*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 20742.doc* NEWS News media Information 202 / 418- 0500 TTY 202 / 418- 2555 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street, S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D. C. Circ 1974). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: News Media contact: August 19, 2002 Jordan Goldstein at (202) 418- 2000 STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS ON COMPLAINTS RECEIVED REGARDING RADIO BROADCAST OF SEX ACT IN ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL I have received many outraged e- mails and phone calls complaining about a running on- air broadcast of a sex act in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York as part of a radio stunt. According to the complaints and press accounts, this act took place within a few feet of worshippers and visitors. I have forwarded each of the complaints to our Enforcement Bureau for action. I expect this complaint to be on the fast- track at the Commission. Congress passed laws limiting the broadcast of "obscene, indecent or profane" language and charged the FCC with the enforcement of these laws. The FCC has a responsibility to ensure that the indecency laws of the United States are being vigorously enforced. I take this responsibility with the utmost seriousness. If these complaints and press accounts prove true, this Commission should consider the strongest enforcement action possible against this station, up to and including revocation of the station’s license. - FCC - 1