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WASHINGTON (AP) - Regulators on Friday fined 13 Fox TV stations $7,000 each for a 2003 episode of "Married by America" that included graphic scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties.
The Federal Communications Commission had initially proposed a $1.2 million fine against 169 affiliates of Fox Broadcasting Co., a division of News Corp., that aired the since-canceled reality show. But, under a new policy, the agency said it would only fine stations in markets where viewers complained.
Last week, the FCC fined 44 ABC Television Network stations a total of $1.2 million over a 2003 broadcast of "NYPD Blue." The agency is focused on a scene in which a boy surprises a nude woman as she prepares to shower. ABC is owned by Walt Disney Co.
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