A petition was filed by a consortium of broadcasters ( which included Viacom ) and the RIAA over an FCC indecency ruling , regarding fleeting expletives uttered by Bono of U2 when accepting an award at the 60th Golden Globe Awards in 2003 . It argued that the FCC had implemented a standard " that would allow it to censor all kinds of things — anything considered blasphemous , coarse or vulgar " , and observed that many radio stations , especially rock-formatted stations , had been engaging in self-censorship by censoring or removing songs from their libraries , so that they would not run afoul of the stricter regulation . Clear Channel Communications removed talk-radio host Howard Stern from several of its large-market radio stations within a month of the incident , citing the raunchy content of Stern 's show . The FCC fined Clear Channel over allegedly indecent content on the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show . As a result of the incident , some networks established regulations requiring time delays of as much as five minutes for live broadcasts such as awards shows and sporting events . In late 2004 , the United States House of Representatives passed a bill to raise the maximum FCC fine penalty from said US$ 27,500 to US$ 500,000 per violation ; the United States Senate voted to decrease it to US$ 275,000 per incident , with a cap of US$ 3 million per day . By June 2006 , the two houses reconciled the differences in fine levels , settling for a fine of US$ 325,000 per violation in the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005
60th Golden Globe Awards
60th Golden Globe Awards
Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy