*Pages 1--30 from Microsoft Word - 47669.doc* Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 1 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D. C. 20554 In the Matter of Complaints Against Various Licensees Regarding Their Broadcast Of The Fox Television Network Program “Married By America” On April 7, 2003 ) ) ) ) ) NAL/ Acct. No. 200532080003 File No. EB- 03- IH- 0162 1 NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Adopted: October 5, 2004 Released: October 12, 2004 By the Commission: Commissioner Martin issuing a statement. I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (“ NAL”), issued pursuant to section 503( b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), and section 1.80 of the Commission’s rules, 2 we find that the licensees of 169 Fox Television Network stations (“ Fox Network Stations”) 3 apparently broadcast indecent material during an episode of the Fox program “Married By America” on April 7, 2003, in apparent willful violation of the federal restrictions regarding the broadcast of indecent material. Based on our review of the facts and circumstances in this case, we conclude that the licensees are apparently liable for monetary forfeitures in the amount of $7,000 for each of their respective stations that broadcast the material at issue, for a total proposed forfeiture of $1,183,000. II. BACKGROUND 2. “Married By America” was a “reality- based” television program in which several single adults agreed to be engaged to and potentially marry each other, even though they had never previously met. The April 7, 2003 episode of the program focused on the Las Vegas bachelor and bachelorette parties for the remaining two couples. These parties featured strippers and various sexual situations. Following that broadcast, the Commission received 159 complaints alleging that the “Married By America” episode contained indecent material. 4 After reviewing the complaints and a videotape of the 1 The Attachment hereto lists the FCC Registration Numbers (“ FRNs”), Facility Identification Numbers, and NAL account numbers for the licensees and stations involved in this proceeding. 2 47 U. S. C. § 503( b); 47 C. F. R. § 1.80. 3 For purposes of this NAL, the “Fox Network Stations” include: (i) the television stations identified in the Attachment that are licensed to or ultimately controlled by Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. (“ Fox Stations”); and (ii) the television stations identified in the Attachment that are Fox Television Network affiliates but not licensed to or ultimately controlled by Fox (“ Fox Affiliates”). 4 See, e. g., E- mail from Complainant to Michael Powell, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, et al., dated April 30, 2003. 1 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 2 subject episode, the Enforcement Bureau directed a letter of inquiry (“ LOI”) to TVT License, Inc., licensee of Station WTVT( TV), Tampa, Florida, seeking further information about the episode. 5 By letters dated August 11 and September 9, 2003, Fox responded to the LOI. 6 3. In its responses, Fox states that all of the Fox Stations identified in the Attachment hereto broadcast “Married By America” prior to 10: 00 p. m. on the date in question. Fox also states that none of the Fox Affiliates identified in the Attachment notified Fox that it declined to air the program. 7 Fox maintains that the “Married By America” episode in question did not contain descriptions or depictions of sexual or excretory organs or activities and, even if it did, the material was not patently offensive. 8 III. DISCUSSION 4. The Federal Communications Commission is authorized to license radio and television broadcast stations and is responsible for enforcing the Commission’s rules and applicable statutory provisions concerning the operation of those stations. The Commission’s role in overseeing program content is very limited. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution and section 326 of the Act prohibit the Commission from censoring program material and from interfering with broadcasters’ freedom of expression. 9 The Commission does, however, have the authority to enforce statutory and regulatory provisions restricting indecency and obscenity. Specifically, it is a violation of federal law to broadcast obscene or indecent programming. Title 18 of the United States Code, section 1464, prohibits the utterance of “any obscene, indecent or profane language by means of radio communication.” 10 In addition, consistent with a subsequent statute and court case, 11 section 73.3999 of the Commission’s rules provides that radio and television stations shall not broadcast indecent material during the period 6 a. m. through 10 p. m. 12 5. As an initial matter, we find that the episode of “Married By America” that is the subject of this NAL was indeed broadcast on April 7, 2003, over each of the Fox Stations and Fox Affiliates identified in the Attachment. 13 We further conclude that the stations listed in the Attachment apparently broadcast the program prior to 10 p. m., local time. 5 See Letter to TVT License, Inc., from Maureen F. Del Duca, Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, dated July 10, 2003 (“ LOI”). 6 As a subsidiary of Fox Entertainment Group, Inc., TVT License, Inc. responded to the LOI on behalf of all Fox owned and operated stations. See Letter to Melanie A. Godschall, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, from John C. Quale, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, dated August 11, 2003 (“ LOI Response”); Letter to William D. Freedman, Deputy Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, from John C. Quale, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, dated September 9, 2003 (“ Supplemental LOI Response”). 7 Supplemental LOI Response at Exhibits A and B. 8 LOI Response at 8. 9 See 47 U. S. C. § 326. 10 18 U. S. C. § 1464. 11 Public Telecommunications Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102- 356, 106 Stat. 949 (1992); Action for Children’s Television v. FCC, 58 F. 3d 654 (D. C. Cir 1995), cert. denied, 516 U. S. 1043 (1996) (“ Act III”). 12 47 C. F. R. § 73.3999. 13 See note 7, supra, and accompanying text. As noted above, the Attachment hereto identifies the Fox Stations and Fox Affiliates that apparently broadcast the April 7, 2003 episode of “Married By America.” We note that the list does not include all Fox affiliate stations; for example, the list omits Station WRAZ- TV, Raleigh- Durham, North 2 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 3 A. Indecency Analysis 6. Any consideration of government action against allegedly indecent programming must take into account the fact that such speech is protected under the First Amendment. 14 The federal courts consistently have upheld Congress’s authority to regulate the broadcast of indecent material, as well the Commission’s interpretation and implementation of the governing statute. 15 Nevertheless, the First Amendment is a critical constitutional limitation that demands that, in indecency determinations, we proceed cautiously and with appropriate restraint. 