It's A Dangerous Time To Be In
Radio
Jocks Who Are Doing What They've Done For Years
Are Getting Fined Because All of A Sudden - It's Now Deemed Obscene
It's Dangerous - Because What It Comes Down To
Is If You Are Engaged In Unpopular Speech
The Government Can Simply Fine You Out Of Existence
Who Defines Obscenity? What Are Community Standards?
Mancow Muller, who has been the target of a listener's crusade against
alleged on-air indecency for the last five years, is about to fight back by
taking his accuser to court.
The nationally syndicated WKQX-FM (101.1) morning personality is expected to
file a $3 million lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court today against David
Edward Smith, the Chicago man whose Citizens for Community Values has lodged 66
complaints about "Mancow's Morning Madhouse" with the Federal Communicatons
Commission.
Acting on Smith's complaints, the FCC so far has cited Muller and Q-101's
parent, Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications, six times for indecency,
resulting in fines totaling $42,000.
Among other claims, the lawsuit will charge Smith with business interference and
filing "spurious complaints" with the FCC that are "repetitive, malicious,
untrue, and designed merely for the purpose of harassment [and] to cause
[Muller] economic ruin."
Muller's suit is likely to draw nationwide attention in light of renewed efforts
by the FCC and Congress to regulate content and target individual performers.
"Judgment day has come for those who hide in the shadows, twisting Bible verses
and hiding in government offices while using another government office to
attempt to destroy my radio station, my wife, my widowed mother and my future
children," Muller said in a statement.
"Although I studied to be a minister, my time of 'turn the other cheek' has now
ended. I firmly believe the 'zealots' have done numerous illegal things that
will be revealed in the courts. I have garnered a massive war fund and will not
quit until my First Amendment right to free speech is restored. I ask for
everyone's prayers during this tough time. All profits from this battle will be
donated to the Boy Scouts of America and other Mancow charities," he said.
Smith, who is employed as an aide to Ald. Ginger Rugai (19th), said he is acting
on his own in carrying out what he called a "private crusade" against Muller.
"Why is the focus on the guy who's blowing the whistle instead of the guy who's
breaking the law?" Smith said. "I am simply following the procedure set up by
the FCC to file grievances. Mancow is trying to censor his critic, which is
ironic for a free speech advocate in a democratic society."
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