[BC] FCC & 9/11

[Alan Kline]

Art's basically correct--the CBS delay was 28:50.  I haven't heard of any
CBS affiliates delaying or refusing to clear the special. Rich is correct;
it ran commercial-free.  And there were no visuals of bodies hitting the
ground.  No doubt the sounds were on the audio track, but I certainly
couldn't differentiate the sounds of bodies hitting from all of the other
sounds that were present.

I think the FCC would be on very shaky ground if it tried any enforcement
action, as "9/11" has been broadcast twice previously with no actions
being taken against any station.

ak

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Art Reed wrote:

> It depends on which special you were referring to.  The CBS rerun of their
> documentary, (a rebroadcast) which consisted of footage shot by a pair of
> cameramen who happened to be filming the NYPD that day, was probably delayed
> due to a US Open coverage overrun of about 40 minutes.  AFAIK, the ABC
> "docudrama" ran on schedule.
>