Broadcasting & Cable articles from August 2003

Broadcasting & Cable archives from August 2003

Queer (as in odd) ideas become cable winners. (programming).(analysis of ratings for new cable television programs )(Industry Overview)
August 4, 2003... From the Old West to new-and-improved straight guys, cable is delivering some summertime hits. Leading the pack: USA Network's latest original Peacemakers, a Western detective drama. And Bravo--not usually the channel people dish about at bars...

Flip flop flip: no, that's not the sound of sandals on the pool deck; it's NAB on the 35% TV ownership cap.
August 4, 2003... Critics and allies alike were roasting the National Association of Broadcasters after the trade group declared that its on-again/off again support for legislation that would reinstate the cap on national TV ownership was on again. "I'm not...

D.C. heat freezes market. (Media Ownership).
August 4, 2003... If the Federal Register makes good on plans to publish the FCC's controversial June 2 ownership changes tomorrow, industry trade groups, public advocates and company lawyers can pencil in Sept. 4 as the effective day of the rules, but that...

Viacom signs $400m pact with Nielsen: series of contracts supports local people meters in top 10 markets. (Top of the Week).
August 4, 2003... Call it a banner year for Nielsen Media Research. Not only has it lined up the two biggest ratings contracts in its history, but it has also essentially won the battle with broadcasters over the local people meter. Last week, Viacom and...

DeWitt departs after all. (Breaking ...).(Gone DeWitt, president of the Syndicated Network Television Association)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... LOS ANGELES -- Gone DeWitt, president of the Syndicated Network Television Association, has abruptly left the group. A terse statement said Friday morning, "SNTA announced today that Gene DeWitt is no longer with the organization. The board...

Paxson: revenue off, cash flow up. (Breaking ...).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. -- Paxson reported a 4% drop in net revenue to $66 million for the second quarter (ended June 30) while operating cash flow climbed to $14.5 million from $3.5 million in the same period a year ago. The cash-flow gain is...

Citadel succeeds with IPO. (Breaking ...).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... LAS VEGAS -- Citadel Broadcasting's initial public offering was a success, with shares rising slightly as the radio group began trading Friday. Citadel raised $418 million, pricing 22 million shares at $19 each. At midday Friday, the price was...

Rainbow ups Dore, Greenburg. (Top of the Week).
August 4, 2003... After the June housecleaning at Cablevision System's Rainbow Media Holdings, now comes the rearranging. Rainbow Media last week elevated two veteran executives to take over areas vacated when Rainbow axed 14 staffers, including AMC Networks...

Disney logs improved 3Q results: ABC is on right path to recovery, Iger says. (Top of the Week).
August 4, 2003... ABC showed some financial improvement during parent Disney's fiscal third quarter (ended June 30) in both operating cash flow and revenue, with most of it from cost-cutting at the network and revenue gains by the TV and radio stations. On...

B&C indices: week of July 25-31. (Top of the Week).(Illustration)
August 4, 2003... THE B&C 10 WEEK 3.2% YTD 12.9% BROADCAST TV GROUPS WEEK 0.1% YTD 7.9% CABLE TV MSO'S WEEK 3.0% YTD 17.6% RADIO WEEK 1.1% YTD 6.1% CLOSE WEEK YTD ...

Programming notes. (Fast Track).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... NBC CABLE is exploring creating Hispanic-targeted digital services. The company is looking at both digital networks and video-on-demand offerings, possibly using some TELEMUNDO product.... SECTION EIGHT TELEVISION, headed by GEORGE CLOONEY...

McCain unveils election-coverage bill. (Fast Track).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... As promised, SEN. JOHN MCCAIN last week introduced a bill that would place new election-season obligations on TV and radio stations. His plan, similar to one he introduced last year, would require broadcasters to air at least two hours a week...

Hallmark slates off-nets. (M*A*S*H Moves).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Hallmark Channel is bulking up its acquired-series lineup. Four will arrive in September: newly acquired off-nets of Matlock, Little House on the Prairie and The Lone Ranger, as welt as M*A*S*H, which Hallmark picked up from FX. The cable...

