[weegee]

Clear Channel RADIO was just cited for a comedy sketch that "crossed the line". The fine was $750,000. That is single market radio.

Fine $27,000 per affiliate MAYBE.

[dawn53]

I read an article about that today.

It was fined for "Bubba the Love Sponge" (whoever that is, but the name stuck in my mind.

He's a local morning guy I think, in Tampa, so how could the max fine be $27,000 when Clear Channel was charged so much for just a local program. Or maybe he's not local, I have no idea.

[NYCVirago]

Clear Channel RADIO was just cited for a comedy sketch that "crossed the line". The fine was $750,000. That is single market radio.

Howard Stern got fined a million for simply talking about breasts, let alone showing them!

[BigSkyFreeper]

Clear Channel RADIO was just cited for a comedy sketch that "crossed the line". The fine was $750,000. That is single market radio.

Fining a media conglomerate the likes of Clear Channel let alone a station in the Tampa market $750,000 is pocket change. If the FCC intends on sending media giants, and TV and Radio stations the message of "NO MORE!", they need to jack the fines up higher. The fines that they dish out now, they just as well let these thugs off with a slap on the wrist.