Here (pdf) is part of a press release the FCC put out after a local non network tv station had a penis exposed on their morning show during an interview. The FCC has proposed a fine of 27,500 dollars. If they hold this standard to CBS, it could be a much larger amount.



"The Commission concluded that, although the broadcast of this material was fleeting in that it occurred for less than a second, it was graphic and explicit, and the manner in which the station presented the material demonstrated that it was intended to pander to, titillate and shock viewers.



The Commission also concluded that the station failed to take adequate precautions to ensure that no actionably indecent material was broadcast despite its awareness that the interview involved performers who appear nude to manipulate their genitalia.



Under these circumstances, the Commission concluded that the airing of indecent material during the interview was clearly foreseeable.



The Commission proposed the statutory maximum forfeiture amount based on the extremely graphic and pandering nature of the material and the licensee's culpability in failing to take adequate precautions to prevent the broadcast of indecent material."