FCC Proposes $1.2M Indecency Fine for Fox
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WASHINGTON - Federal regulators proposed a record indecency fine of nearly $1.2 million Tuesday against Fox Broadcasting Co. for an episode of its reality series "Married by America."   The Federal Communications Commission cited the network for the April 7, 2003, program, which included scenes from Las Vegas bachelor and bachelorette parties featuring strippers and various sexual situations...
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A federal appeals court tossed out an indecency ruling against Rupert Murdoch's Fox television network today, sending a stern rebuke to the Federal Communications Commission and groups that seek tighter federal regulation of the airwaves.
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With more conservatives in power, the Federal Communications Commission may become more forceful about indecency fines. The agency may even try to expand its jurisdiction into cable TV, satellite radio and the internet. By Randy Dotinga.
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The Federal Communications Commission Tuesday proposed a record-setting $1.2 million fine against 169 Fox television stations  for an April 2003 broadcast of "Married by America" that featured whipped-cream-covered strippers and digitally obscured nudity. -The Washington Post
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Disney and Viacom agreed to a fine of $1.5 million from the Federal Communications Commission over claims their children&#39;s cable television networks violated advertising restrictions, the FCC said Thursday.
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A federal appeals court tossed out an indecency ruling against Rupert Murdoch's Fox television network yesterday and broadly questioned whether the Federal Communications Commission has the right to police the airwaves for offensive language.
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Pop singer Janet Jackson's bare  breast flash earlier this year will result in a record $550,000  fine for 20 CBS television stations, U.S. Federal  Communications Commission officials said on Tuesday.
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Viacom Inc.&#39;s CBS television unit was fined a record $550,000 by the US Federal Communications Commission for airing indecent material during the Super Bowl halftime show, when singer Janet Jackson&#39;s breast was exposed.
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Janet Jackson&#39;s split-second Super Bowl flash dance will cost Viacom $550,000. The FCC this week levied the maximum indecency fine of $27,500 for each of the 20 Viacom-owned CBS affiliates.
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In a sign that the  federal airwaves police may ratchet up their campaign against  racy programming, the FCC on Friday determined that a woman's  naked backside is indecent enough to net ABC a proposed fine of  $1.43 million.
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The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday that it would fine 169 Fox television stations $7,000 each, or a total of $1.
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Fox Broadcasting Co. and 155 Fox  televisions stations on Friday urged U.S. communications  regulators to rescind their proposed $1.18 million fine for  airing allegedly indecent content on the "Married by America"  show.
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LOS ANGELES  - The Federal  Communications Commission is said to be preparing to levy a  fine of $1 million or more against Fox Broadcasting Co. and its  affiliates for running afoul of indecency regulations in April  2003 with an episode of the reality show "Married by America,"  sources said.
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Broadcaster has agreed to pay a record $3.5M to erase a number of proposed radio indecency fines, including one against the "Opie & Anthony Show" and another against shock jock Howard Stern.- The Washington Post
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The Federal Communications Commission yesterday proposed a $1.43 million indecency fine against ABC television stations for a 2003 episode of "NYPD Blue," the second-largest proposed indecency fine against a television broadcaster ever.
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Airing a glimpse of Janet Jackson&#39;s right breast during the Super Bowl could cost 20 TV stations owned by CBS $550,000 in indecency fines, the Federal Communications Commission finally announced yesterday.
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Fox says it covered up the naked rear end of a cartoon character recently because of nervousness over what the Federal Communications Commission will find objectionable.