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Company: WDBJ Television Inc.
Penalty: $325,000
Year: 2015
Date: March 23, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: The Federal Communications Commission announced plants to fine WDBJ Television, Inc. of Roanoke, Virginia, $325,000 for broadcasting graphic and sexually explicit material during the station's evening newscast.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Communications Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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