16 7. The Commission defines indecent speech as language that, in context, depicts or describes sexual or excretory activities or organs in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium. 17 Indecency findings involve at least two fundamental determinations. First, the material alleged to be indecent must fall within the subject matter scope of our indecency definition -- that is, the material must describe or depict sexual or excretory organs or activities. Second, the broadcast must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium. 18 8. Turning to the instant case, we begin our analysis with an examination of whether the material at issue depicts or describes sexual or excretory organs or activities. As noted above, the April 7, 2003, episode of “Married By America” focuses on bachelor and bachelorette parties in a Las Vegas hotel. Fox contends that these scenes do not depict or describe sexual or excretory organs or activity, arguing that its editing of the broadcast avoided any such depictions. 19 We reject Fox’s claim. Even with Fox’s editing, the episode includes scenes in which party- goers lick whipped cream from strippers’ bodies Carolina, which is owned and operated by Capitol Broadcasting Company (“ Capitol”). According to a Capitol press release, following the March 5, 2003 episode of “Married By America,” Capitol “decided that the program did not reflect prevailing standards of good taste and that the show was clearly demeaning to the institution of marriage.” See Capitol Broadcasting Press Release, WRAZ- TV/ FOX 50 To Preempt Future Broadcasts of Married by America (March 9, 2003), available at http:// www. cbc- raleigh. com/ inside_ cbc/ 2003% 20news/ 030903fx. htm. Accordingly, Capitol refused to broadcast additional episodes of the program, including the episode at issue here. Id. See also Testimony of James Goodmon, President and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Company, Broadcast Localism Hearing, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 22, 2003, at 144- 145, at http:// www. fcc. gov/ localism/ hearing-charlotte102203. html. 14 U. S. Const., amend. I; Action for Children’s Television v. FCC, 852 F. 2d 1332, 1344 (D. C. Cir. 1988) (“ ACT I”). 15 Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 1464 (18 U. S. C. § 1464), prohibits the utterance of “any obscene, indecent or profane language by means of radio communication.” FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U. S. 726 (1978). See also ACT I, 852 F. 2d at 1339; Action for Children’s Television v. FCC, 932 F. 2d 1504, 1508 (D. C. Cir. 1991), cert. denied, 503 U. S. 914 (1992) (“ ACT II”); ACT III, 58 F. 3d 654. 16 ACT I, 852 F. 2d at 1344 (“ Broadcast material that is indecent but not obscene is protected by the First Amendment; the FCC may regulate such material only with due respect for the high value our Constitution places on freedom and choice in what people may say and hear.”); id., 852 F. 2d at 1340, n. 14 (“ the potential chilling effect of the FCC’s general definition of indecency will be tempered by the Commission’s restrained enforcement policy.”). 17 Infinity Broadcasting Corporation of Pennsylvania, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 2 FCC Rcd 2705 (1987) (subsequent history omitted) (citing Pacifica Foundation, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 56 FCC 2d 94, 98 (1975), aff’d sub nom. FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U. S. 726 (1978)). 18 Industry Guidance on the Commission’s Case Law Interpreting 18 U. S. C. §1464 and Enforcement Policies Regarding Broadcast Indecency, Policy Statement, 16 FCC Rcd 7999, 8002, ¶¶ 7- 8 (2001) (“ Indecency Policy Statement”) (emphasis in original). 19 LOI Response at 8. 3 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 4 in a sexually suggestive manner. Another scene features a man on all fours in his underwear as two female strippers playfully spank him. Although the episode electronically obscures any nudity, the sexual nature of the scenes is inescapable, as the strippers attempt to lure party- goers into sexually compromising situations. Accordingly, we conclude that the broadcast satisfies the first prong of our indecency analysis and warrants further scrutiny to determine whether it was patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium. 20 9. In our assessment of whether broadcast material is patently offensive, “the full context in which the material appeared is critically important.” 21 Three principal factors are significant to this contextual analysis: (1) the explicitness or graphic nature of the description; (2) whether the material dwells on or repeats at length descriptions of sexual or excretory organs or activities; and (3) whether the material appears to pander or is used to titillate or shock. 22 In examining these three factors, we must weigh and balance them to determine whether the broadcast material is patently offensive because “[ e] ach indecency case presents its own particular mix of these, and possibly, other factors.” 23 In particular cases, the weight of one or two of the factors may outweigh the others, either rendering the broadcast material patently offensive and consequently indecent, 24 or, alternatively, removing the broadcast material from the realm of indecency. 25 10. We find that the material described above is sufficiently graphic and explicit to be indecent, particularly in light of our analysis of the last two factors. Contrary to Fox’s assertion, 26 merely obscuring (or “pixilating”) sexual organs does not necessarily remove a broadcast from our indecency analysis. As noted above, we must assess each broadcast on its “full context.” In this case, Fox obscures the depiction of sexual organs in the episode, but the pixilation does little to obscure the overtly sexual and gratuitous nature of the bachelor/ bachelorette party scenes. These scenes show, for example, partially clothed strippers, such as a topless woman with her breasts pixilated, straddling a man in a sexually suggestive manner; two partially clothed female strippers kissing each other above a male; two partially clothed strippers rubbing a man's stomach; a male stripper about to put a woman's hand down the front of his pants; and a man in his underwear on all fours being spanked by two topless strippers. The scenes also show one of the bachelorettes straddling and touching a topless female stripper and then licking whipped cream off the stripper's stomach and bare chest while the stripper holds her own breasts. Although the nudity was pixilated, even a child would have known that the strippers were topless and that sexual activity was being shown. See Pacifica, 438 U. S. at 749. 20 The “contemporary standards for the broadcast medium” criterion is that of an average broadcast listener and with respect to Commission decisions, does not encompass any particular geographic area. See id., 16 FCC Rcd at 8002, ¶ 8 and n. 15. 21 Id., 16 FCC Rcd at 8002, ¶ 9 (emphasis in original). 