1. It is unclear how and when liquor commercials may appear on radio and television now that the ban has been lifted. 2. NBC justifies its decision by saying that liquor commercials will account for only a small fraction of ad revenue. 3. No flood of liquor commercials has materialized, however, in part because the major broadcast networks have refused to accept them. 4. She agrees women in liquor commercials tend to be portrayed as objects, but sees this in terms of a marketing tactic. 5. Spokesmen for ABC, CBS and Fox all said they had no plans now to change their policies against accepting liquor commercials. 6. The chairman of the FCC, Reed Hundt, has said that the commission has jurisdiction over liquor commercials, which he opposes. 7. The decision was castigated by a leading foe of liquor commercials. 8. The inquiry would have looked into such questions as how many liquor commercials were running now and at what times and how many children were seeing them. 9. The networks have shown commendable responsibility in refusing to accept liquor commercials. 10. The major networks have so far refused to carry the liquor commercials. |