The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) informed the American people on April 1 that it would like to ease up on enforcing existing decency standards for broadcast television and radio by only punishing the “deliberate and repetitive use” of profanity and nudity.

They want to focus only on “egregious” cases of indecency in broadcast media and ignore “isolated” expletives and nudity.

In other words, network television and local radio stations could air any language (including the F-word) and show frontal nudity, even during hours when they know children will be watching and listening.

You can read the FCC public notice and make public comment by April 30. If you want to submit a comment, see “3 easy steps: Tell the FCC how you feel about TV decency.”

It is commonly understood that the First Amendment protection of free speech was not designed by the founders to protect profanity, vulgarity, or obscenity on the open airwaves which belong to the people of the United States. Please let the FCC know that you want to have your values respected in the use of your airwaves.