Public comments on 4 indecency orders remanded to the FCC can be ...
Public comments on 4 indecency orders remanded to the FCC can be viewed at Commission hq in the Reference Information Center, said an agency staffer. There are no plans for the comments to be posted, as they are in…
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most cases. Comments were due yesterday (Thurs.), said an FCC public notice this month. The 2nd U.S. Appeals Court, N.Y. in Fox vs. FCC, sent the orders back to the Commission (CD Sept 8 p2). At an industry conference, FCC Comrs. Adelstein and McDowell were asked about FCC indecency policy, but someone who heard them speak said they offered few guidelines about how broadcasters can avoid running afoul of Commission rules. Adelstein said he doesn’t favor “prior restraint” -- judging a program before it airs -- according to the person who heard him at a breakfast at NAB’s radio show in Dallas. McDowell suggested there’s no bright line on the effect of a program’s context on whether it’s indecent, the attendee said. Adelstein and McDowell said they hope an order on radio multicasting will be completed soon, said a person who heard them speak at a breakfast Thurs. at the NAB radio show. Adelstein said commissioners seem close to agreement on public interest obligations to put in the order, according to another person in the audience. A vote on the order -- which industry officials expect to allow FM multicasts and nighttime AM digital radio -- has been delayed several times (CD Sept 7 p2). It didn’t get on this month’s FCC meeting agenda but could be voted on in circulation. NAB said the show attracted 3,099 registrants.