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  • Senator: Decency Rules Should Apply Pay TV, Radio

    03/01/2005 10:01:09 AM PST · by Dave S · 142 replies · 3,166+ views
    Reuters ^ | March 1, 2005 | Reuters
    Senator: Decency Rules Should Apply Pay TV, Radio WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said on Tuesday he would push to apply broadcast decency standards to subscription television and radio services like cable and satellite. "Cable is a much greater violator in the indecency area," the Alaska Republican told the National Association of Broadcasters, which represents most local television affiliates. "I think we have the same power to deal with cable as over-the-air" broadcasters. "There has to be some standard of decency," he said. Stevens told reporters afterward that he would push legislation to apply the standards...