Sec. 76.225  Commercial limits in children's programs.

    (a) No cable operator shall air more than 10.5 minutes of commercial 
matter per hour during children's programming on weekends, or more than 
12 minutes of commercial matter per hour on weekdays.
    (b) This rule shall not apply to programs aired on a broadcast 
television channel which the cable operator passively carries, or to 
access channels over which the cable operator may not exercise editorial 
control, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 531(e) and 532(c)(2).
    (c) Cable operators must maintain records sufficient to verify 
compliance with this rule and make such records available to the public. 
Such records must be retained for a period sufficient to cover the 
limitations period specified in 47 U.S.C. 503(b)(6)(B).

    Note 1: Commercial matter means air time sold for purposes of 
selling a product or service.

    Note 2: For purposes of this section, children's programming refers 
to programs originally produced and broadcast primarily for an audience 
of children 12 years old and younger.


[ 56 FR 19616 , Apr. 29, 1991]