Reports: KSPR broadcast naked woman by mistake

Late Friday the local ABC television network affiliate appeared to have a mishap while broadcasting live on air.

While delivering a weather report at 4:36 p.m., the station pointed its cameras at a desktop computer monitor.

The screen displayed weather information on a Facebook page, according to videos obtained by the News-Leader.

The page was logged into what appeared to be a personal Facebook account belonging to a KSPR meteorologist.

While KSPR was delivering information about local weather conditions, someone used Facebook Messenger, an instant messaging service, to contact the account-holder.

The message included a video image of a woman clad only in a hoodie sweatshirt.

She flashed her breasts and genitals repeatedly, according to videos posted to social media by KSPR audience-members early Friday evening.

The nude video appeared to have been broadcast over the public airwaves, which are regulated by the federal government.

The FCC does not permit full-frontal nudity in U.S. broadcasts over the air.

"Federal law prohibits obscene, indecent and profane content from being broadcast on the radio or TV," according to an FCC website.

The indecency and profanity rules do not apply to cable, satellite TV and satellite radio because they are paid subscription services, according to the FCC.

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And pornographic material is widely available over the internet, which is regulated in part by the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000.

The News-Leader reached out to KSPR and its news director twice by phone and social media message for comment but has not yet received a response.

Viewers reacted swiftly.

"That is NOT why I watch the news!" one person commented on Facebook. "But it was hilarious!"

"Thanks for the show KSPR 33," wrote someone else. "Full frontal nudity on your news broadcast."