January 1, 2003: PTC Launches FCC Campaign
January 22, 2003: FCC Commissioner Michael Copps calls broadcast industry "A race to the bottom" in a speech at NAPTE 2003 Family Programming Forum re: Family Hour
January 25, 2003: PTC Members file 18,000 complaints about "Fword" airing during Golden Globes Broadcast.
February 27, 2003: The Fword is uttered and airs unbleeped during an episode of "I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!"
February 27, 2003: Brent Bozell testifies at an FCC town hall meeting in Richmond, VA and calls on the FCC to enforce television decency standards.
April 30, 2003 Profamily coalition meets with several FCC commissioners (Copps, Abernathy and Martin) and demands action on the issue of television Decency standards.
June 10, 2003 Fox airs an episode of freshman drama Keen Eddie in which a female prostitute is hired to perform a sex act on a horse to harvest its semen. PTC Members file 20,000 complaints with the FCC.
June 25, 2003: Brent Bozell sends a letter to FCC Chairman Michael Powell regarding an episode of Fox's Keen Eddie.
July 2, 2003: Michael Copps gives FCC a grade of "F" for failure to take strong action against indecency.
July 8, 2003: Kevin Martin sends a letter to the PTC concerning broadcast indecency and in response to our 4/30 mandate.
July 9, 2003: KQRDFM Kansas City airs a live segment in which a male employee of the morning show stands alongside of a rush hour jammed freeway to hand out free lottery tickets. The man is naked, except for the tickets taped to his body.
July 14, 2003: PTC Kansas City chapter filed a FCC indecency complaint against KQRCFM for its indecent radio stunt
July 23, 2003: PTC President Brent Bozell testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee that the FCC has refused to do its job to enforce broadcast decency laws.
August 8, 2003: Sen. John McCain sent Brent a letter as a response to Brent calling for stiffer broadcast indecency fines.
October 2, 2003: FCC fines WWDCFM $55,000 for two instances of broadcast indecency where the host of the morning talk program engaged in and broadcast frank sexual discussions with two underage female callers.
October 2, 2003: FCC fines 13 Infinity affiliates $27,500 each for broadcasting an episode of "Opie and Anthony" where two people had sex inside St. Patrick's Cathedral.
October 2, 2003: PTC calls for better enforcement of indecency after paltry fines are levied for indecent radio broadcasts on 13 of Infinity's affiliates during the "Opie and Anthony Show" and Clear Channel's "Elliot in the Morning" on WWDCWashington DC
October 2, 2003: FCC Commissioner Michael Copps sends out a press release in dissention of the FCC's small fines against radio indecency by "Opie and Anthony" and "Elliot in the Morning."
October 3, 2003 FCC enforcement bureau, headed by David Solomon finds that Bono's statement that aired live and unbleeped on NBC during the Golden Globes award ceremony "This is really, really f*ckin' brilliant" is not indecent because it was used as and "Adjective or expletive."
October 21, 2003: Brent Bozell calls for FCC Commission action re: fword ruling
October 27, 2003: FCC Commissioner Michael Copps sends a letter to Brent in dissent of FCC fword ruling
November 17, 2003: NBC replies to PTC's appeal to Golden Globes decision
November 21, 2003: 30 U.S. Representatives send a letter of disapproval to FCC Chairman Michael Powell for the FCC's fword ruling and call on him to reverse the decision and sanction broadcasters who violate decency standards.
November 21, 2003: Rep. Chip Pickering sends a letter of disapproval to FCC Chairman Michael Powell re: FCC's Golden Globe fword ruling and calls on him to enforce the ban on profanity on the public airwaves.
November 25, 2003: FCC Chairman Michael Copps sends Brent a letter stating his opinions re: FCC ruling on Golden Globes fword.
December 5, 2003: In a speech to the Institute on Telecommunications Policy & Regulation, FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin denounces FCC's Golden Globes ruling.
December 5, 2003: Kevin Martin sends letter to Brent Bozell regarding the FCC's ruling on the Golden Globes "fword" incident.
December 9, 2003: Sense of the Senate resolution passed re: broadcast indecency
December 10, 2003 During the Billboard Music Awards on Fox, Nicole Riches airs the seemingly scripted line: "Have you ever tried to get cow sh*t out of a Prada Purse? It's not so f*ckin' simple." The words are neither bleeped nor obscured in the East or Central viewing zones. PTC Members file 25,000 complaints with the FCC.
December 15, 2003: Reps Doug Ose and Lamar Smith introduce legislation making eight words (including "Fk") and phrases indecent no matter how they're used.
December 17, 2003: FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy sends letter to Brent re: FCC's ruling on the Golden Globes "fword"
December 19, 2003: Rep. Pickering sends a letter to the FCC's Enforcement Bureau chief David Solomon about the indecent language on the Billboard Music Awards, stating that he believes the incident is a direct result of the FCC's October Golden Globes ruling.
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