FCC Cancels Some Proposed Indecency Fines

FCC CANCELS SOME PROPOSED INDECENCY FINES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The FCC, without elaboration, has vacated over a quarter of a million dollars in proposed indecency fines against a number of Indiana and Tennessee stations. In Indiana, the stations, which had aired CBS' Without a Trace, including a scene of teen-sex party, were ones that aired the broadcast at 10 p.m., when indecency broadcasts are protected, rather than the 9 p.m. airing in the Central and Mountain zones, where the broadcast could be fined (the indecency "safe harbor is 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The mix-up was that while some Indiana stations make the switch to Daylight Saving Time, the majority don't, which means the majority were airing it after 10 p.m. That will change, though, since the state has passed a law to regularize the observance starting this weekend. The Tennessee stations are all in the Eastern time zone, so they appeared to have simply been inadvertently included in the 111 stations fined for the program.
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