VIACOM's WCBS-TV New York is partnering with GANNETT's Journal News to share news resources, cross-promote and explore other programming opportunities. (On the News).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... VIACOM's WCBS-TV New York is partnering with GANNETT's Journal News to share news resources, cross-promote and explore other programming opportunities. WCBS-TV will locate its Westchester County bureau, including a studio, at the paper's White...

The minority workforce as a percentage of all TV and radio news staffers was down in 2003 for the second year in a row. (On the News).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... The minority workforce as a percentage of all TV and radio news staffers was down in 2003 for the second year in a row. That's according to the latest RTNDA/BALL STATE survey. In addition, concludes the survey, "over the last nine years, there...

Cable: high-speed sales slow: Telcos report slower growth for Internet access service. (Top of the Week).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Telephone companies' price-cutting on their high-speed Internet service hasn't inflicted a lot of damage on their cable rivals, but the rapid growth of cable-modem service is showing signs of abating. All four cable operators posting...

Field promotion. (Marketing).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Promoters from the American Forces Television Service, part of the U.S. Armed Forces Radio and Television Network, paid a visit to Fox last Friday for some basic training in edgy promotion from the folks at that network's marketing department....

A Rainbow of accolades for Bravo. (Programming).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... While NBC execs toast the success of Bravo's makeover show, the folks over at the nets former parent, Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings, may be shaking their heads a bit. Queer Eye (right) was in the works when NBC acquired Bravo last fall....

Remaking history. (Government).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Unless our ears deceived us last week during the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on broadcasters' public service obligations--we were tapped into the Webcast--the rambling radio history from one senator put the Wanamaker building in...

Fine tuning. (Radio).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Veteran New York broadcaster and wordsmith Bill O'Shaughnessy issued an edict last week levying fines for on-air guests and show hosts on his WVOX(AM)/ WRTN(FM) New Rochelle, N.Y., stations who used the exclamation "absolutely!" as well as...

FCC eyes 70/70. (Regulation).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... AOL Time Warner and other cable giants could face new battles over their ability to own both programming and cable systems or over other restrictions floated by opponents of media concentration. The FCC raised the prospect quietly in last...

Broadcast nets to stagger fall launches. (Top of the Week).
August 4, 2003... The Big Three broadcast networks will launch their fall schedules for the most part in line with Nielsen's official Sept. 22 start date. The WB and UPN will get most of their schedules under way before then to evade the shadows of their bigger...

Where the upscale viewers are: Magna Global study ranks shows by audience income. (research).
August 4, 2003... NBC's Thursday night, led by Will & Grace, is the most upscale in television, attracting the largest percentage of adults 18-49 who earn incomes of more than $75,000 annually, according to a new report from Magna Global's Steve Sternberg....

ESPN-HD reaches 50 million subs. (Top of the Week).
August 4, 2003... ESPN-HD has signed a carriage deal with Comcast, and subscribers in a number of markets are already receiving the service as part of the cable operator's free HD tier. Subscribers with HD sets need only an HD set-top box, which they rent for...

Hope and glory: radio/TV star had it all, and gave it back in smiles and service. (Top of the week: appreciation).
August 4, 2003... Bob Hope, 100, was arguably the most recognizable entertainer of his era; Bing Crosby would have said it was the nose. When radio and TV's most enduring star died of pneumonia July 27 at his home in Toluca lake, Calif., the outpouring of...

The big bucks behind the big leagues. (Rights & Contracts).
August 4, 2003... TV networks will pay out about $5.8 billion on sports rights next year. The Big Four broadcasters will spend almost as much on sports as they do on sitcoms and dramas for their prime time schedule, Here is a look at the finer points of who's...

Teams face low-scoring TV deals: networks are finally tiring of stiff sports losses. (Special Report).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... You've never seen bruising hockey guys as conciliatory as you're about to see as National Hockey League officials renegotiate their just expired ESPN/ABC deal. The booming economy during the previous round, in 2000, allowed the league to...

