"When the commission makes the determination that a program is indecent, we typically fine the licensee that broadcast it. Although the commission has the authority to fine an artist personally, we have never done so nor do I support doing so. Over the years, fines had become trivial. A routine violation generally received a paltry $7,000 fine, with the maximum fine being $27,500. The agency has increased penalties significantly, recognizing that they must be large enough for billion-dollar media companies to stop treating fines as a minor cost of doing business."
-powell
the ramped up fines and undefined criteria are a formula of demise for small independent broadcasters.
WFMU Station Manager Ken Freedman took the airwaves on December 1st to give his first State of the Station talk and listener phone-in session in several years. He discusses various station projects and problems, from a planned new antenna for 91.1 fm listeners, to the recent FCC language crackdown. You can hear the archive of it in Realaudio or MP3.
while your there check out the Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) contribution.
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-powell
the ramped up fines and undefined criteria are a formula of demise for small independent broadcasters.
WFMU Station Manager Ken Freedman took the airwaves on December 1st to give his first State of the Station talk and listener phone-in session in several years. He discusses various station projects and problems, from a planned new antenna for 91.1 fm listeners, to the recent FCC language crackdown. You can hear the archive of it in Realaudio or MP3.
while your there check out the Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) contribution.
- bill 12-03-2004 6:33 pm