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Aug. 8, 2006

Public-TV Station Challenges FCC Indecency Fine

SAN FRANCISCO - In a case closely watched across the country, a Bay Area public television station is challenging the Bush administration's crackdown on indecency that punished the station for airing a blues music documentary laced with profane words.

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - In a case closely watched across the country, a Bay Area public television station is challenging the Bush administration's crackdown on indecency that punished the station for airing a blues music documentary laced with profane words.
      KCSM in San Mateo is fighting a $15,000 Federal Communications Commission fine it received for the prime-t...

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