer said. “Under Chairman Pai’s leadership, the FCC has spent over a year finding every possible way to loosen requirements for broadcasters making it more difficult for low-income families to access educational kids content.
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