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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  November  23,  2004  Suzanne  Tetreault  (202)  418-  7450 
 suzanne.  tetreault  @fcc.  gov 
 FCC  DENIES  INDECENCY  COMPLAINTS  AGAINST  “COUPLING”  EPISODES 


 Washington,  D.  C.:  The  Federal  Communications  Commission  today  issued  a  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  denying  48  complaints  filed  by  the  Parents  Television  Council  and  others 
 alleging  that  NBC  Telemundo  License  Co.,  the  licensee  of  station  WRC-  TV,  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  other  NBC  affiliates,  aired  indecent  material  during  the  September  25,  October  2,  October  9, 
 and  October  23,  2003  episodes  of  the  “Coupling”  program. 
 The  Commission  found  that  the  episodes  were  not  sufficiently  graphic  or  explicit  to  be  indecent. 
 By  the  Commission:  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps,  Martin  and  Adelstein,  FCC  04-  235,  October  1,  2004. 


 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  Suzanne  Tetreault  or  Lisa  Fowlkes  at  (202)  418-  7450. 
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