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TONIGHT: Icedbreaks on House of Sound Omnicast

BROADCAST INFO: http://www.facebook.com/events/581921938544454/
* Podcast recording of this show should be available ~ 5 days after original broadcast.

I am always looking for an opportunity to get the crew together, especially if I can unite the Fargo and Portland teams. While Fargo’s representation by many measures, have never been stronger through Star IV’s weekly radio program and Special Ed’s new projects both named and unnamed; Portland’s Iced Breakers Jeip, Joyride, Trish Dish and Arson have been on somewhat a hiatus since ACTIVATEpdx events went on hiatus back in May 2013.

Tonight from midnight – 3am! (technically Saturday morning) we’re seizing the opportunity presented by the new and fast-advancing Amiti Group.

Link to the stream after the break…

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FCC set to drop ban on f-word, nudity on television and radio stations nationwide

I have spent 13 years in the radio broadcast industry, dedicated countless hours to community radio stations in the Midwest and Pacific NorthWest. Creating compelling, decent programming on the airwaves is an art worth pursuing. To throw away standards is a fast-track to destroying the FCC and unraveling one of the most valuable resources our nation’s citizens still hold. When the FCC is gone, the bandwidth protected by the agency will be bought and sold to corporate interests. Please, stand up for standards.
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APRIL 8, 2013

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it is considering dropping current broadcast decency standards that ban explicit profanity and “non-sexual” nudity.

FCC LogoYou can read the press release from the FCC here.

Specifically, if enacted, the new FCC policy would allow network television and local radio stations to air the f-word, the s-word and to allow programs to show frontal female nudity, even during hours when they know children will be watching and listening.

It is accepting comments on the proposal from the viewing public until the end of April.

Current broadcast decency law prohibits expletives and nudity, even if brief or “fleeting.” The Supreme Court has upheld the law as constitutionally enforceable by the FCC, despite lawsuit attempts by networks NBC and FOX to overturn it.

TAKE ACTION

Submit your comments to the FCC, urging it to reject any changes to the current policy.

The FCC will not accept general email comments. To be valid, you are required to file a formal comment via the FCC’s website.

Please follow these instruction carefully, to insure your comment is accepted by the FCC:

1. Go to http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/begin?procName=&filedFrom=X.
2. Enter the code “13-86″ in the “Proceeding Number” box and fill out the few remaining required fields.
3. Enter your comment in the text box provided and click “Continue.”
4. From there, review your comment and click “Confirm.”

Some *SAMPLE COMMENTS* can be found at the bottom of this page.