Congressional Digest

Excerpt

Ever since the early days of commercial radio, the Federal
Government has had a role in dictating standards of decency in
programming broadcast over the public airwaves. Current law, which has
its roots in the Radio Act of 1927, makes it unlawful to “utter any
obscene, indecent, or profane language” on television or radio.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the government
agency tasked with establishing guidelines and regulating broadcasters,
and it enforces its standards of broadcast decency by issuing fines and
license suspensions.
For more than 30 years, the FCC has
ruled that…