Indecency Actions Still a No-Show

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable 12/7, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
With only three weeks left in the year, FCC commissioners still have not been presented with a package of proposed indecency fines and complaint dismissals for their sign-off. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has indicated that releasing them together could help give broadcasters better direction about what the FCC thinks does and doesn't violate its ban on indecent broadcast programming between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. The FCC has proposed no indecency fines in 2005. One reason may be that a number of major media companies--including Viacom, Clear Channel, and Emmis Communications--have settled a host of those complaints already with both dollars and pledges to crack down on content the FCC doesn't like. Still, 189,362 complaints had been filed in 2005 against 720 broadcast and cable programs, according to the FCC's last published count.
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