PTC Asks FCC to Review KUTV's License

PTC ASKS FCC TO REVIEW KUTV’S LICENSE
[SOURCE: tvnewsday]
The Parents Television Council is asking the Federal Communications Commission to review the license of CBS affiliate, KUTV Salt Lake City, Utah, for “failing to adhere to its community standards of decency.” PTC points out that less than a month after the CBS signed a consent decree agreeing to pay a fine and take remedial action in the event that it violated the broadcast decency law CBS re-aired a Without a Trace episode that prompted thousands of indecency complaints due to scenes of a teen orgy party. According to PTC President Tim Winter, “CBS’ response to the FCC’s inquiry is utterly disgraceful. By saying they did nothing wrong by not taking any action after receiving the NAL, they have openly and defiantly breached both the spirit and the letter of the agreement that they freely negotiated with the FCC. Remember that the CBS Consent Decree summarily dismissed thousands of broadcast indecency complaints related to the original broadcast of the Without a Trace episode at issue; so then how could its re-airing not trigger the remedial action specified in the Consent Decree?"
http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2007/10/25/daily.9/