FCC REGULATION OF BROADCAST INDECENCY - Notes

2. Tedford, p. 383.

3. Tedford, p. 385.

4. In re Palmetto Broadcasting Co., WDKD, Kingstree, SC, 33 FCC at 265 (1961).

5. 33 FCC at 272.

6. 33 FCC at 301.

7. 33 FCC at 300.

8. 33 FCC at 297.

9. 33 FCC at 298.

10. 33 FCC at 300.

11. 33 FCC at 298.

12. 33 FCC at 299.

13. In re Pacifica Foundation, 36 FCC at 147 (1964).

14. 36 FCC at 148-149.

15. 36 FCC at 150.

16. In re WUHY-FM, Eastern Educational Radio, 24 FCC 2d. at 410 (1970).

17. 24 FCC 2d. at 411.

18. 24 FCC 2d. at 410.

19. Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971).

20. Illinois Citizens Committee for Broadcasting, et.al., v. FCC, 515 F.2d. at 400 (1975).

21. In re WGLD-FM, Oak Park, IL, 41 FCC 2d. at 919 (1973).

22. 41 FCC 2d. at 920.

23. Justice Brennan, Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957).

24. 41 FCC 2d. at 920.

25. 515 F.2d. at 401.

26. Tedford, p. 173.

27. 515 F.2d. at 404.

28. 515 F.2d. at 404.

29. 515 F.2d. at 405, quoting Miller v. California, 413 U.S. at 27.

30. 515 F.2d. at 405.

31. 515 F.2d. at 405.

32. 515 F.2d. at 405.

33. 515 F.2d. at 406.

34. 515 F.2d. at 406.

35. Pacifica Foundation v. FCC, F.2d. 9 (D.C. Circ. 1977).

36. FCC v. Pacifica, 438 U.S. at 738.

37. 438 U.S. at 735.

38. 438 U.S. at 732.

39. 438 U.S. at 746.

40. 438 U.S. at 746.

41. 438 U.S. at 747.

42. 438 U.S. at 765.

43. 438 U.S. at 765-766.

44. 438 U.S. at 767.

45. 438 U.S. at 768.

46. 438 U.S. at 773-774.

47. 438 U.S. at 775.

48. In the matter of Pacifica Foundation, licensee of KPFK-FM, 2 FCC Rcd Vol. 9 at 2699 (1987).

49. 2 FCC Rcd at 2699.

50. 2 FCC Rcd at 2700.

51. 2 FCC Rcd at 2701.

52. In the matter of The Regents of the University of California, licensee of KCSB-FM, 2 FCC Rcd Vol. 9 at 2703-2704 (1987).

53. 2 FCC Rcd at 2703.

54. In the matter of Infinity Broadcasting Co. of Pennsylvania, licensee of WYSP(FM), 2 FCC Rcd Vol. 9 at 2706 (1987).

55. New Indecency Enforcement Standard to Be Applied to All Broadcast and Amateur Radio Licensees, 62 RR 2d. at 1218 (1987).

56. 62 RR 2d. at 1218.

57. 64 RR 2d. at 212, footnote 1. Petitioners included the National Association of Broadcasters, Action for Children's Television, Association of Independent Television Stations, Inc., Motion Picture Association of America, National Public Radio, The New York TImes Co., People for the American Way, and several other organizations.

58. Indecency Policy Reconsideration, 64 RR 2d. at 211 (1987).

59. 64 RR 2d. at 212.

60. 64 RR 2d. at 212.

61. Action for Children's Television, et. al., v. FCC, 852 F.2d. at 1338-1339 (1988).

62. 852 F.2d. at 1341.

63. 852 F.2d. at 1343, footnote 18.

64. In the matter of Enforcement of Prohibitions Against Broadcast Obscenity and Indecency in 18 U.S.C. 1464, 65 RR 2d at 1038, citing P.L. No. 100-459 (1988).

65. Guy A. Reiss, "New FCC Standards on Indecency on the Air and the First Amendment: Offensive Obscenity or Profound Profanity?" (Columbia-V.L.A. Journal of Law and the Arts, 13:221-259, Winter 1989), p. 233, citing 134 Cong. Rec., July 28, 1988 at 9913.

66. In the matter of Enforcement of Prohibitions Against Broadcast Obscenity and Indecency in 18 U.S.C. 1464, 5 FCC Rcd No. 17 at 5297 (1990).

67. Sable Communications of California, Inc., v. FCC, 492 U.S. at 122 (1989).

68. 492 U.S. at 124.

69. 492 U.S. at 126.

70. Notice of Inquiry into Indecency Prohibitions, 4 FCC Rcd No. 24 at 8358 (1989).

71. 5 FCC Rcd at 5310, footnote 6.

72. 5 FCC Rcd at 5302.

73. 5 FCC Rcd at 5303.

74. 5 FCC Rcd at 5309.

75. 5 FCC Rcd at 5300.

76. 5 FCC Rcd at 5305.

77. 5 FCC Rcd at 5307.

78. 5 FCC Rcd at 5307.

79. 5 FCC Rcd at 5300.

80. 5 FCC Rcd at 5308.

81. Schneider v. State, 308 U.S. 147 (1939).

82 5 FCC Rcd at 5309.

83. 5 FCC Rcd at 7291-7292. The licensees fined were Sagittarius Broadcasting Co., licensee of WXRK-FM, New York, NY; Infinity Broadcasting Co. of PA, licensee of WYSP-FM, Philadelphia; and Infinity Broadcasting Co. of Wash., D.C., licensee of WJFK(FM), Manassas, VA.

84. 5 FCC Rcd at 7688.

85. 5 FCC Rcd at 5302.

86. The United States Law Week, 59 LW 2720, June 4, 1991.