FCC Plans New Round of Indecency Fines Targeting Broadcasters, Stern

[wndycty]

FCC Plans New Round of Indecency Fines Targeting Broadcasters, Stern

Fri Mar 5, 4:05 AM ET



NEW YORK -- Amid a widening and increasingly politicized campaign to clean up the nation's airwaves, regulators are proposing fines against many of the nation's major radio companies for carrying well-known "shock jocks," Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) officials told The Wall Street Journal.

About a dozen cases are being finalized, these officials said, and one target is Howard Stern, one of the nation's most popular and controversial radio hosts. The FCC (news - web sites) is deciding on penalties against his employer, Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA - News)'s Infinity Broadcasting. Also facing further scrutiny are Emmis Communications Inc. and Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE:CCU - News) , the nation's largest radio owner, which last week took Mr. Stern's show off six of its radio stations and fired a controversial -- and oft-fined -- Tampa, Fla., radio host, Todd Clem, known as "Bubba the Love Sponge."
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=808&u=/dowjones/20040305/bs_dowjones/200403050405000148&printer=1

[wndycty]

1. Kick

:kick:

[Baconfoot]

2. Is anyone organizing any letter-writing campaigns etc. on this issue? n/t

[tom_paine]

3. a KICK for that very relevant question

anyone?