FCC fines 13 Fox affiliates $7,000 each

Regulators fined 13 Fox TV stations $7,000 each for a 2003 episode of “Married by America” that included graphic scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties.

The Federal Communications Commission in 2004 proposed a $1.2-million fine against 169 affiliates of Fox Broadcasting Co. that aired the since-canceled reality show on April 7, 2003.

But the agency said Friday that it would fine stations only in markets from which it had received complaints. Stations in Las Vegas; Washington, D.C.; Baltimore; Des Moines; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Tupelo, Miss.; and Okemos, Mich., face fines totaling $91,000.