FCC’s Tom Wheeler and commissioners come to unanimous vote on enforcement Washington, D.C. (March 23, 2015) – Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously voted to enforce the federal broadcast…
…enforce current laws that prohibit nudity, indecency and profanity. MIM asks supporters to demand the FCC enforce the law and make their voices heard by the FCC http://bit.ly/XvqOVm. “The FCC…
…with changes in presidential administrations, and because the FCC Commissioners and FCC Enforcement Bureau don’t always see eye-to-eye when it comes to broadcast indecency. I also think that both the…
…threw out penalties against networks because the FCC failed to give them “fair notice” about what was an actionable federal offense. The FCC has since asked for comment on a…
FCC Gives Broadcasters More Time to Combat Weight of Public Opinion WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 15, 2013) – Always in the mood to accommodate the whims of the broadcast industry, the…
…on the public airwaves. The remarks were made following an FCC request for comment on “whether the full commission should make changes to its current broadcast indecency policies or maintain…
Statement by Dawn Hawkins, Executive Director of NCOSE Washington, DC – In a letter addressed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Parents Television Council, the National Center on Sexual…
…of the FCC order and expects to file another if the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear the FCC’s anticipated appeal. MIM president Robert Peters had these comments: A small…
…to keep their current decency standards. Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council, told The Christian Post that “#NoIndecencyFCC Week” is based on the belief that the FCC’s proposal…
…old boys and men that advertisers so covet.’ “The FCC’s regional office in New York City could have begun taping ‘Opie and Anthony’ in June 2000, and the FCC could…
…it wants. “This is not to say that the FCC should fine a broadcast licensee whenever an expletive is uttered over the airwaves. In the 1978 FCC v. Pacifica case,…
…Senators asking them to oppose President Obama’s nominee to chair the FCC unless he commits to enforcing decency laws. The letter was hand-delivered to Senate offices on July 9. Tom…
