Cunningham Settles Over Kidvid Violations, Won't Pay Penalty

The FCC Media Bureau has reached a consent decree with Sinclair Broadcast-associated Cunningham Broadcasting over children’s programming violations related to Hot Wheels toys, according to an order released Friday. As with other recent settlements connected with those violations (see 2507180066), Cunningham won’t pay a penalty and will have its licenses renewed. The previous FCC approved a $140,000 forfeiture against the broadcaster, which Cunningham had appealed. The FCC reached a $500,000 settlement in June with Sinclair, which had faced a $2.6 million penalty over the same incident (see 2506300064). All the violations involved were connected to multiple airings of an ad for Hot Wheels toys during a Hot Wheels-themed TV program.