FCC Won't Stifle Satellite Stern

According to John Eggerton at Broadcasting & Cable, "Howard Stern will be free to be indecent on satellite radio, the Federal Communications Commission effectively said Wednesday -- a decision that should also make cable- and satellite-TV providers breathe easier, at least for now."

The FCC declined to open a proceeding on whether satellite radio is indecent, saying that it is a subscription service and that the agency has already ruled that such services "do not call into play the issue of indecency."