FCC goes after Sports Radio 560 WQAM

[MrRadioGuy1977]

FCC investigating complaint against radio morning show host


The Federal Communications Commission is investigating a complaint that WQAM-AM 560 morning-show host Hank Goldberg uttered an obscene term on the air on Jan. 10, according to an Aug. 15 letter from the FCC to station owner Beasley Broadcast Group of Naples.

Additionally, the commission is looking into complaints of indecency aired on the Howard Stern Show on both a Fort Myers station, also a Beasley property, and a New York station owned by Infinity Broadcasting.

The allegations were filed by Coral Gables lawyer Jack Thompson, an anti-obscenity crusader whose complaints have resulted in hefty fines of radio stations in the past.

An FCC spokeswoman said the letters were requests for information from the stations, the routine response to complaints from the public. Beasley could not be reached immediately for comment.

 

[954]

> FCC investigating complaint against radio morning show host
>
> The Federal Communications Commission is investigating a
> complaint that WQAM-AM 560 morning-show host Hank Goldberg
> uttered an obscene term on the air on Jan. 10, according to
> an Aug. 15 letter from the FCC to station owner Beasley
> Broadcast Group of Naples.
>
> Additionally, the commission is looking into complaints of
> indecency aired on the Howard Stern Show on both a Fort
> Myers station, also a Beasley property, and a New York
> station owned by Infinity Broadcasting.
>
> The allegations were filed by Coral Gables lawyer Jack
> Thompson, an anti-obscenity crusader whose complaints have
> resulted in hefty fines of radio stations in the past.

Is that Jack Thompson the one who's a religious right
extremist and far-out GOP activist, in the Anita Bryant
mold?

If so, couldn't we just handcuff him to Neil Rogers, put
them in a cage, and give them a choice of weapons?

We could sell tickets for an event like that.

73s from 954
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[jcolletta275]

> > FCC investigating complaint against radio morning show
> host
> >
> > The Federal Communications Commission is investigating a
> > complaint that WQAM-AM 560 morning-show host Hank Goldberg
>
> > uttered an obscene term on the air on Jan. 10, according
> to
> > an Aug. 15 letter from the FCC to station owner Beasley
> > Broadcast Group of Naples.
> >
> > Additionally, the commission is looking into complaints of
>
> > indecency aired on the Howard Stern Show on both a Fort
> > Myers station, also a Beasley property, and a New York
> > station owned by Infinity Broadcasting.
> >
> > The allegations were filed by Coral Gables lawyer Jack
> > Thompson, an anti-obscenity crusader whose complaints have
>
> > resulted in hefty fines of radio stations in the past.
>
> Is that Jack Thompson the one who's a religious right
> extremist and far-out GOP activist, in the Anita Bryant
> mold?
>
> If so, couldn't we just handcuff him to Neil Rogers, put
> them in a cage, and give them a choice of weapons?
>
> We could sell tickets for an event like that.
>
> 73s from 954

Ooh, yeah, I'd buy that ticket!

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[peppertree]

I wonder if this Coral Gables lawyer knows that he has a knob on his radio for turning the station and another one for turning the radio off? Maybe we would all be better off if he used those knobs instead of the courts and FCC. But what can you expect from an attorney?

If this station owned the frequency and did not have to have a government issued license to do business with permission of the gods in Washington DC, then it could tell this attorney to take a hike.

But that might be a little too much Capitalism than we can handle?

> FCC investigating complaint against radio morning show host
>
>
> The Federal Communications Commission is investigating a
> complaint that WQAM-AM 560 morning-show host Hank Goldberg
> uttered an obscene term on the air on Jan. 10, according to
> an Aug. 15 letter from the FCC to station owner Beasley
> Broadcast Group of Naples.
>
> Additionally, the commission is looking into complaints of
> indecency aired on the Howard Stern Show on both a Fort
> Myers station, also a Beasley property, and a New York
> station owned by Infinity Broadcasting.
>
> The allegations were filed by Coral Gables lawyer Jack
> Thompson, an anti-obscenity crusader whose complaints have
> resulted in hefty fines of radio stations in the past.
>
> An FCC spokeswoman said the letters were requests for
> information from the stations, the routine response to
> complaints from the public. Beasley could not be reached
> immediately for comment.
>
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[peppertree]

Are you sure the FCC would give permission for that to happen? That would be too much freedom on the part of the people.


> Is that Jack Thompson the one who's a religious right
> extremist and far-out GOP activist, in the Anita Bryant
> mold?
>
> If so, couldn't we just handcuff him to Neil Rogers, put
> them in a cage, and give them a choice of weapons?
>
> We could sell tickets for an event like that.
>
> 73s from 954
>
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