About the FCC, the reason Howard gets nailed is because people listen to him specifically to try to get him fined. No one listens to Oprah trying to turn her in. But it is also about Politics, when the Democrats were in power they did not care about TV/Radio and concentrated on other issues. But with Republicans in power they have to listen to their nutjob religious wing and they want Howard gone. So the FCC became an extension of religious beliefs and the crackdown of Radio/TV began.