22 Id., 16 FCC Rcd at 8002- 15, ¶¶ 8- 23. 23 Id., 16 FCC Rcd at 8003, ¶ 10. 24 Id., 16 FCC Rcd at 8009, ¶ 19 (citing Tempe Radio, Inc (KUPD- FM), Notice of Apparent Liability, 12 FCC Rcd 21828 (Mass Media Bur. 1997) (forfeiture paid)) (extremely graphic or explicit nature of references to sex with children outweighed the fleeting nature of the references); EZ New Orleans, Inc. (WEZB( FM)), Notice of Apparent Liability, 12 FCC Rcd 4147 (Mass Media Bur. 1997) (forfeiture paid) (same)). 25 Id., 16 FCC Rcd at 8010, ¶ 20 (“ the manner and purpose of a presentation may well preclude an indecency determination even though other factors, such as explicitness, might weigh in favor of an indecency finding”). 26 LOI Response at 8. 4 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 5 11. We also reject Fox’s claim that the sexual material is fleeting. 27 Indeed, the opposite is true. The entire segment, lasting about six minutes, focuses on the bachelor/ bachelorette parties, and strippers are featured prominently throughout the accompanying scenes attempting to lure participants into sexual activities. Under any reasonable interpretation, the material plainly dwells on matters of a sexual nature. 12. Finally, we find that the material is intended to pander to and titillate the audience. Fox contends that “all of the scenes are an integral part of the storyline and the various participants’ character development” and, and therefore, the episode did not pander, the material was not used to titillate, and the program was not presented for “shock value.” 28 We disagree. The episode depicts the prolonged appearance of strippers attempting to sexually arouse the party- goers and certainly goes well beyond that necessary for the “character development” of the various participants. The material is gratuitous, vulgar, and clearly intended to pander to and titillate. 13. Considering all three factors in our contextual analysis, we find that the broadcast material in question is patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium, and is therefore indecent. Because there was a reasonable risk that children may have been in the audience on April 7, 2003, when the material in the “Married By America” episode was broadcast, the broadcast is legally actionable. By broadcasting this material over each of the stations identified in the Attachment, each of the Fox Network Stations apparently willfully violated the prohibitions in the Act and the Commission’s rules against broadcast indecency. B. Proposed Forfeiture 14. Section 503( b) of the Act, 47 U. S. C. § 503( b), and section 1.80( a) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C. F. R § 1.80, both state that any person who willfully or repeatedly fails to comply with the provisions of the Act or the rules shall be liable for a forfeiture penalty. For purposes of section 503( b) of the Act, the term “willful” means that the violator knew it was taking the action in question, irrespective of any intent to violate the Commission’s rules. 29 Based on the material before us, it appears that the Fox Network Stations willfully violated 18 U. S. C. § 1464 and section 73.3999 of the Commission’s rules, by airing indecent programming during the “Married By America” program on April 7, 2003. 15. The Commission’s Forfeiture Policy Statement sets a base forfeiture amount of $7,000 for the transmission of indecent or obscene materials. 30 The Forfeiture Policy Statement also specifies that the Commission shall adjust a forfeiture based upon consideration of the factors enumerated in Section 503( b)( 2)( D) of the Act, 47 U. S. C. § 503( b)( 2)( D), such as “the nature, circumstances, extent and gravity of the violation, and, with respect to the violator, the degree of culpability, any history of prior offenses, ability to pay, and such other matters as justice may require.” 31 27 Id. 28 Id. 29 See Southern California Broadcasting Co., 6 FCC Rcd at 4387- 4388. 30 The Commission’s Forfeiture Policy Statement and Amendment of Section 1.80 of the Rules to Incorporate the Forfeiture Guidelines, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 17087, 17113 (1997), recon. denied 15 FCC Rcd 303 (1999) (“ Forfeiture Policy Statement”); 47 C. F. R. § 1.80( b). 31 Forfeiture Policy Statement, 12 FCC Rcd at 17110. 5 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 6 16. We propose a $7,000 forfeiture against each Fox Station and Fox Affiliate station. With respect to the Fox Affiliates, we note that the situation differs from our recent Super Bowl NAL. 32 In that case, we concluded that the affiliates “could not have reasonably anticipated that the CBS Network production of a prestigious national event such as the Super Bowl would contain material that included the on- camera exposure of Ms. Jackson’s breast.” 33 This program, in contrast, was a taped episode in a taped series, and the affiliates could have preempted it, as at least one affiliate did. 34 IV. ORDERING CLAUSES 17. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, that the complaints filed against various licensees regarding their broadcast of the Fox Television Network program “Married By America” on April 7, 2003, ARE GRANTED to the extent indicated herein. 18. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to section 503( b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and section 1.80 of the Commission’s rules, 35 that each of the licensees identified in the Attachment hereto is hereby NOTIFIED of its APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE in the respective amount specified in the Attachment for willfully violating 18 U. S. C. § 1464 and section 73.3999 of the Commission’s rules. 19. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to section 1.80 of the Commission’s rules, that within thirty (30) days of the release of this NAL, each of the licensees identified in the Attachment SHALL PAY the full amount of its respective proposed forfeiture or SHALL FILE a written statement seeking reduction or cancellation of the proposed forfeiture. 20. Payment of the forfeiture must be made by check or similar instrument, payable to the order of the Federal Communications Commission. The payment must include the NAL/ Acct. No. and the FRN No. referenced in the Attachment. Payment by check or money order may be mailed to Forfeiture Collection Section, Finance Branch, Federal Communications Commission, P. O. Box 73482, Chicago, Illinois 60673- 7482. Payment by overnight mail may be sent to Bank One/ LB 73482, 525 West Monroe, 8th Floor Mailroom, Chicago, IL 60661. Payment by wire transfer may be made to ABA Number 071000013, receiving bank Bank One, and account number 1165259. 21. The response, if any, SHALL BE MAILED to William H. Davenport, Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12 th Street, S. W, Room 4- C330, Washington DC 20554, and SHALL INCLUDE the NAL/ Acct. No. referenced in the Attachment. 