Redskins Name Ruled Not Obscene as FCC Declines to Deny License
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Washington Redskins isn’t a profane or obscene name, the Federal Communications Commission ruled.
The FCC in an order released today dismissed a request to deny the license renewal of a Virginia radio station that broadcast the word “Redskins.” John Banzhaf III and others said use of the name for the Washington team during National Football League games was objectionable because it’s a “derogatory racial and ethnic slur” against American Indians.