[gdani]

Their license gives them the privilege to broadcast provided they comply with a book full of regulations

And what exactly are the FCC regulations governing speech such as Howard Stern's?

(I already know the answer -- it's whatever the FCC feels like at any given moment).

[oceanview]

any standard written by men is by definition arbitrary. the alternate to arbitrary rules, is no rules at all. imagine what broadcast TV and radio would be like in that environment?