Fearing FCC action on indecency, stations pull &#39;Private Ryan&#39;
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What began as an attempt to honor Veterans Day with a powerful war movie turned into a battle between ABC and balky affiliates when some stations opted not
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TV stations across the US drop a screening of Saving Private Ryan over fears they could be fined.
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Nearly a third of ABC&#39;s TV affiliates, citing concerns over profanity, graphic violence and a government crackdown on indecency, refused to show the network&#39;s Veterans
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The head of the Federal Communications Commission has recommended it reject indecency complaints against ABC television stations that recently aired the film "Saving Private Ryan," an FCC official said on Monday.
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U.S. lawmakers have dropped a legislative provision that would have substantially raised fines for indecent antics on broadcast radio and television, congressional aides said on Friday.
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CBS Corp. said on Saturday it would  broadcast the documentary "9/11" on the Internet as well as the  airwaves after several affiliates said they would delay or  forgo the award-winning film because it includes profanity.
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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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Large and small U.S. webcasters turned off the music today to protest planned royalty rate increases that small Net Radio station owners say could put them out of business.
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Sixty-six ABC affiliates, covering nearly one-third of the country, ultimately decided not to air the movie &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; on Veterans Day due to skittishness over whether the Federal Communications Commission would deem it indecent.
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Last Friday, television stations that were members of the Sinclair Media Group were scheduled to air an anti-John Kerry special called Stolen Honor. They were ordered to by executives of the company - the same execs who forbid the 62 TV stations the company controls from airing Ted Koppel's reading of the names of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq this spring.
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Television broadcasters won a temporary victory yesterday when a federal appeals court told the Federal Communications Commission not to enforce an indecency ruling it imposed on several television shows earlier this year.
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In 2005, there's a good chance you or someone you know will buy a digital television set and a satellite radio and purchase a movie at home using a remote control or laptop. In the newspapers (strike that -- on the Internet), you'll read more about radio and television indecency and may very well see the Supreme Court take the first step toward tossing out the federal regulations that have kept NBC from looking more like HBO.
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Nearly a third of ABC's TV affiliates, citing concerns over profanity, graphic violence and a government crackdown on indecency, refused to show the network's Veterans Day broadcast of the war film "Saving Private Ryan."
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Fox Broadcasting Co. and 155 Fox televisions stations on Friday urged U.S. communications regulators to rescind their proposed &#36;1.18 million fine for airing allegedly indecent content on the "Married by America" show.
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Roughly a quarter of about 250 ABC network affiliates, including Richmond&#39;s WRIC-Channel 8, pre-empted a Veteran&#39;s Day airing of &quot;Saving Private Ryan.
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Viewers expecting to observe Veterans Day Thursday night by watching ABC-TV&#39;s telecast of the World War II classic &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; on Detroit affiliate WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) instead got
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CBS told a federal court  Monday that the government's new "zero tolerance" policy for  indecent broadcasts is threatening to choke off free speech.