A mom with a 12-year-old son complained about hearing five instances of the word within a ten-minute period in the early afternoon hours of March 30. The UK's Ofcom regulator has investigated and found that Rinse FM is indeed in breach of the code, though there will be nothing like the kind of sanction the FCC would like to impose in the U.S. (American indecency fines can start at $325,000, thanks to a 2006 act of Congress that raised them ten-fold. At the moment, the FCC is awaiting the outcome of a Supreme Court decision that will come up during the 2011-2012 term.) The UK's Radio Today says Rinse FM went on the air only in February, and it tells the agency that its “compliance function was not fully operational” when the complaint was lodged. Management at the community radio station that uses volunteers has promised to do a better job of educating its staff, and is giving them copies of the UK's broadcast code. Rinse FM spent over 15 years as an unlicensed pirate radio operation and was finally given a license to operate legally last year. Its license condition authorizes it to broadcast to "young people living and/or working within the central east and south London areas."