Detroit WKRK Fined for Indecency
Dec 8, 2003 20:43:49 GMT -5
Post by osbumlets on Dec 8, 2003 20:43:49 GMT -5
Detroit Radio Station Fined $27,500 for Indecency
Mon Dec 8, 3:57 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Detroit radio station was fined on Monday $27,500 for airing a show during which the hosts and listeners described strange and explicit sex techniques, including physical assaults on women.
The Federal Communications Commission also warned Viacom Inc.'s Infinity radio unit, owner of the station that aired the program, 97.1 WKRK-FM in Detroit, that it could face the revocation of its broadcast license if further serious indecency violations occur.
The show in question, "Deminski & Doyle," aired Jan. 9, 2002 between 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., a prime listening hour for children. The show hosts did warn women and children not to listen to that segment.
"The material that Infinity broadcast was extremely graphic, lewd and offensive and continued over an extended period of time and included conversations with nine callers," the FCC said.
Infinity told the FCC that the indecency standard violated the broadcaster's free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution. The Detroit show is still on the air.
full article -- news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=1896&u=/nm/media_infinity_fcc_dc&printer=1
Mon Dec 8, 3:57 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Detroit radio station was fined on Monday $27,500 for airing a show during which the hosts and listeners described strange and explicit sex techniques, including physical assaults on women.
The Federal Communications Commission also warned Viacom Inc.'s Infinity radio unit, owner of the station that aired the program, 97.1 WKRK-FM in Detroit, that it could face the revocation of its broadcast license if further serious indecency violations occur.
The show in question, "Deminski & Doyle," aired Jan. 9, 2002 between 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., a prime listening hour for children. The show hosts did warn women and children not to listen to that segment.
"The material that Infinity broadcast was extremely graphic, lewd and offensive and continued over an extended period of time and included conversations with nine callers," the FCC said.
Infinity told the FCC that the indecency standard violated the broadcaster's free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution. The Detroit show is still on the air.
full article -- news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=1896&u=/nm/media_infinity_fcc_dc&printer=1