Naked
Twister On Radio Gets FCC Fines
Federal regulators
on Wednesday proposed a $220,000 indecency fine against the owner
of two Kansas radio stations for broadcasting a ``Naked Twister''
game with local strippers and graphic interviews with porn stars.
The Federal
Communications Commission said the material, which aired during
the "Dare and Murphy Show,'' was indecent and clearly intended
to "pander to and titillate the audience.'' The commission
cited four broadcasts during April and May of 2002.
They aired
on stations KQRC-FM in Westwood, Kan., and KFH-AM in Wichita,
Kansas - owned by Entercom Communications Corp., based in Bala
Cynwyd, Pa. The agency proposed a $27,500 fine - the maximum allowed
at the time - for each of the four broadcasts by the two stations
for a total penalty of $220,000. The commission said the ``Naked
Twister'' broadcast dwelled on descriptions of female genitalia
and breasts in an explicit and graphic manner.
Other broadcasts
the FCC reviewed included interviews with porn actors Ron Jeremy
and Dave Cummings. The commission also noted Entercom's history
of prior indecent broadcasts. In September 2002, the FCC fined
the company $12,000 for broadcasting indecent material on a Seattle
station. The show had already been replaced when the station learned
about the FCC investigation a month or two ago, he said.
The
Holistic Wisdom Corporation