Dedicated to the hungry fanatic: there's hardly a sport that doesn't have its niche net. (Rights & Contracts).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Outdoor Life Network President Roger Williams is glowing over what he calls "the Lance effect" on his cable channel. That's Lance Armstrong, the superstar cyclist who raced to his dramatic fifth Tour de France victory last month. As Armstrong...

CBS sticks by made-for movies: for the other broadcast nets, movies are sweeps events or not on the schedule at all. (Programming).
August 4, 2003... More than the other broadcast networks, CBS still likes a good made-for-TV movie. In fact, it's the only network where movies remain a regular part of the schedule. "Movies give us a really nice platform to do the bigger miniseries, books and a...

ET seeks to broaden its base: adds Latino star Ponce, style maven Cojocaru. (Programming).
August 4, 2003... Paramount's Entertainment Tonight last week added Latin singing and acting sensation Carlos Ponce to its roster as part of the show's continuing effort to expand its brand and its audience base after 22 years on television. "Carlos Ponce...

Ratings: July 14-20. (Syndication Watch).(Illustration)
August 4, 2003... Nielsen Media Research Top 25 Shows Adults 18-34 RANK PROGRAM AA GAA 1 Friends 4.9 5.7 2 Seinfeld 4.0 4.6 3 Seinfeld (wknd)...

Missing won't be. (weekly half-hour).
August 4, 2003... Syndication's fall season was supposed to start with four new weekly half-hours, a dying breed in this age of consolidation and 500 channels. As September nears, though, only Telco Productions' Missing remains in the mix. Hearst...

Twentieth elevates two on court shows. (Syndie Insider).(Laura Gelles)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Twentieth Television has promoted Laura Gelles to executive producer of Divorce Court, beginning its fifth season, and promoted Karen Melamed to co-executive producer on Texas Justice, according to Twentieth President and COO Bob Cook. Melamed...

New development VP at Buena Vista. (Syndie Insider).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Rob Morhaim has been named vice president of development for Buena Vista Productions, said BVP executive vice president Holly Jacobs. In his new job, Morhaim will oversee development for first-run syndication and reality for prime time and...

Season highs for Justice, Jones. (Syndie Insider).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Two shows hit new season highs in the middle of the slow summer syndie season during the week ended July 20. Covering breaking news about pro basketball star Kobe Bryant's sexual assault charges, Warner Bros.' Celebrity Justice was up 15% to a...

Nielsen ratings: July 21-27. (Programming).(Illustration)
August 4, 2003... NIELSEN RATINGS July 21-27 abc CBS MONDAY Week 44 3.7/6 6.3/11 8:00 73. Less The Perfect 3.3/6 32. Yes, Dear 4.9/9 8:30...

TNT goes West with Spielberg. (Programming).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... TNT is partnering with director Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Television for a 12-hour series about the opening of the American West. It will trace the paths of two families, one American and one Native American, living in the West....

Packers pervasive. (Market focus: Green Bay).
August 4, 2003... The Green Bay-Appleton, Wis., DMA ranks first in watching sports on TV, according to Lifestyle Market Analyst. Not surprisingly, tile local stations package a ton of programs around the storied Green Bay Packers football franchise. "I...

Target: 'fully engaged' viewers: initiative Media/MIT research suggests they channel-surf less, recall more. (TV Buyer).
August 4, 2003... In a perfect world for TV advertisers, their target audiences would be glued to the set every time their commercials air. But, as any viewer with a working remote knows, it doesn't quite work that way. Not in a world where there are just too...

Cable scatter is strong in 3Q. (EBB & Flow).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Cable networks are commanding double-digit rate hikes in third-quarter scatter ad sales, and executives expect even bigger hikes later in the quarter. Bruce Lefkowitz, EVP, ad sales, FX, says third-quarter scatter increases are 10%-15% so...