22. The Commission will not consider reducing or canceling a forfeiture in response to a claim of inability to pay unless the respondent submits: (1) federal tax returns for the most recent three- year period; (2) financial statements prepared according to generally accepted accounting practices (“ GAAP”); 32 See Complaints Against Various Television Licensees Concerning Their February 1, 2004, Broadcast of the Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show, Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, FCC 04- 209 (rel. September 22, 2004) (“ Super Bowl NAL”) (declining to propose forfeitures against the CBS affiliated stations not owned by Viacom, Inc., the parent company of CBS Broadcasting, Inc., which originated the broadcast). 33 Id. at ¶ 25. We also “urge[ d] each such licensee to take reasonable precautions in the future, such as employing such delay technology to independently prescreen the network feed to prevent the broadcast of indecent programming over its licensed station.” Id. 34 See note 13, supra. 35 47 C. F. R. § 1.80. 6 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 7 or (3) some other reliable and objective documentation that accurately reflects the respondent’s current financial status. Any claim of inability to pay must specifically identify the basis for the claim by reference to the financial documentation submitted. 23. Requests for payment of the full amount of the forfeiture proposed in this NAL under an installment plan SHALL BE SENT to: Chief, Revenue and Receivables Operations Group, 445 12th Street, S. W., Washington, D. C. 20554. 36 24. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this NAL shall be sent, by Certified Mail/ Return Receipt Requested, to each of the licensees identified in the Attachment hereto. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Marlene H. Dortch Secretary 36 See 47 C. F. R. § 1.1914. 7 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 8 ATTACHMENT Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 WJBK, Detroit, MI 73123 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 KMSP- TV, Minneapolis, MN 68883 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 WOGX, Ocala, FL 70651 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 KRIV, Houston, TX 22204 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 WOFL, Orlando, FL 41225 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 KSTU, Salt Lake City, UT 22215 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station 8 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 9 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 WTTG, Washington, DC 22207 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 WFXT, Boston, MA 6463 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 KDVR, Denver, CO 126 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 KTTV, Los Angeles, CA 22208 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 WFLD, Chicago, IL 22211 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 WAGA, Atlanta, GA 70689 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., Washington, D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 WNYW, New York, NY 22206 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station Fox Television Stations, Inc., 5151Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 5795067 200432080305 WHBQ- TV, Memphis, TN 12521 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station 9 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 10 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Fox TV Stations of Philadelphia, 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 1531128 200432080305 WTXF- TV, Philadelphia, PA 51568 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station KDFW License, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 3476041 200432080305 KDFW, Dallas, TX 33770 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station KSAS License, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 3476462 200432080305 KSAZ- TV, Phoenix, AZ 35587 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station KTBC License, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin, Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 3476025 200432080305 KTBC, Austin, TX 35649 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station KTVI License, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 2147874 200432080305 KTVI, St. Louis, MO 35693 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station TVT License, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 1811074 200432080305 WTVT, Tampa, FL 68569 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station WBRC License, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 3476405 200432080305 WBRC, Birmingham, AL 71221 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station WDAF License, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 3476421 200432080305 WDAF- TV, Kansas City, MO 11291 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station 10 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 11 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate WGHP License, Inc., C/ O Molly Pauker, 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 3476488 200432080305 WGHP, High Point, NC 72106 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station WITI License, Inc., 9001 North Green Bay Road, Box 17600, Milwaukee, WI 53209 2703130 200432080305 WITI, Milwaukee, WI 73107 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station WJW License, Inc., 5151 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 3710555 200432080305 WJW, Cleveland, OH 73150 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Station California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., P. O. Box 1489, Medford, OR 97501 1547462 20043208309 KLSR- TV, Eugene, OR 8322 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Channel 40, Inc., 4655 Fruitridge Road, Sacramento, CA 95820 1724004 200432080310 KTXL, Sacramento, CA 10205 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Chesapeake Television Licensee, LLC, Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 4970679 200432080311 WBFF, Baltimore, MD 10758 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Columbus (WTTE- TV) Licensee, Inc., 2000 West 41st Street, Baltimore, MD 21211 9053299 200432080312 WTTE, Columbus, OH 74137 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 11 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 12 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Comcorp of Baton Rouge License Corp., P. O. Box 53708, Lafayette, LA 70505 1712165 200432080313 WGMB, Baton Rouge, LA 12520 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Comcorp of Texas License Corp., 700 St. Johns Street, Suite 300, Lafayette, LA 70501 4328308 200432080314 KPEJ, Odessa, TX 12524 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Comcorp of Texas License Corp., 700 St. Johns Street, Suite 300, Lafayette, LA 70501 4328308 200432080314 KMSS- TV, Shreveport, LA 12525 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Comcorp of Texas License Corp., P. O. Box 53708, Lafayette, LA 70505 1712140 200432080314 KWKT, Waco, TX 12522 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Compass Communications