The original article stated that the FCC sent out new guidelines two months prior. Unless that's mistaken, there were apparently new guidelines issued by the FCC that expand the definition of indecent. The FCC release itself refers to rulemaking clarification made in April, 2001 (FCC 01-90) as reasoning behind their fine (a release made after the original complaint was made, by the way). http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Enforcement/Orders/2001/fcc01090.txt ------------------ Houston Sports Board Film Dallas.com AntiBud.com [This message has been edited by mrpaige (edited June 14, 2001).] [This message has been edited by mrpaige (edited June 14, 2001).]
I just got done reading a blurb about a radio station in Colorado that was fined $7,000 by the FCC for playing the edited version of The Real Slim Shady. Even though the edited version removed all the bad words, new FCC guidelines on offensive material restrict the playing of even if the bad words have been edited out. The song apparently doesn't even have to have bad words in it at all to be considered offensive. Innuendo can be a factor in determining whether something is indecent. FCC fines radio station for playing "radio edit" version of song A Colorado radio station has not paid the $7,000 fine it received after broadcasting Eminem’s “The Real Slim Shady.” The Federal Communication Commission has slapped a Colorado radio station with a $7,000 indecency fine for airing an edited version of Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady." Kathleen Kirby, an attorney for the station, warned that the decision could set a dangerous precedent for other stations that have played the song. The edited version of the song was provided by the record label. Most radio stations assume using the label-edited version of the song provides immunity from federal obscenity and indecency rules. "The danger involved is that folks at the station level can't take comfort in the fact that something labeled 'radio edit version' is in compliance with the FCC's rules," Kirby told Daily Variety. The FCC ruled on June 1 that KKMG-FM in Colorado Springs, Colo., violated indecency rules by airing the song, which contains "sexual references in conjunction with sexual expletives that appear intended to pander and shock." Two months ago, the FCC issued new guidelines for obscene and indecent material. The rules include innuendo as a factor, even if expletives are not in the material. The FCC's ban on patently offensive broadcasts runs from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., the hours when children are most likely to tune in. Bobby Irwin, KKMG operations manager, said the edited version of the song was not indecent because the expletives were deleted. Although the station stopped airing the song on June 1 after receiving the FCC's notice, it has not paid the fine and is still deciding what to do, Irwin told the Associated Press. A Madison, Wis., radio station paid a $7,000 fine earlier this year after it played the unedited version of the song. As a parent, I'm getting a little tired of this whole coordinated effort telling me that I am incapable of raising my kids so the government has to do it for me. ------------------ Houston Sports Board Film Dallas.com AntiBud.com