On your mark ... (Capital Watch).(FCC broadcast rules take effect September 4, probably)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... The FCC's new broadcast-ownership rules will take effect Sept. 4 if the Federal Register sticks with its plan to publish the text of changes in its Aug. 5 edition. The Register provides official public notice of agencies' rule changes. The...

Powell takes Times to make case. (Capital Watch).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... FCC Chairman Michael Powell defended his agency's relaxation of broadcast-ownership limits in an opinion piece in The New York Times last week. He took specific aim at congressional efforts to reinstate the 35% cap on one company's national...

Minority wins Texas stick. (Capital Watch).(Minority Media TV 38)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Minority Media TV 38's final bid of $6.8 million was enough to win rights to build a new TV station on ch. 38 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The bid was part of an auction conducted by the FCC that ended Monday. Minority Media is led by John Warren,...

Martin aide joins White House. (Capital Watch).(Daniel Gonzalez to become media legal advisor for Kevin Martin)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Daniel Gonzalez will take on media legal advisory and press duties for FCC Chairman Kevin Martin after special adviser Emily Willeford was tapped to be special assistant to senior White House advisor Karl Rove. Gonzalez, who is also Martin's...

Roberts wins OK for two TVs. (Capital Watch).(Roberts Broadcasting allowed to build two TV stations)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... The FCC Wednesday announced it is ready to grant construction permits for two TV stations auctioned in February 2002. Roberts Broadcasting, which bid $2.5 million for ch. 47 Columbia, S.C., and $1.9 million for ch. 34 Jackson, Miss., has until...

Tauzin stays put. (Capital Watch).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Talk that House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) might leave to head the Recording Industry Association of America has been put to rest. Mitch Bainwol, former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist...

FCC raises fees across the board. (Washington).
August 4, 2003... Broadcasters will pay a lot more in regulatory fees this year to help the FCC meet its congressionally set obligation to increase revenues from those fees by 23%. Large-market TV stations will see a hike of 18%-24% over 2002, the FCC said...

Cable helps stations leave analog behind: stations begin asking FCC for right to turn off analog transmission. (Technology).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... A northern-Virginia public-TV station that serves the Washington, D.C., market is hoping the FCC will give it permission to cease analog operations in September as it transitions to over-the-air digital. According to WNVT(TV) General Manager...

Is that the end of DAT? (Technology).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... In recent years, HHB's Portadat audio recording system based on Digital Audio Tape (DAT) has made believers of both TV and film audio professionals. But now HHB is looking to transition those believer's to its next-generation product: the HHB...

Mercury rising. (Cutting Edge).(Trilogy Broadcast's Mercury VoIP selected by Hearst-Argyle W-station)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... The Hearst-Argyle W-station group has selected Trilogy Broadcast's Mercury VoIP communications system. It will enable intercom-style WAN communications across the group, the first phase being the supply of user interfaces at the assignment...

A discreet launch. (Cutting Edge).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Discreet introduced the latest version of 3ds Max graphics package at the SIGGRAPH convention last week. Dubbed 3ds Max 6, it offers such new features as advanced schematic view for viewing and managing complex scenes, integrated Mental Ray...

HD Godfather. (Cutting Edge).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... HDNet signed a nine-year rights agreement last week with Paramount Domestic Television whereby HDNet will have access to more than 175 Paramount feature films, including The Godfather trilogy. Other titles include Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hrs.,...

Kasenna gets patent. (Cutting Edge).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Kasenne was awarded a patent for a technique the company says ensures the optimal delivery quality of video content over different types of networks (such as ADSL, VDSL, cable) and client devices of varying capabilities. The technology is...

Omneon aims to lower per-channel cost: server manufacturer will intro three hardware products at IBC. (Technology).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Omneon Networks went to NAB 2003 with new software and media tools but no new hardware. That will change at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam next month, when the company introduces three products. "We're trying to...

IT helps integrate GPB facility. (Servers, Storage and Networking).(Georgia Public Broadcasting)
August 4, 2003... The relationship between traditional broadcast engineering and IT departments can sometimes run aground on personality clashes and concerns over job security. That car pose a challenge for management--and also lead to hesitation when...

