Attorney: Timing could prevent FCC fines for UNC coach's expletive

Posted Feb 20, 2009
The time at which Roy Williams said the ["F"] word is key to whether stations would be liable for an FCC fine, said Mark Prak, an attorney for the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters. The FCC allows a "safe harbor" for broadcasting indecent material from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., when fewer families and children are listening or watching. Williams said the expletive a few minutes after 10 p.m. (WRAL.com)

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