EKN Teen Kids News (2003)

Teen Kids News (initially titled EKN Worldwide Kids News, alternately abbreviated on-air as TKN since 2012 and previously known as Kids News) is an American educational newsmagazine series aimed at teenagers between the ages of 13 and 16 years old and their parents that premiered in first-run syndication on September 27, 2003, but currently ran for over 20 years. Teen Kids News discusses important issues in a format intended to educate and inform both kids and adults. In-studio segments are shot at studios in Manhattan, NY with field reports done on location around the country and world. The series meets Federal Communications Commission guidelines for educational and informational programming. U.S. television stations are required by law to broadcast three hours of children's programming each week; the majority of affiliates that run the series regularly air it on Saturday or Sunday mornings depending on the station, though a few air the series on Fridays in the morning or daytime periods. The series airs on over 200 television stations covering, approximately 91% nationwide, and is seen in 1,000 locations in 175 countries worldwide through the American Forces Network and is seen in 12,600 middle and high schools through a special classroom education feed. Starting with the tenth-season premiere on September 15, 2012, Teen Kids News began broadcasting in high-definition. In-studio segments are broadcast in the format, though most field reports continue to be produced and aired in 4:3 standard definition, with pillarboxing added to fill the left and right sides of widescreen TV sets.