Verdict is in on Avalon: Court TV uses its automation system to manage Sun-based archive. (Servers, Storage and Networking).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Having a cable network dedicated to covering trial proceedings requires an archive system that can easily and quickly draw from a library of material that, more often than not, consists of a person on a witness stand with a microphone. It...

A street fighter for local cable ad sales: Farina aims to steal business away from stations. (The Fifth Estater).
August 4, 2003... Some sales calls are tougher than others. Long before Billy Farina was responsible for all local ad sales at Cox Communications cable systems, he was working the streets of Cranston, R.I. As with any local-cable ad-sales guy in the mid-1980s,...

WETA-TV. (Broadcast TV).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... At WETA-TV Washington: LISA LINDSTROM DELANY, general counsel, named VP/general counsel; DANA FITZGERALD, director, national program marketing, named VP; ADAM GRONSKI, director, corporate marketing, named VP.

Clear Channel Communications. (Broadcast TV).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... PATRICIA BODET, director, production and outreach, WOAI(TV) and Clear Channel Television, San Antonio, named director, diversity and outreach, Clear Channel Communications, San Antonio.

KTVT(TV)/KTXA(TV). (Broadcast TV).(DAVID HERSHEY)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... DAVID HERSHEY, director, creative services, Newschannel 8, Washington, joins KTVT(TV)/KTXA(TV) Dallas, in the same capacity.

KMIZ(IV)/KQFX(TV). (Broadcast TV).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... At KMIZ(IV)/KQFX(TV) Columbia, Mo.: RANDY WRIGHT, station manager/chief weathercaster, promoted to VP/GM; MARK HOTCHKISS, general sales manager, KSPR(IV) Springfield, Mo., joins as director, sales; MICHELLE LINN, morning news anchor, named...

Comcast Cable. (Cable TV).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... At Comcast Cable: ED MOUNT, VP/GM, Comcast Central Kentucky systems, has retired after 26 years with the company; SANDIE ZEIGLER, consultant, Comcast Southern Division, Jacksonville, Fla., joins the company as director, learning and...

Advance/Newhouse Communications. (Cable TV).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... SERGIO GAMBRO, consultant, Imagine Broadband, Reston, Va., joins Advance/Newhouse Communications, Syracuse, N.Y., director, operational support systems.

Showtime Networks. (Programming).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... At Showtime Networks, New York: PATRICK BURKS, senior VP, field operations, promoted to executive VP, cable distribution; TOM HAYDEN, senior VP, direct-to-home, promoted to executive VP.

TNT On-Air Creative. (Programming).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... MATTHEW BUNTING, director, entertainment promotion, TNT On-Air Creative, Atlanta, promoted to VP/ executive producer.

VH1 Communications. (Programming).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... At VH1, New York: TRACY MCGRAW, director, VH1 Communications, promoted to VP; BRENT HENNE, communications consultant, VH1, joins as director, corporate communications.

Sesame Workshop. (Programming).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... ANNE GORFINKEL, VP, project development and management, Sesame Workshop, New York, promoted to VP/executive director, educational outreach.

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (Programming).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... At World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Stamford, Conn.: NEIL LAWI, VP, media, Columbia Records, New York, joins as VP, publicity; DAN LEVI, VP, college media division, Youthstream Media Networks, Cranbury, N.J., joins as VP, brand marketing.

Sony Pictures Television International. (Programming).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... WALTER RODRIGUEZ, executive VP/managing partner, MindShare Mexico, Mexico City, joins Sony Pictures Television International, Mexico City, as regional director, advertising sales.

NBC Cable Networks. (Programming).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... TIM ALEXANDER, manager, marketing and affiliate services, NBC Cable Networks, Burbank, Calif., promoted to director, affiliate marketing.

