• Broadcasting & Cable, Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:30 AM

The Federal Communications Commission has officially reprimanded a pair of TV stations for violating kids programming rules. WTXX in Waterbury, Conn., is one of two on the hot seat, admonished for airing a show with an extra 60-second spot in it along with three program-length commercials, including one for the Pokemon E-Reader.

Also in trouble with regulators is WBPX in Boston for allegedly failing to supply the age range of kids shows to electronic guide publishers. In the WTXX case, a show on the channel had a Nintendo Gameboy E-Reader ad with a fleeting image of Pokemon during a Pokemon program. The station argues that it had not known about the fleeting image -- part of a national buy -- until after the fact.

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