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From WNYC in New York, this is NPR's On the Media.

Brooke Ladstone is out this week.

I'm Bob Garfield.

Parents, a language alert in this first story.

In a three-part order issued last week,

the Federal Communications Commission

levied the largest fines ever against broadcast stations for airing what the majority deems,

quote, indecent content. CBS stations felt the brunt of the blow with $3.6 million in fines

for implied sexual situations involving teenagers in its prime time drama without a trace.

This on top of $550,000 in fines for the Janet Jackson breast exposure incidents during the 2004 Super Bowl.

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