The FCC summarily rejected an Infinity Bcstg. petition for recons...
The FCC summarily rejected an Infinity Bcstg. petition for reconsideration of $27,500 indecency fine, the maximum per violation. The FCC issued the fine for indecent material that aired on Infinity’s WKRK(FM) Detroit, “Deminski and Doyle Show,” which it said…
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aired graphic depictions of sex acts while children could be listening (CD Dec 9/03 p12). Infinity’s petition raised constitutional and other arguments the FCC had rejected at the time the fine was issued, the FCC said. “The material was some of the most egregious broadcast indecency that I have yet encountered,” Comr. Adelstein said. Comr. Martin thought the $27,500 fine was inadequate. “I would have found several violations within this program and assessed the statutory maximum for each violation, for a total fine of over $200,000,” Martin said. Infinity has no comment, a spokesman said.