Rowe’s going to have a little talk with Michael Powell

Well the FCC’s jihad on naughtiness isn’t going to win them any friends among the Cuban ex-pats. The Federales want to fine a Spanish-Language station from Miami who managed to get Cuban dictator and former MLB pitching prospect Fidel Castro on the phone, then harangue him on-air.

There’s apparently a rule prohibiting the use someone’s voice on-air without consent, the law in its majesty not differentiating between Joe Citizen and Joe Tyrant.

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