The Federal Communications Commission plans to fine WDBJ (Channel 7) in Roanoke $325,000 for showing sexually explicit material in a 2012 newscast. It is the largest penalty the FCC has ever levied for a single indecent broadcast at a station.
The FCC announced its ruling Monday after an investigation that stemmed from a WDBJ news story about a former adult film star who had joined a local volunteer rescue squad. During the report, which aired on WDBJ’s 6 p.m. newscast on July 12, 2012, the station showed an image of a sexually explicit video taken from a website, the FCC said in a news release.
(fwiw, it was a picture of a handjob that appeared on the side of the screen. WDBJ said that it was offscreen on the monitors during editing, and that's how it slipped past censors.)
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Empire_of_the_mind ago
The Federal Communications Commission plans to fine WDBJ (Channel 7) in Roanoke $325,000 for showing sexually explicit material in a 2012 newscast. It is the largest penalty the FCC has ever levied for a single indecent broadcast at a station.
The FCC announced its ruling Monday after an investigation that stemmed from a WDBJ news story about a former adult film star who had joined a local volunteer rescue squad. During the report, which aired on WDBJ’s 6 p.m. newscast on July 12, 2012, the station showed an image of a sexually explicit video taken from a website, the FCC said in a news release.
grandmacaesar ago
Actually, the newscast appeared in 2012, but the fine was levied in March of this year.
http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/roanoke.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/5d/e5d4b69a-4f09-5f10-ae38-c6dbe6b14a92/5510704ea36a5.pdf.pdf
(fwiw, it was a picture of a handjob that appeared on the side of the screen. WDBJ said that it was offscreen on the monitors during editing, and that's how it slipped past censors.)