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Statement of Commissioner Michael J. Copps,
Dissenting
Re: Entercom Seattle License, LLC, Licensee of Station
KNDD(FM),Seattle, Washington, Memorandum Opinion and Order
I dissent from today's decision upholding an
Enforcement Bureau decision that I believe is inadequate.
In response to complaints about two separate broadcasts on
KNDD, the Enforcement Bureau proposed a forfeiture of $7000
for each incident of airing indecent material. In a
subsequent order, the Bureau reduced the fine for each
broadcast by $1000. I am concerned that this fine for what
the majority concludes is a violation of the indecency
statute will be easily absorbed as a ``cost of doing
business.'' I am further troubled that the Bureau, rather
than the Commissioners, made the initial determination. Our
enforcement actions should send a message that licensees
cannot ignore their public interest responsibilities. The
Commission's action today fails to do so.