The federal case in question involves an FCC policy that allows for fines against broadcasters who let swears flow like it's free booze at a SXSW day party. In this particular instance, the policies are being challenged by Fox, ABC, and CBS, after brilliant commentary uttered by Bono, Cher, and Nicole Richie on awards shows in 2002 and 2003:

No fines were issued in the incidents, but the FCC could impose fines for future violations of the policy.

The case before the Court technically involves only two airings on Fox of the Billboard Music Awards in which celebrities' expletives were broadcast over the airwaves.

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Monday that he was pleased with the Court's decision.

"The Commission, Congress and most importantly parents understand that protecting our children is our greatest responsibility," he said in a prepared statement. "I continue to believe we have an obligation then to enforce laws restricting indecent language on television and radio when children are in the audience."

Fox Broadcasting Co. was also pleased. The decision will "give us the opportunity to argue that the FCC's expanded enforcement of the indecency law is unconstitutional in today's diverse media marketplace where parents have access to a variety of tools to monitor their children's television viewing," company spokesman Scott Grogin said in a prepared statement.

It remains to be seen whether the decision will pan out successfully or not. My personal feeling is that if we were really thinking of the children, we could start by keeping some of these folks off the air. TV would be boring and less profitable, of course, so this case review comes at a moment when the networks are looking to capitalize on spectacles of all kinds.

Shock value is also the main selling point of this whole Montclair debacle, too. I don't see what's "edgy" about the alleged violations—has everyone forgotten already forgotten about The Vegetable Report and other shenanigans of radio's past?

Perhaps the wannabe Howard Sterns at WMSU desperately need their 15 minutes of fame in a suburban landscape dominated by the likes WFMU, WSOU, and WPRB (where I DJ). So here are some details:

Montclair State University this week began an investigation into a February student radio broadcast that apparently included naked women, lap dancing and other sex acts.

A faculty adviser pulled the show off the air this week, but not until a parent of one of the women called the school Tuesday to complain about videos on the Web that purportedly showed the scene at the college-owned studio. The university began its probe Wednesday.

"Basically, it is what it appears to be and we're looking into which of these individuals are students," said Minne Ho, spokeswoman for the university. "If they are students here, we will find out who they are." She said they could be sanctioned - from probation to expulsion - for behavior that detracts "from the core mission of the university."

Some of the raunchy videos — which apparently date to a broadcast of the Randy Rogers show in February — were posted on one of the disc jockey's Web sites Friday and were not removed until The Record tried to contact the DJs. One of the videos featured a man writing Rogers' initials in whipped cream on the body of a naked girl in what appears to be the FM radio station's studio.

The intro to the video directs viewers to tune in to the "Kinky Olympics" on WMSC 90.3 every Tuesday from 7 to 10 p.m. Other photos that appeared on the Web show men lining up and receiving lap dances.

Montclair State shock jocks in hot water [Northjersey.com]
Supreme Court Will Review FCC Policy on Broadcast Profanity [Law.com]

1 = Don't call it a comeback!
2 = Why hasn't anyone made the connection?

JOURNEY's AOR appeal never ends—it goes on and on and etc.! Thanks to the Sopranos finale, Steve Perry and the crew had their best TV exposure since "Wheel In The Sky" appeared on the "Harlots and Hobos" episode of Deadwood. But Perry was almost bested by similarly coiffed PAUL MCCARTNEY, whose album you bought out of a combination of oversaturated marketing and overwhelming obligation; but the two of them will likely be knocked out next week by T-PAIN, who wants to buy U a drank, LILY ALLEN and AMY WINEHOUSE, just so you won't shut up talking about it (Do those two braggity boozers remind anyone else of those college freshman who wear "Beers Of The World" shirts? We get it!). KELLY CLARKSON made the list after she fired her manager and dumped her summer tour, while FRANZ FERDINAND pops up thanks to a "secret show" that was so secret, it was attended by every music blogger in the world. Thank God they took so many photos, otherwise we never would have believed it existed.

1 - La isla barista!
2- Could lead to much-needed Kurtis Blow revival
3 - You're gonna do this one by the book, McClane!

Thanks to a perfect storm of nostalgia, ceaseless press and spur-of-the-moment chain-store purchases, PAUL MCCARTNEY shoots to the top of this week's chart, though he's neck and neck with THE WHITE STRIPES, whose Icky Thump leaked onto the internet this week, though in an apparent "hook-free" version. Meanwhile, sticky frump AMY WINEHOUSE stayed in the top three, where she'll stay all summer, as the press can't get enough Winehousery (her left-forearm tattoo just had a scintillating interview with TeenVogue.com!) And as for BRUCE WILLIS, he's back on the road this summer, where he'll presumably be honking on bobo and hitting on the local massage therapist sitting in the third row. Yippy kay play! Etc.

1 = Can't stop, won't stop.
2 = Least compelling blog headline of all time.
3 = We heard something about some guy flying with him when he wasn't supposed to? Did we get that right?

It's a 'Housequake! Thanks to dueling Spin and Rolling Stone—not to mention that cred-boosting implied drug use—AMY WINEHOUSE remains at the top spot; at this point, she's so played-out now that her own overexposure is overexposed. A leak from TEGAN AND SARA and a fake leak from THE WHITE STRIPES move both artists up a bit, though when it comes to power couples, you can't beat NANCY REAGAN and her late husband, RAPPIN' RONNIE, who made the talk-show rounds this week. As for the rest of the list: BETH DITTO got nude, 50 CENT got moved and LAVENDER DIAMOND got mewed over by dozens of wistful indie-rock boys, all of whom are looking for the next Jenny Lewis. As for R. KELLY, not all the public-image problems in the world can stop him; after all, they tried to make him to go pee-hab, and he said "No, no, no"! And then he recorded a song about having sex with a pterodactyl.