of Idaho, Inc., 137 Magnolia Bend Dr. Livingston, TX 77351 3768397 200432080315 KFXP, Pocatello, ID 78910 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Davis Television Clarksburg, LLC, 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2800, Los Angeles, California 90067 3759784 200432080316 WVFX, Clarksburg, WV 10976 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Davis Television Wausau, LLC, 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite, 2800, Los Angeles, CA 90067 3797552 200432080317 WFXS, Wittenberg, WI 86204 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Dubuque TV Limited Partnership, 744 Main Street, Dubuque, IA 52001 4294146 200432080318 KFXB, Dubuque, IA 17625 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 12 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 13 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Falls Broadcasting Company, 1500 Foremaster Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89101 3708542 200432080319 KXTF, Twin Falls, ID 1255 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Fort Smith 46, Inc., #1 Shackleford Drive, Suite 400, Little Rock, AR 72211 5006143 200432080320 KPBI- CA, Fort Smith, AR 52429 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate GE Media, Inc., 3364 Huger Street, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 1880913 200432080321 WFXB, Myrtle Beach, SC 9054 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Grant Broadcasting Systems II, Inc., 915 Middle River Drive, Suite 409, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304 1735539 200432080322 WFXR- TV, Roanoke, VA 24813 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Grant Media LLC, 915 Middle River Drive, Suite 409, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 1734276 200432080323 WLAX, La Crosse, WI 2710 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Greater Nebraska Television, Inc., P. O. Box 83, North Platte, NE 69101 2388304 200432080324 K11TW, North Platte, NE 49285 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc., 1300 N. 17th St. 11th Fl., Rosslyn, VA 22209 1752559 200432080325 KTVG, Grand Island, NE 27220 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Huntsville Television Acquisition Corp., 915 Middle River Dr. #409, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 1737006 200432080326 WZDX, Huntsville, AL 28119 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 13 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 14 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Idaho Independent Television, Inc., P. O. Box 1212, Nampa, ID 83653 9133364 200432080327 KTRV, Nampa, ID 28230 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Independence Television Company, 642 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd., Louisville, KY 40203 3189248 200432080328 WDRB, Louisville, KY 28476 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Independent Communications, Inc., P. O. Box 5103, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 2431096 200432080329 KTTW, Sioux Falls, SD 28521 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate John Harvey Rees, 800 Gold Creek Road, Ohio City, CO 81237 7783285 200432080330 KFQX, Grand Junction, CO 31597 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Journal Broadcast Corporation, 3355 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89102 2710192 200432080331 WSYM- TV, Lansing, MI 74094 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate JW Broadcasting LLC, 11309 North Meadow Sage Drive, Tucson, AZ 85737 8989741 200432080332 K02NQ, Columbia, MO 55254 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KABB Licensee, LLC, Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 4970455 200432080333 KABB, San Antonio, TX 56528 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KADN- 15, Inc., 3501 Northwest Evangeline Thruway, Carencro, LA 70520 5005913 200432080334 KADN, Lafayette, LA 33261 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 14 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 15 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate KBSI Licensee L. P., C/ O Shaw Pittman LLP. ATTN: K Schmeltzer, 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 4970471 200432080335 KBSI, Cape Girardeau, MO 19593 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KDSM Licensee, LLC, Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 5019195 200432080336 KDSM- TV, Des Moines, IA 56527 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KEVN, Inc., Debtor- in-Possession, 2000 Skyline Drive, Rapid City, SD 57701 1649615 200432080337 KEVN- TV, Rapid City, SD 34347 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KMPH( TV) License, LLC, 500 S. Chinowth Road, Visalia, CA 93277 10537330 200432080338 KBFX- LP, Bakersfield, CA 51501 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KMPH( TV) License, LLC, 500 S. Chinowth Road, Visalia, CA 93277 10537330 200432080339 KMPH, Visalia, CA 51488 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KMSB- TV, Inc., 1855 N. 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85705 4335758 200432080340 KMSB- TV, Tucson, AZ 44052 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KOKH Licensee, LLC, Shaw Pittman LLP (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 6587109 200432080341 KOKH- TV, Oklahoma City, OK 35388 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 15 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 16 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate KPTM (TV) License, LLC, 500 South Chinowth Road, Visalia, CA 93277 10662443 200432080342 KPTM, Omaha, NE 51491 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KQDS Acquisition Corp., P. O. Box 9115, Fargo, ND 58106 3914025 200432080343 KQDS- TV, Duluth, MN 35525 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KTVU Partnership, 4920 Brookside Court, Reno, NV 89502 1543974 200432080344 KRXI- TV, Reno, NV 48360 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KTVU Partnership, 6004 North Mesa Street, El Paso, Texas 79912 1543974 200432080345 KFOX- TV, El Paso, TX 33716 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KTVU Partnership, Two Jack London Square, Oakland, CA 94607 1543974 200432080346 KTVU, Oakland, CA 35703 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KVOA Communications, Inc., 409 South Staples Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78401 6132765 200432080347 K47DF, Corpus Christi, TX 51375 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate KVVU Broadcasting Corporation, 1716 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50309 1594233 200432080348 KVVU- TV, Henderson, NV 35870 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Lingard Broadcasting Corporation, P. O. Box 1732, Tupelo, MS 38802 4348322 200432080349 WLOV- TV, West Point, MS 37732 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 16 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 17 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Marguette Broadcasting, Inc., #1 Shackleford Drive, Suite 400, Little Rock, AR 