David Oxenford, Esq. authors a very insightful blog covering legal issues facing the broadcast industry. In a recent post, David explains the fallout of dangerous contests stations are putting on, that in some cases, have lead to the death of a contestant. What should be the ramifications of such careless actions? The FCC is holding a hearing to determine if stations should lose their licenses.

FCC Sets Hearing to Determine if Station License Renewal Should Be Denied For Conducting Unsafe Contest

Last week, we wrote an article which received much attention, addressing the legal issues that could come up if contests are not conducted properly. One issue that we did not anticipate was reflected in an FCC order released yesterday, designating for hearing the license renewal of the Entercom Sacramento radio station that was involved in the “Hold Your Wee For Wii” contest that led to the death of a contestant.
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