Clear Channel Communications has sued Howard Stern and his distributor, Infinity Broadcasting. Clear Channel’s $3 million countersuit seeks compensation for lost advertising revenue and $1.75 million related to fines.
Clear Channel Communications Inc. fired Howard Stern on Thursday after the Federal Communications Commission proposed $495,000 in indecency fines. Regulators are reserving the right to go after additional fines related to the same show and perhaps others as well.
The nation's largest radio station owner got slammed with a $715,000 fine by the Federal Communications Commission for airing sexually explicit "Bubba the Love Sponge"