Microsoft TV. (Programming).
August 4, 2003... LYNNE ELANDER, VP, video product development, Cox Communications, Atlanta, joins Microsoft TV, Redmond, Wash., as GM, marketing.

Guiding Light. (Programming).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... DONNA M. SWAJESKI, former breakdown writer, Guiding Light, New York, rejoins as co-headwriter.

TLC's Trading Spaces. (Programming).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... RICK RIFLE, production designer, Los Angeles, joins TLC's Trading Spaces, Los Angeles/Bethesda, Md., as designer.

KDVR(TV). (Journalism).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... JON BOWMAN, reporter, Denver Daily News, joins KDVR(TV) Denver, as general assignment reporter. WHAT'S YOUR FATE? Send it to Llanor Alleyne, editorial assistant, BROADCASTING & CABLE (e-mail: palleyne@reedbusiness; fax: 646-746-7028;...

We thank you so much. (Editorials: Broadcasting & Cable committed to the first amendment).(Editorial)
August 4, 2003... I was standing beside the bed of a kid, who was just coming out of the ether after an,, operation, Bob Hope once told BROADCASTING & CABLE. He had seen our show in the Pacific a few months before, lust as he opened his eyes, he looked up and...

A good soldier. (Editorials: Broadcasting & Cable committed to the first amendment).(Letter to the Editor)
August 4, 2003... The criticism of FCC Chairman Michael Powell over his media-ownership rule revamp is perfectly understandable given the passion of anti-deregulation forces, and so long as it is confined to the issues in dispute. The ad hominem attacks are out...

An open letter to John McCain. (Airtime: guest commentary).(Editorial)
August 4, 2003... Dear Sen. McCain: Seventy billion dollars is a big round number. It rolls easily off the tongue, especially when coupled with phrases like "digital spectrum" and "broadcast giveaway." And, because it comes from some eggheads on the FCC's own...

Open mike. (Forum / Letters / Editorials).(Letter to the Editor)
August 4, 2003... Editor: It stuns me that your magazine the clarion voice of reason over the past 80 years--would be such a quiet pussycat on this astonishing stoppage of the radio/TV station license application transfer process since June 2, 2003. I don't...

TV's big assist: Kobe Bryant media circus could prove dangerous distraction. (Forum / Letters / Editorials).
August 4, 2003... A conspiracy at the highest levels of government is afoot. Lean in and 111 tell you all about it. Here's the deal: Donald Rumsfeld and his pal Paul Wolfowitz set Kobe up. You heard me right. They hired that 19-year-old woman to seduce Kobe and...

Orlando fills the Hill bill. (Top of the Week).
August 4, 2003... John Orlando last week won the nod to be the National Association Broadcasters permanent chief lobbyist and executive vice president. Orlando has been the acting top lobbyist since Jim May left in February to become chief executive of the...

Will Billy stay or go?( Billy Tauzin may leave congress)
August 11, 2003... With the Democratic leadership of the Senate Commerce Committee in flux due to the pending retirement of Sen. Fritz Hollings (see page 30), many in Washington are wondering whether there will be a similar shuffling of the chairs on the other...

The Kobe and Conan show: show biz, news biz merge as TV chases stories of celebrity crime and politics.
August 11, 2003... Entertainment, journalism, crime, celebrity, politics, sports--an became one in the electronic mixer of television last week. The networks and TV stations sent an army of newspeople to the tiny town of Eagle, Colo., for the Wednesday court...

SNTA is at DeWitt's end. (Syndication Ad Sales).(Gene DeWitt parts from Syndicated Network Television Association)
August 11, 2003... The question being asked last week after the Syndicated Network Television Association parted ways with its president, Gene DeWitt, is, do syndicators really need an advertising trade association? There's no clear answer. apparently the...

What should FCC do with shock jocks? No easy answers to defining, enforcing indecency rules. (Top of the Week).
August 11, 2003... A group of broadcasters and First Amendment activists want the FCC to back off its threat to revoke station licenses for indecency violations. The First Amendment Coalition in a petition to the FCC last week argued that threats to toughen...