Word: fcc
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...corrupting influence of raunchy radio and off-color television shows? After midnight, the Federal Communications Commission determined last week. In a clarification of its newly enunciated guidelines on "indecent" programming, the commission ruled that broadcasters can air such material between 12 midnight and 6 a.m. without fear of FCC censure. Reason: those are the hours when children are not likely to be in the audience...
...children' s TV overloaded with commercials and toy tie- ins? Under pressure from critics, the FCC may set some limits...
...laissez-faire era of children's TV may be coming to an end. One watershed: in June a federal appeals court ordered the FCC to reconsider a 1984 ruling that freed broadcasters from any limits on the amount of commercial time permitted on children's programming. In response, the FCC last month launched a broad inquiry into children's TV. The probe will examine not only whether limits on advertising time ought to be reimposed but also whether restrictions should be placed on the more than 25 shows currently airing that feature toys as their main characters. The inquiry seems...
...activist groups, including Action for Children's Television, have mounted a serious court challenge to the FCC. In two rulings, the second of which came last week, federal judges in Washington have ordered the FCC to justify its policy or come up with new guidelines on the commercial content of children...
...broadcasting in the public interest. Later, detectives hired by rivals discovered that General Tire was maintaining slush funds for such uses as improper overseas payments and questionable campaign contributions. RKO lost its license for Boston TV station WNAC in 1980. Among the misdeeds cited by the FCC judge last week: the chain allegedly filed false and misleading financial statements between 1971 and 1975 and overcharged its advertisers on 55% of its ad invoices during a 17-month period...