as a whole, must lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value." If NBC decided to broadcast the Playboy Channel from 2 A.M. to 4 A.M. every morning, they could not do so because it would fit all the criteria of being obscene – a majority of people would desire its removal for its sexual indecency and cultural irrelevance. The other type of regulation is for "indecent" speech. "The Commission has defined broadcast indecency as language or material that, in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium, sexual or excretory organs or activities." Indecency covers the bulk of the "bad words" and keeps discussion of sexual events to a minimum. The FCC cannot forbid indecent material, but they can regulate at what time of day it can be run in order to reduce the risk that children would be subjected to it ("EB – Obscene and Indecent Broadcasts." Federal
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