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No fine was imposed, since the FCC believed there may have been some uncertainty as to the reach of the Carlin case, and that its Section 1464 indecency provisions were applied for the first time in a number of years. [2] Infinity was instead warned of the risk of fines or the loss of its broadcast license if violations occurred. [14]
On June 21, 2012, the Court decided the re-appeal narrowly, striking down the fines as unconstitutionally vague, but upholding the authority of the FCC to act in the interests of the general public when licensing broadcast spectrums to enforce decency standards, so long as they are not vague, without violating the First Amendment. [2]
Petition to revoke the broadcast license of Fox-owned WTXF-TV in Philadelphia, filed by the liberal Media and Democracy Project on July 3, 2023, which alleged that the station’s corporate parent ...
In March 2024, WSFN was told by the Federal Communications Commission that it would be fined $16,200 and would lose the license to run its FM translator at 103.7 MHz. The FCC said WSFN had committed numerous violations, including being off the air without notifying the FCC, operating from a location not on its license and using equipment not on ...
Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel denounced former President Donald Trump’s “threats against free speech” Thursday after he attacked CBS and called for the ...
The FCC announced a proposed fine of $146,976 against ESPN for six apparent violations of the Emergency Alert System rules. According to the agency, ESPN transmitted (or caused the transmission of
The FCC's mission, specified in Section One of the Communications Act of 1934 and amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (amendment to 47 U.S.C. §151), is to "make available so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, rapid, efficient, nationwide, and world-wide wire and radio ...
The FCC issues licenses for broadcast stations, not networks, Feldstein said. On the FCC website, it states the agency does not license “TV or radio networks (such as CBS, NBC, ABC or Fox) or ...