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FCC chairman Michael Powell stated that the number of indecency complaints to the FCC had risen from 350 in the years 2000 and 2001, to 14,000 in 2002 and 240,000 in 2003. [59] It was also found that the PTC had generated most of the indecency complaints received by the Federal Communications Commission.
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 ...
As with its first, the FCC dismissed Americom's second forfeiture in 2000. [41] In 1994, a complaint sent to the FCC cited offensive material on two shows from December 6, 1993 and January 19, 1994 that aired on WWKB in Buffalo, New York. Upon review, Infinity received a collective $200,000 fine on May 20, with the four Infinity stations being ...
Here are the three complaints and the one petition the FCC is dismissing: Complaint against ABC-owned WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, filed by the conservative Center for American Rights on Sept. 24 ...
We reviewed a year's worth of FCC complaints about TV filed by PA residents. They had a lot of beefs: Sex, drugs, racism, politics, deodorant, razors.
The FCC, which regulates communications by radio, television, satellite and cable, hears complaints for a wide range of issues, from affordability of cell phone services to the hosting of ...
The PTC, which has generated most of the indecency complaints received by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), [27] [28] has filed formal FCC complaints against Family Guy episodes. The first indecency complaint was reported following the January 2005 rebroadcast of "And the Wiener Is...". The complaint was denied by the ...
In order to create an actionable complaint pursuant to FCC rules, an individual with a home phone or a personal cell phone is required to specify details of the infraction to the FCC. Typically this includes facts such as when the call occurred, the phone number called, the calling organization, the goods or services being marketed, and whether ...