72211 5006010 200432080350 WMQF, Marquette, MI 81448 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Meredith Corporation, 1716 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50309 11070992 200432080351 KFXO- LP, Bend, OR 35464 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Meredith Corporation, 1716 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50309 5878004 200432080351 WHNS, Greenville, SC 72300 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Meredith Corporation, 1716 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50309 7446578 200432080351 KPTV, Portland, OR 50633 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Mission Broadcasting, Inc., 544 Red Rock Drive, Wadsworth, OH 44281 4284899 200432080352 KCIT, Amarillo, TX 33722 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Mission Broadcasting, Inc., 544 Red Rock Drive, Wadsworth, OH 44281 5575113 200432080352 KHMT, Hardin, MT 47670 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Mission Broadcasting, Inc., 544 Red Rock Drive, Wadsworth, OH 44281 5575113 200432080352 WFXP, Erie, PA 19707 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Mission Broadcasting, Inc., 544 Red Rock Drive, Wadsworth, OH 44281 4284899 200432080352 WBAK- TV, Terre Haute, IN 65247 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 17 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 18 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Mission Broadcasting, Inc., 544 Red Rock Drive, Wadsworth, OH 44281 4284899 200432080352 KJTL, Wichita Falls, TX 7675 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Montana License Sub, Inc., #1 Shackleford Drive, Suite 400, Little Rock, AR 72211 9595562 200432080353 KMMF, Missoula, MT 81348 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Montgomery Communications, Inc., 222 West Sixth Street, Junction City, KS 66441 3771219 200432080354 KTMJ- CA, Topeka, KS 43649 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Morris Network of Mississippi, Inc., 27 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31412 3766417 200432080355 WXXV- TV, Gulfport, MS 53517 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Mountain Licenses, L. P., 2111 University Park Drive, Suite 650, Okemos, MI 48864 6175939 200432080356 KAYU- TV, Spokane, WA 58684 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Mountain Licenses, L. P., 2111 University Park Drive, Suite 650, Okemos, MI 48864 6175939 200432080356 KCYU- LP, Yakima, WA 58694 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Mountain Licenses, L. P., C/ O Northwest Broadcasting, Inc., 2193 Association Dr., Suite 300, Okemos, MI 48864 6175939 200432080356 KFFX- TV, Pendleton, OR 12729 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate National Communications, Inc., 129 West Prien Lake Road, Lake Charles, LA 70601 7322654 200432080357 KVHP, Lake Charles, LA 35852 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 18 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 19 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 909 Lake Carolyn Parkway, Suite 1450, Irving, TX 75039 9961889 200432080358 WTVW, Evansville, IN 3661 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 909 Lake Carolyn Parkway, Suite 1450, Irving, TX 75039 9961889 200432080358 WFFT- TV, Fort Wayne, IN 25040 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 909 Lake Carolyn Parkway, Suite 1450, Irving, TX 75039 9961889 200432080358 KARD, West Monroe, LA 3658 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 909 Lake Carolyn Parkway, Suite 1450, Irving, TX 75039 9961889 200432080358 WQRF- TV, Rockford, IL 52408 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 909 Lake Carolyn Parkway, Suite 1450, Irving, TX 75039 9961889 200432080358 KDEB- TV, Springfield, MO 3659 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 909 Lake Carolyn Parkway, Suite 1450, Irving, TX 75039 9961889 200432080358 WFXV, Utica, NY 43424 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate North Carolina Broadcasting Partners, One Television Place, Charlotte, NC 28232 3828712 200432080359 WCCB, Charlotte, NC 49157 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Ottumwa Media Holdings, LLC, 6100 Fairview Road, Suite 650, Charlotte, NC 28210 9520479 200432080360 KYOU- TV, Ottumwa, IA 53820 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 19 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 20 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Pacific Media Corporation, 2425 Walker Swinton Road, Timmonsville, SC 29161 7579626 200432080361 KDFX- CA, Indio/ Palm Springs, CA 51207 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Pacific Media Corporation, 2425 Walker Swinton Road, Timmonsville, SC 29161 7579626 200432080362 KECY- TV, El Centro, CA 51208 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Pappas Telecasting of Sioux City, 500 South Chinowth Road, Visalia, CA 93277 4986204 200432080363 KPTH, Sioux City, IA 77451 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Peak Media of PA Licensee LLC, 1450 Scalp Avenue, Johnstown, PA 15904 3782190 200432080364 WWCP- TV, Johnstown, PA 20295 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Piedmont Television of Anchorage License LLC, 7621 Little Ave. Ste 506, Charlotte, NC 28226 3747862 200432080365 KTBY, Anchorage, AK 35655 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Piedmont Television of Eastern Carolina License LLC, 7621 Little Avenue, Suite 506, Charlotte, NC 28266 3744778 200432080366 WFXI, Morehead City, NC 37982 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Piedmont Television of Macon License LLC, 7621 Little Avenue, Suite 506, Charlotte, NC 28266 3744810 200432080367 WGXA, Macon, GA 58262 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Piedmont Television of Youngstown License LLC, 7621 Little Avenue, Suite 506, Charlotte, NC 28226 3745387 200432080368 WYFX- LP, Youngtown, OH 68398 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 20 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 21 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Prime Cities Broadcasting, Inc., 112 High Ridge Avenue, Ridgefield, CT 06877 3572039 200432080369 KNDX, Bismarck, ND 82611 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Prime Cities Broadcasting, Inc., 112 High Ridge Avenue, Ridgefield, CT 06877 6211361 200432080369 KXND, Minot, ND 82615 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Quad Cities Television Acquisition Corp., 915 Middle River Dr. #409, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304 1736321 200432080370 KLJB- TV, Davenport, IA 54011 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Quincy Broadcasting Co., 513 Hampshire Street, Quincy, IL 62301 4821286 200432080371 WGEM- TV, Quincy, IL 54275 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Ramar Communications II, LTD., 9800 University Avenue, Lubbock, TX 79423 3760956 200432080372 KJTV- TV, Lubbock, TX 55031 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Raycom America, Inc., RSA Tower, 20th Floor, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 1835289 200432080373 WFXL, Albany, GA 70815 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Raycom America, Inc., RSA Tower, 20th Floor, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 1835289 200432080373 WACH, Columbia, SC 19199 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Raycom America, Inc., RSA Tower, 20th Floor, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 1835289 200432080373 WDFX- TV, Ozark, AL 32851 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 21 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 22 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Raycom America, Inc., RSA Tower, 20th Floor, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 1835289 200432080373 WTNZ, Knoxville, TN 19200 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Raycom America, Inc., RSA Tower, 20th Floor, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 2929685 200432080373 KASA- TV, Santa Fe, NM 32311 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Raycom America, Inc., RSA Tower, 20th Floor, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 2929685 200432080373 WXIX- TV, Newport, KY 39738 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Raycom America, Inc., RSA Tower, 20th Floor, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 2929685 200432080373 KXRM- TV, Colorado Springs, CO 35991 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Raycom America, Inc., RSA Tower, 20th Floor, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 2929685 200432080373 WPGX, Panama City, FL 2942 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Raycom National, Inc., 201 Monroe Street, RSA Tower, 20th Floor, Montgomery, AL 36104 2929685 200432080374 WFLX, West Palm Beach, FL 39736 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Red River Broadcast Co., LLC, P. O. Box 9115, Fargo, ND 58106 2622165 200432080375 KVRR, Fargo, ND 55372 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Rockfleet Broadcasting II, LLC, 885 Third Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10022 3778222 200432080376 WFQX- TV, Cadillac, MI 25396 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 22 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 23 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Sage Broadcasting Corporation, 406 South Irving, San Angelo, San Angelo, TX 76901 4056024 200432080377 KIDY, San Angelo, TX 58560 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Sainte Partners II, L. P., P. O. Box 4159, Modesto, CA 95352 5004809 200432080378 KCVU, Paradise, CA 58605 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Sainte Sepulveda, Inc., P. O. Box 4159, Modesto, CA 95352 5004833 200432080379 KBVU, Eureka, CA 58618 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Seal Rock Broadcasters, L. L. C., C/ O Steven Seward, 1500 4th Ave. Ste. 600, Seattle, WA 98101 5710330 200432080380 KCBA, Salina, CA 14867 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Second Generation of Iowa, LTD., Second Generation Place, 3029 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115 4294120 200432080381 KFXA, Cedar Rapids, IA 35336 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Shockley Broadcasting, LLC, 401 Charmany Drive, Suite 200, Madison, WI 53719 4985305 200432080382 KXLT- TV, Rochester, MN 35906 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Smith Broadcasting of Vermont, LLC, 700 Central Ave., 201, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 1808427 200432080383 WFFF- TV, Burlington, VT 10132 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 23 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 24 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Southeastern Media Holdings, Inc., 3500 Colonnade Parkway, Suite 600, Birmingham, AL 35243 8603052 200432080384 WFXG, Augusta, GA 3228 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Southeastern Media Holdings, Inc., 3500 Colonnade Parkway, Suite 600, Birmingham, AL 35243 8603052 200432080385 WXTX, Columbus, GA 12472 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Southeastern Media Holdings, Inc., 3500 Colonnade Parkway, Suite 600, Birmingham, AL 35243 8603052 200432080386 WSFX- TV, Wilmington, NC 72871 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Springfield Broadcasting Partners, 3003 Old Rochester Road, Springfield, IL 62703 5017900 200432080387 WRSP- TV, Springfield, IL 62009 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Stainless Broadcasting, L. P., 2111 University Park Drive, Suite 650, Okemos, MI 48864 4004933 200432080388 WICZ- TV, Binghamton, NY 62210 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Star Broadcasting Limited, 1616 South Voss, Suite 885, Houston, TX 77057 8714818 200432080389 KXVA, Abilene, TX 62293 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Sunbeam Television, Corp., 1401 79th St. Causeway, Miami, FL 33141 1800168 200432080390 WSVN, Miami, FL 63840 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Curtsey Media, LLC, 73 Kercheval Avenue, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 5021597 200432080391 KVCT, Victoria, TX 35846 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 24 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 25 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Tanana Valley Television Company, 3650 Bradock Street, Suite 2, Fairbanks, AK 99701 1568724 200432080392 KFXF, Fairbanks, AK 64597 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Tribune Television Company, 2005 South Queen Street, York, PA 17403 9929787 200432080393 WPMT, York, PA 10213 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Tribune Television Company, 6910 Network Place, Indianapolis, IN 46278 3576485 200432080393 WXIN, Indianapolis, IN 146 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Tribune Television Company, One Corporate Center, Hartford, CT 06103 3576485 200432080393 WTIC- TV, Hartford, CT 147 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Tribune Television Holdings, Inc., WXMI( TV), 3117 Plaza Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525 2841591 200432080394 WXMI, Grand Rapids, MI 68433 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Tribune Television Northwest, Inc., 1813 West Lake Avenue, North, Seattle, WA 98109 1773878 200432080395 KCPQ, Tacoma, WA 33894 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate TV 67, Inc., 463 South Central Avenue, Lima, OH 45804 2929347 200432080396 WOHL- CA, Lima, OH 68549 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate United Communications Corporation, 715 - 58th Street, Kenosha, WI 53140 2210383 200432080397 WNYF- CA, Watertown, NY 16743 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 25 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 26 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Warwick Communications, Inc., 700 St. Johns Street, Suite 301, Lafayette, LA 70501 4973897 200432080398 KFXK, Longview, TX 70917 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WAVY Broadcasting, LLC, 300 WAVY Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704 3473162 200432080399 