Redskins Radio Station Files Legal Objection to FCC Complaints
The company that owns ESPN 950 and 980, Red Zebra Broadcasting, filed a formal response via the law firm Wiley Rein, to the Federal Communications Commission on Friday. The filing was in response to objections of using the team’s name on-air. Red Zebra is partially owned by Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, both ESPN stations broadcast Redskins games all across the internet.
Red Zebra Broadcasting filed a response to the Federal Communications Commission on Friday against objections to their using the team’s name on the air and during other broadcasting. The FCC has reportedly been looking the matter over and is currently deciding if the team’s name should be banned from all of television and radio.
“The filing makes clear that the FCC cannot lawfully serve as arbiter of the public and political debate over the name of Washington, DC’s NFL franchise,” Wiley Rein said in a press release. “The response asks the Commission to send a clear signal that it will not take adverse action on a license renewal application based on subjective determinations about what constitutes appropriate programming.”
Those in favor of a name change have requested that the FCC take Red Zebra stations off the air for broadcasting indecent content.
