Q: I read about the man charged with texting pictures of his genitals to a woman. Why wasn't he charged under laws regarding sexting? — Ruth White, Fayetteville

A: Georgia doesn't have a law against electronically transmitting explicit photos, called sexting, a spokeswoman for Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens told Reuters. Charles Lee Warren faced up to three years in prison for texting an unsolicited photograph of his tattooed genitals to a woman. But the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Feb. 24 that the state's 1970 law that makes it a crime to send unsolicited material depicting nudity or sexual conduct (unless the envelope or container of the material contains a warning of the contents in at least eight-point boldface type), didn't apply to Warren's case, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Legislation was introduced last year to amend the law and include pictures transmitted electronically, but it didn't pass, Reuters reported.

Q: I enjoyed the response on commercial time on TV. It is so bad I record almost everything I watch so I can fast-forward through the commercials. How about radio? What is the average number of commercial minutes for every 30 minutes of a show? — Dave Bailey, Lawrenceville

A: There was an average of about 9 minutes an hour in radio advertising according to a 2011 study of 886 stations. Media Monitors, Coleman Insights and Arbitron found that the stations in the study aired 2.6 commercial breaks per hour and the average break was about 3½ minutes long. Spot breaks of varying lengths — some 1 minute and others of 4 or more minutes — were distributed in "roughly equal proportions," according to the report.

Andy Johnston wrote this column. Do you have a question about the news? We’ll try to get the answer. Call 404-222-2002 or email q&a@ajc.com (include name, phone and city).

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