Tag: Indecency
FCC dismissal of indecency complaints clears way for renewal of pubcasters’ licenses
Pubcasters Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Twin Cities Public Television and KCOS-TV in El Paso, Texas, were among the almost 700 broadcasters whose licenses ...WBUR cites marathon reporting in endorsement of looser FCC indecency standards
Boston's WBUR joined NPR and other news outlets in advocating for more leniency when it comes to indecency standards, citing its reporting ...NPR, other noncoms push for laxer FCC indecency rules
NPR is advocating for the Federal Communications Commission to loosen its policies surrounding broadcast decency standards, and retreat from a “zero tolerances” ...Indecency’s winding road, 1978-2006
July 3, 1978 FCC v. Pacifica Foundation: The Supreme Court upheld the FCC’s right to ban indecent speech when children could be expected ...FCC v. Pacifica Foundation et al., 1978
438 U.S. 726 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. PACIFICA FOUNDATION ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT ...
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