• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

E/I lineup on Ion reduced to two hours?

H

HawkeyeST

According to titantv.com, the Qubo kids lineup on Ion lasts only two hours on Friday morning from 7am to 9am Eastern Time... Shouldn't E/I lineups last at least three hours (unless this is a mistake by titantv.com)?
 
The rules changed last year. Only the main channel of a multiplex is required to have three hours/week of E/I programming now, but if a subchannel carries one hour of E/I, stations can count that hour toward the three hours required of the main channel, permitting the main channel to broadcast two hours of E/I per week.
 
I've noticed that Fox and ABC stations started college pregame shows for football and now basketball at times earlier since the E/I rule changes took place, and CBS is running a show about the NFL playoffs that started at 11 AM CT. If E/I is being cut back I'd rather see the networks go to earlier sports programming like is being done rather than turning the time over to local stations where they will be more likely to fill it with infomercials. Unfortunately once college basketball is over tghat might happen anyway.
 
When ABC started airing two hours of Good Morning America Saturday back in October, my local station (KAPP) moved the two Weekend Adventure episodes of 'Oh, Baby!' to 6:00AM. They had previously ran in the usual 8-11am timeslots. I don't think 6AM E/I counts as Core programming per FCC, rather they are aired between 7AM to 10PM. And I think Core E/I must be the factor into the 3 hour requirement. They do not run any syndicated E/I (Xploration, Wild About Animals, etc.)
I've been noticing CBS airing a lot more sports programming at 9 or 9:30 PT, normally that too is E/I through the Dream Team.
 
I don't think 6AM E/I counts as Core programming per FCC, rather they are aired between 7AM to 10PM. [/quotre]
that changed recently. E/I can run at 6am local time and be counted

[On June 19, 2019, the FCC issued its proposed rule changes: while the basic minimum will remain intact, the earliest time allowed for E/I programming will move up an hour earlier, to 6:00 a.m. local time (which, prior to the tightening of the rules, was a common start time for children's programming on many American television stations).
Click to expand...
 
WXMI Fox17 airs Xploration at 4AM when Fox airs pregame for College Football & basketball early Sat morning. The networks need to bring back cartoond on Sat would bring more ratings than that E/I crap with nature shows as well that no one watches.
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom