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 STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONER  JONATHAN  S.  ADELSTEIN 
 Re:  Clear  Channel  Broadcasting  Licenses,  Inc.,  Licensee  of  Stations  WBGG-  FM,  Fort  Lauderdale,  Florida,  WTKS-  FM,  Cocoa  Beach,  Florida,  WTFX-  FM, 
 Louisville,  Kentucky;  Citicasters  Licenses,  L.  P.,  Licensee  of  Stations  KIOZ(  FM),  San  Diego,  California,  WNVE(  FM),  Honeoye  Falls,  New  York;  Capstar  TX 
 Limited  Partnership,  Licensee  of  Station  WXDX-  FM,  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania;  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability  for  Forfeiture 


 I  support  this  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability  for  the  broadcast  of  indecent  material  at  a  time  when  children  may  be  in  the  audience.  By  issuing  this  NAL,  we  step  up  to  our 
 responsibility  to  enforce  statutory  and  regulatory  provisions  restricting  broadcast  indecency.  For  the  first  time,  we  impose  fines  based  upon  separate  utterances.  While 
 this  is  not  the  most  egregious  case  that  I  have  seen,  the  material  broadcast  is  indecent  under  our  standards  and  the  fines  appropriately  account  for  the  violation  of  our  rules. 


 Since  I  arrived  at  the  Commission,  we  have  greatly  stepped  up  our  enforcement  against  indecent  broadcasts.  I  expect  that  stepped-  up  actions  like  those  we  take  today 
 will  convince  broadcasters  that  they  cannot  ignore  their  responsibility  to  serve  the  public  interest  and  to  avoid  the  broadcast  of  indecent  material  over  the  public  airwaves. 
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