47 CFR § 73.3999 - Enforcement of 18 U.S.C. 1464 (restrictions on the transmission of obscene and indecent material).

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title: "47 CFR § 73.3999 - Enforcement of 18 U.S.C. 1464 (restrictions on the transmission of obscene and indecent material)."
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# 73.3999 Enforcement of 18 U.S.C. 1464 (restrictions on the transmission of obscene and indecent material).

(a) No licensee of a radio or television broadcast station shall broadcast any material which is obscene.

(b) No licensee of a radio or television broadcast station shall broadcast on any day between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. any material which is indecent.

[60 FR 44439, Aug. 28, 1995]