WVBT, Virginia Beach, VA 65387 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WDKY Licensee, LLC, Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 3865094 200432080400 WDKY- TV, Danville, KY 64017 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WDSI License Corp., 225 City Line Avenue, Suite 200, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 2208999 200432080401 WDSI- TV, Chattanooga, TN 71353 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WEMT Licensee L. P., Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 5525019 200432080402 WEMT, Greeneville, TN 40761 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate White Knight Broadcasting of Natchez License Corp., 700 St. John St., Suite 301, Lafayette, LA 70501 4973913 200432080403 WNTZ, Natchez, MS 16539 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WMSN Licensee, LLC, Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 6551824 200432080404 WMSN- TV, Madison, WI 10221 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WNAC, LLC, 17 Crooked Lane, Manchester, MA 01944 7112899 200432080405 WNAC- TV, Providence, RI 73311 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 26 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 27 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Wolf License Corp., Pegasus Corp. Office, 225 Cty. Lne. Ave., Ste 200, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 2209013 200432080406 WOLF- TV, Hazleton, PA 73375 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Woods Communications Corporation, One WCOV Avenue, Montgomery AL 36111 1756659 200432080407 WCOV- TV, Montgomery, AL 73642 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WPGH Licensee, LLC, Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer) 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 5020870 200432080408 WPGH- TV, Pittsburgh, PA 73875 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WRGT Licensee, LLC, 2000 West 41st Street, Baltimore, MD 21211 9529082 200432080409 WRGT- TV, Dayton, OH 411 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WRLH Licensee, LLC, C/ O Shaw Pittman LLP (ATTN: K Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 6551782 200432080410 WRLH- TV, Richmond, VA 412 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WSJV Television, Inc., P. O. Box 28, South Bend, IN 46624 2893881 200432080411 WSJV, Elkhart, IN 74007 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WSMH Licensee, LLC, Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 5020904 200432080412 WSMH, Flint, MI 21737 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 27 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 28 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate WSYT Licensee L. P., Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 4970877 200432080413 WSYT, Syracuse, NY 40758 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WTAT Licensee, LLC, 2000 W. 41ST Street, Baltimore, MD 21211 7282957 200432080414 WTAT- TV, Charleston, SC 416 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WTLH License Corp., Pegasus Corp. Office, 225 Cty. Lne. Ave., Ste. 200, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 3249216 200432080415 WTLH, Bainbridge, GA 23486 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WUHF Licensee, LLC, Shaw Pittman LLP, ATTN: Kathryn Schmeltzer, 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 6551568 200432080416 WUHF, Rochester, NY 413 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WUPW Broadcasting, LLC, 4 Richmond Square, Providence, RI 02906 7517832 200432080417 WUPW, Toledo, OH 19190 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WUTV Licensee, LLC, Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 6551626 200432080418 WUTV, Buffalo, NY 415 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WVAH Licensee, LLC, 2000 W. 41st. Street, Baltimore, MD 21211 7283054 200432080419 WVAH- TV, Charleston, WV 417 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WYDC, Inc., 33 East Market Street, Corning, NY 14830 3778511 200432080420 WYDC, Corning, NY 62219 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 28 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 29 Licensee Name and Mailing Address FRN No. NAL Acct. No. Station Call Sign and Community of License Facility ID No. Time of Broadcast (Local Time) Proposed Forfeiture Amount Fox Station or Fox Affiliate Wyomedia Corporation, 1856 Skyview Drive, Casper, WY 82601 1623990 200432080421 K26ES, Casper, WY 10560 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Wyomedia Corporation, 1856 Skyview Drive, Casper, WY 82601 7443567 200432080422 KLWY, Cheyenne, WY 40250 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WYZZ Licensee, Inc., Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer), 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 7682032 200432080423 WYZZ- TV, Bloomington, IL 5875 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate WZTV Licensee, LLC, Shaw Pittman (Kathryn R. Schmeltzer) 2300 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037 6551758 200432080424 WZTV, Nashville, TN 418 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Blue Bonnet Communications, Inc., 205 West College Street, Lake Charles, LA 70605 8062697 20043208306 KUIL- LP, Beaumont, TX 131238 8- 9 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Bluenose Broadcasting of Savannah LLC, 4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27607 6597041 20043208307 WTGS, Hardeeville, SC 27245 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate Broadcasting Licenses, L. P., 2111 University Park Drive, Suite 650, Okemos, MI 48864 8412777 20043208308 KMVU, Medford, OR 32958 9- 10 p. m. $7,000 Fox Affiliate 29 Federal Communications Commission FCC 04- 242 30 SEPARATE STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER KEVIN J. MARTIN Re: Complaints Against Various Licensees Regarding Their Broadcast Of The Fox Television Network Program “Married By America” On April 7, 2003, Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, October 5, 2004 This Notice of Apparent Liability proposes to fine the FOX affiliates who aired the show in question because it was a taped show and “the affiliates could have preempted it.” This decision highlights the need to clarify that affiliates have the right and responsibility to reject inappropriate programming. As I have said on numerous occasions, this obligation is critical to local broadcasters’ ability to keep coarser network programming off the air in their communities. 37 The network affiliates asked us to clarify this right over three years ago. 38 The Commission needs to respond. 37 See, e. g., Written Statement of Commissioner Kevin J. Martin, Before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation at 4 (February 2004), http:// hraunfoss. fcc. gov/ edocs_ public/ attachmatch/ DOC-243865A2. doc. 38 See Petition for Inquiry into Network Practices, filed by Network Affiliated Stations Alliance (March 2001); Motion for Declaratory Ruling, filed by Network Affiliated Stations Alliance (June 2001). 30