The FCC may have erred in fining 3 more Ind. TV stations for airi...
The FCC may have erred in fining 3 more Ind. TV stations for airing indecent content, said Greg Schmidt, gen. counsel for their owner, LIN. He and station officials said WANE-TV Fort Wayne, WISH-TV Indianapolis and WLFI-TV Lafayette aired…
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Without a Trace at 10 p.m. Dec. 31, 2004 - during the FCC’s so-called safe harbor period. The FCC, wrongly assuming the stations are in the Central time zone, fined them $97,500 total, Schmidt told us. He said he wrote to FCC officials asking them to rescind the fine. WSBT-TV South Bend said in a separate note to the Enforcement Bureau it was fined in error for carrying the show (CD March 24 p5). An Enforcement Bureau official declined to comment.