WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed its largest fine ever for broadcast indecency. The FCC announced a proposed fine of $755,000 against Clear Channel Communications for 26 indecency violations by four of its radio stations. The commission’s penalties came at the maximum of $27,500 per violation for material reportedly broadcast on the “Bubba the Love Sponge” program. According to the FCC, the violations involved “graphic and explicit sexual and/or excretory material and were designed to pander to, titillate and shock listeners.”
The FCC also added $40,000 to the fine for a nondecency violation.
On the same day as the Clear Channel fine, Jan. 27, the FCC also proposed a fine of $27,500 against Young Broadcasting of San Francisco as a result of a male exposing himself on KRON, Channel 4.
The FCC announced its fines a day before a House of Representatives subcommittee held a hearing on broadcast indecency. (TAB)
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