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In western MA, we had the worst of all it seems: The Tony Danza Show, back-to-back with the Jane Pauley show.

I think this affiliate went out of its way to air the most asinine programming it could lay hands on.

I work for one of the ABC affiliates who decided to err on the side of caution. The problem was more than just the FCC, Spielberg wouldn't let anyone bleep out the F-word which is used 47 times, for a grand total of 1250000 in fines. ABC wouldn't let the affiliates air the movie at 10:00 escaping the rule, which really has me pissed with ABC, they seem to enjoy having their affiliates hung out to dry. Of course if we got fined or lost our license it would not hurt them they would just go to another station in town and sign them. The station tried to get the FCC ruling and wasn't able to, so our GM was faced with either showing the movie and risking not only the Fines, but legal fees and the loss of our license. If we lost our license that would be the end of the station and 100 people would be out of a job over a movie and also what I believe was a big pissing contest between ABC/Disney, FCC and Spielberg. The stations caught in the middle of this were stuck. I have heard people say that surely no one would complain about SPR, but the last time we aired it they did, the difference is that the FCC wasn't on the Warpath like it is now.