Child’s Play

Fined $100,000 by the Federal Communications Commission for repeated violations of a rule limiting the number of commercials that can be shown during children’s programs, WSEE-TV of Erie, Pa., blamed faulty computer programming for the problem. “It was always an accident,” the station’s manager said. The FCC noted the violation was repeated more than 200 times. The station plans to pay the fine without an appeal. (AP) ...The manager’s five-year old did the programming.