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 NEWS  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).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  January  24,  2005  Janice  Wise  (202)  418-  7450 
 FCC  DENIES  36  INDECENCY  COMPLAINTS  ABOUT  VARIOUS  TELEVISION  PROGRAMS 
 Washington,  D.  C.:  The  Federal  Communications  Commission  today  issued  two  orders  denying  a  total  of  36  complaints  alleging  that  various  television  station  licensees  had  aired  indecent 
 material  during  a  variety  of  programs.  The  complaints  had  alleged  that  various  programs  that  aired  between  October  29,  2001  and  February  11,  2004  contained  segments  of  a  sexually  explicit 
 nature  or  used  indecent  or  profane  language. 
 The  Commission  concluded  that,  in  context,  none  of  the  segments  were  patently  offensive  under  contemporary  community  standards  for  the  broadcast  medium,  and  thus  not  indecent.  The 
 Commission  also  found  that  the  material  was  not  profane,  in  context. 
 By  the  Commission:  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy  and  Adelstein.  Commissioners  Copps  and  Martin  approving  in  part/  dissenting  in  part  and  issuing  statements 
 (Commissioner  Martin  issuing  a  statement  at  a  later  date).  FCC  04-  279  and  FCC  04-  280,  December  8,  2004. 


 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  Janice  Wise  or  Lisa  Fowlkes  (202)  418-  7450 
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