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Obscene, Profane & Indecent Broadcasts: Complaint Denial Orders
Some of the Orders listed below involve indecency complaints that were received by the Commission prior to the creation of the...
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Obscene, Profane & Indecent Broadcasts: FCC Actions
This page provides links to the Notices of Apparent Liability, Forfeiture Orders, Consent Decrees, Denials, Notices of Proposed...
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Obscene, Profane & Indecent Broadcasts: Forfeiture Orders
The Enforcement Bureau was established on November 8, 1999. This table lists all broadcast indecency-related Forfeiture Orders ("FOs...
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Obscene, Profane & Indecent Broadcasts: Notices of Apparent Liability
The Enforcement Bureau was established on November 8, 1999. This table lists all broadcast indecency-related Notices of Apparent...
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Obscene, Profane & Indecent Broadcasts: Other Orders
The Enforcement Bureau was established on November 8, 1999. This table lists broadcast indecency-related Orders other than Notices...
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Obscene, Profane & Indecent Broadcasts: Pleadings and Other Documents of Interest
Complaints Regarding NBC's Broadcast of the 2004 Summer OlympicsPleadings & Other Documents relating to Complaints Against...
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Obscene, Profane, & Indecent Broadcasts: Consent Decrees
01-21-2010BELA TV, LLC, Oxnard, California$25,00010-30-2008Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc.$85,00011-21-2007CBS Corporation, KUTV...
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Obscenity, Indecency & Profanity - TV Ratings & Channel Blocking
TV Ratings & Channel BlockingThe television industry has voluntary ratings for TV programs that appear in the corner of your...
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Obscenity, Indecency and Profanity
It is a violation of federal law to air obscene programming at any time. It is also a violation of federal law to broadcast...
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Obscenity, Indecency, Profanity - Complaint Process
The FCC bases enforcement actions on complaints of indecent, profane or obscene material received from the public. Please see ...
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