From: Glen & Beth Jones <4jones@spaceworks.com> To: Secretary, FCC Date: 10/15/95 10:39pm Subject: Children's TV Programs (MM Docket 93-48) 00000000010000000002000000000300000000040000000005000000000600000 0000700 Dear Commissioners: We are parents of two boys, ages 4 and 6. As someone who cares a lot about the future of our nation's children, we am writing to ask you to please vote for new rules to require television stations to provide a specific amount of educational programming each week for children. We are glad the Commission is considering these new rules to fully enforce the Children's Television Act (CTA). Please support a minimum of 3-5 hours a week of educational shows for kids. Please define "educational" and require that they air between 7 am and 8 pm. We are frustrated by the slow pace of "voluntary" compliance with the currrent guidelines and therefore encourage regulation via quantitative guidelines. We are also concerned by the violent content of television in general and children's programing in particular. Please consider regulation to reduce violence in children's and primetime programming. We also support a rating system for television shows and mandatory TV features that permit parents to control program access by the rating. Broadcasters have at their disposal an invaluable resource for children. Yet the record shows that without stricter regulation, this positive potential for children will remain unfulfilled. With your vote for substantive and meaningful implementation of the CTA, all our children will benefit. It is critical that appropriate guidelines be required for television now and extended to other media (e.g. internet resources) in the future. Sincerely, Glen D. and Elizabeth R. Jones 10606 Budsman Ter. Damascus, MD 20872-2139 301-253-9127 CC: Commissioner Rachell Chong