The FCC denied two applications for review that...

The FCC denied two applications for review that sought to overturn license renewals for several Emmis stations in Indiana and Illinois, the agency said in an order Friday (http://bit.ly/1kHUXAu). The applications were filed by David Smith, the Illinois Family Institute and Illinois chapter of Concerned Women for America in 2009 and 2010, and are related to indecency complaints filed against the Mancow’s Morning Madhouse radio show in 2002. Those indecency matters were settled with a 2006 consent decree, said the order. “Upon review of the AFRs and the entire record, and finding no basis in the Applications for Review to modify any of the Bureau’s decisions, we conclude that Smith and Petitioners have failed to demonstrate that the Bureau erred,” said the order. The applications for review concerned WFNI(AM) Indianapolis, WLHK(FM) Shelbyville, WYXB(FM) Indianapolis, WWVR(FM) West Terre Haute, Ind., WTHI-FM, Terre Haute and WKQX(FM) Chicago.