NBC's restrictions onward liquor advertising turn out to be not likewise restrictive.

NBC's restrictions onward liquor advertising turn out to be not likewise restrictive.

The network will consider running liquor ads no other than on programs where at least 85% of viewers are 21 or older In the same respect, that's a relatively grave bar: Virtually all NBC prime-time exhibits qualify.

In issuing its plan last month to allow liquor ads, General Electric Co.'s NBC tried to be sensitive to lawmakers and public interest groups' disturbs over distilled-spirits marketing to youth. Broadcast networks have had a long-standing voluntary ban upon liquor ads.

All general NBC prime-time shows except common ...