Complaints Against Various Licensees Regarding Their Broadcast Of The Fox Television Network Program “Married By America” On April 7, 2003
I. INTRODUCTION
1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (“NAL”), issued pursuant to section 503(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), and section 1.80 of the Commission’s rules,2 we find that the licensees of 169 Fox Television Network stations (“Fox Network Stations”)3 apparently broadcast indecent material during an episode of the Fox program “Married By America” on April 7, 2003, in apparent willful violation of the federal restrictions regarding the broadcast of indecent material. Based on our review of the facts and circumstances in this case, we conclude that the licensees are apparently liable for monetary forfeitures in the amount of $7,000 for each of their respective stations that broadcast the material at issue, for a total proposed forfeiture of $1,183,000.