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oct 1, 1974 - FCC Children's TV Policy Statement

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The FCC formally mandated structural protections, capping commercial time, prohibiting host-selling, and requiring 5-second bumpers between shows and ads - establishing the definitive top-down structural protection of the broadcast era.

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Date:

oct 1, 1974
Now
~ 51 years ago