No, the FCC may not ban the use of “Redskins” on radio and TV broadcasting

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No, the FCC may not ban the use of “Redskins” on radio and TV broadcasting

 

By Eugene Volokh October 1 at 1:23 PM

Prof. John Banzhaf has filed a petition asking the FCC to revoke the broadcast license of stations that use the word “Redskins.”

 

Some “longtime participants in the FCC regulatory process” — including former FCC chair Reed Hundt — have likewise argued that,

 

It is impermissible under law that the FCC would condone, or that broadcasters would use, obscene pornographic language

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Petition to block Dan Snyder’s radio station from renewing its license dismissed by FCC

By John Woodrow Cox December 18 at 4:39 PM

The Federal Communications Commission has dismissed an attempt to block the broadcast license renewal of a radio station that belongs to Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder.

 

A George Washington University law professor and three Native Americans had filed the petition against WWXX (94.3 FM), arguing that the station’s frequent use of the term “Redskins” was a racial slur that qualifies as hate speech.

 

The commission rejected all of their arguments, leaving little room for interpretation and perhaps offering a forecast of how it will rule on similar cases in California.

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