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This 10 page paper considers the issue of shock radio, including the productions of Howard Stern, and assesses the implications of FCC rulings regarding the regulation of these types of shows. This paper considers the legal aspects of the current debate. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Amendment in asserting rights to freedom of speech. While the FCC has argued that the regulation of content on radio and television exists within the stipulation for regulation based
on public interest, many have argued that this is in violation of the prohibition of laws or regulations prohibiting free speech as outlined in the First Amendment. The supporters
of shock radio shows, including the Howard Stern Snow, have argued that the content of these radio programs should be outside the scope of FCC limitations, based on the application
of the First Amendment and the rights of commentators like Howard Stern, to present their ideas. Background of the Issue The First Amendment of the United States Constitution
states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..."
This clause has been utilized to argument against federal regulation of the airwaves by the FCC, who has placed limitations on the content of transmitted material through what has been
deemed regulations in the public interest. The FCC has recognized that the intent of the First Amendment did not exclude the government from regulating content if it could be
determined that this content was in the best interest of the public and if there was a public directive for such restraints. In recent years, challenges against the controversial
discourses of radio personalities like Howard Stern and the use of graphic portrayals of abortion procedures in political campaigns have resulted in the call for assessments of the FCCs procedures
in correlation with a view of First Amendment Rights (News Media and the Law 31; Flint 61). In 1993, the FCC fined Infinity Broadcasting, the company that hired radio
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