INDECENT EXPOSURE CHART: 4/30/07
ARTIST	WEEKS ON CHART	LAST WEEK	DAYS UNTIL BACKLASH
1. AMY WINEHOUSE 1	17	11	2
2. BLINKY, PARIS HILTON'S FUTURE CELLMATE, WHO IS SERIOUSLY GONNA FUCK THAT GIRL UP	—	N/A	N/A
3. DAVID BOWIE	2,491,276	N/A	1
4. DAN DEACON 2	N/A	N/A	15
5. BJORK	75	6	-1
6. FEIST	14	22	4
7. NE-YO	15	2	ASK THIS GUY
8. NICOLAS SARKOZY	20	5	-1
9. PHIL SPECTOR	73	24	1962
10. THE ARCADE FIRE 3	RE-ENTRY	432	???

1 = cross-over audience now fifty percent KCRW, fifty percent KRS-One
2 = sounds like the name of one of those children's-rock performers, but is not
3 = do you guys have any opinions about them?

Yet another week of big re-entries on the chart, with AMY WINEHOUSE shooting all the way back to No. 1, thanks to a string of New York City shows and the release of her new midriff; also making a comeback are such audience-dividing entities as THE ARCADE FIRE, PHIl SPECTOR and WEALTHY FRENCH CONSERVATIVES. Meanwhile, a "Best New Music" glow on Pitchfork helps Baltimore's own DAN DEACON make an impressive debut—but it's not enough to fend off DAVID BOWIE, whose High Line Festival garnered him big magazine coverage, proving that no one can keep the press' interest quite like Mr. Jones. Finally, a retraction from our last installment: We had NORA, THAT CAT ON YOUTUBE WITH THE PIANO at No. 3, when she really should have been No. 412. Sorry for the bad tabby-ulation!!

INDECENT EXPOSURE CHART: 4/30/07
ARTIST	WEEKS ON CHART	LAST WEEK	DAYS UNTIL BACKLASH
1. THE WHITE STRIPES	RE-ENTRY	N/A	N/A
2. PATRICK WOLF 1	2	428	16
3. HAVE U SEEN THAT CAT!!? SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE PLAY'S PIANO!!	1	234	—
4. ARCTIC MONKEYS	113	8	5
5. FEIST	73	1	0
6. BJORK	72,387	19	1998
7. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 2	—	N/A	BRO!
8. AVRIL LAVIGNE	20	5	-1
9. THE STILL-GRUMPY GHOST OF KURT VONNEGUT 2	N/A	N/A	SOON, IF HE DOESN'T KNOCK OFF THAT RACKET
10. FRANZ FERDINAND 3	RE-ENTRY	1,256	2

KEY
1 = Are you shitting us?
2 = Still unstuck.
3 = Second album actually better than you remember.

This was a big week for re-entries: THE WHITE STRIPES' "Icky Thump" sent Jack and Meg all the way to the top, making it the duo's best week since last September; meanwhile, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE benefited from Coachella exposure, not to mention Nancy Pelosi blasting "Take The Power Back" during last week's White House Correspondents' Dinner. AVRIL and ARCTIC MONKEYS ride their new-release buzz some more, but the real surprise here is the zipping ascent of PATRICK WOLF, who in the past two weeks garnered attention for his crazed live shows and online rants, despite no more than two people even knowing who he is.

1 = Greatest gainer
2 = Newly mustacheless
3 = Enjoying this for as long as it lasts

A high-falutin' New York Times profile helps send FEIST straight to the top of this week's list—but boy, was this a close race! While most wags thought LILY ALLEN was due for a cooling-off period, her recent tour-cancellation announcement shot the pint-sized potty-mouther back to No. 2, followed closely by karaoke jammy-jammers OF MONTREAL. Leaks helped ART BRUT and AVRIL LAVIGNE break into the Top 10, meaning that we'll have to say farewell to the likes of LINKIN PARK, MODEST MOUSE and POUTY PICTURE OF ROSE MCGOWAN for now. Next week, look for ARCTIC MONKEYS to take the top spot—unless a certain water-locked mammal has a WHALEY of a time with his/her newfound fame!

1 = Be sure to scroll down to the second picture
2 = Greatest gainer
3 = Hotshot debut

Mr. Cassadaga Casanova himself, BRIGHT EYES, tops this week's list, thanks to a new album and—more importantly—a newly unwashed coif. He knocks Amy Winehouse down to No. 2, but with her album sitting high on the iTunes charts and several new tattoos planned for Q2, look for her to reclaim the throne soon. A leak of LINKIN PARK's new single sent the group into the top ten for the first time in years, and more tracks from WILCO's Sky Blue Sky shot Jeff Tweedy and pals up the charts—but will either outfit remain after their respective fans actually listen to their songs? The biggest "shock" of the week, however, is the absence of Timbaland, who holds steady at No. 11, done in by sentimental fave FRICKOLAS, THE JARRINGLY OVER-PATRIOTIC CAT. Me-ouch!!!

* = Hotshot debut
+ = Greatest gainer

Thanks to her SXSW gig, Smoking Gun rider release, and general mainstream-magazine glossiness, AMY WINEHOUSE claims the top spot this week, pushing fellow U.K. ladybird LILY ALLEN down to the No. 9 slot. Hot on her heels is LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, whose Sound Of Silver is already the sound of numerous cool-kid dive bars and dinner parties. Also making a big surge is THE NATIONAL, who scooted across the blogosphere thanks to a "leaked" MP3; look for them to be knocked down next week, when CARRIE UNDERWOOD's Saturday Night Live appearance pushes her back in the top five, and SNOOP DOGG causes national headlines with yet another international incident.