FCC Denies 36 Indecency Complaints
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Regulators rejected 36 complaints of indecency Monday against popular TV shows including "Friends" and "The Simpsons."
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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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A federal court handed the TV networks a major victory yesterday, ruling that the Federal Communications Commission's crackdown on indecency was "arbitrary and capricious."
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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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The U.S. Federal Communications  Commission defended on Wednesday its decision that profanity  aired during two televised awards shows was indecent, arguing  it did not violate free speech rights or past precedent.
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IS IT possible that the Federal Communications Commission is developing a double standard on decency? The commissioners don&#39;t hesitate to slap a fine over Janet Jackson&#39;s breast or Howard Stern&#39;s mouth.
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The Federal Communications Commission hit CBS on Wednesday (September 22) with a proposed maximum fine of $550,000 for &quot;violation of indecency rules,&quot; stemming from its broadcast of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in February.
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NEW YORK  - The Federal Communications  Commission has asked for a tape of NBC's broadcast of the  opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics after it received at  least one indecency complaint.
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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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The NASD on Tuesday said it censured and fined 29 securities firms a total of &#36;9.22 million for failing to properly disclose required information about their brokers more than 8,300 times.
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&quot;While we regret that the incident occurred and have apologized to our viewers, we continue to believe that nothing in the Super Bowl broadcast violated indecency laws,&quot; the network said in a statement released on Wednesday, coincidentally the same day
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After reviewing the steamy promo, it was not clear whether the Federal Communications Commission would tackle the network.
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The Federal Communications Commission rejected a request Wednesday to begin imposing indecency standards on satellite radio, where frequent agency target Howard Stern is taking his show.
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The Supreme Court has denied a challenge to the federal Do Not Call List. Telemarketing companies had filed an appeal, saying the registry violated First Amendment rights because some groups were exempt from the rules.
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WASHINGTON  - 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 FCC is set to vote unanimously for a record-setting fine against CBS-owned stations for violating broadcast decency standards with the network's January breast-baring Super Bowl halftime show, though some commissioners are expected to say the fines are not severe enough, FCC sources said. -The Washington Post
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NEW YORK  - The Federal Communications  Commission has confirmed it received complaints about the  uncensored broadcast of Oscar-winning war movie "Saving Private  Ryan" on ABC-affiliated stations last week.