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Over the weekend I was driving through West Virginia, Martinsburg to be exact.
I stumbled upon a high school basketball game that aired live on both AM 740 WRNR and AM 1340 WEPM. The two local AM stations there.
Nothing special about the broadcasts themselves but when I heard the game on WRNR, not once but twice I heard the announcer say "...this game is rated G".
Thought that was a bit odd so just being curious I turned the dial from 740 to 1340 since WEPM often carries the same game as 740 even though the two stations are not owned by one another.
There too I heard that the game was "rated G". The announcement came after a commercial break.
A while back I asked the question about content ratings for radio. Much like what is done with TV, movies and video games. How is it really possible for such a practice.
Now I hear this. Granted it is on two really small AM stations but this is the first time I heard any radio station say that a broadcast is "rated G". If a high school game is "rated G", I guess a college game is "rated PG" and NFL is "R".
No seriously, is this a start of a new trend or is it something these two stations felt they had to do.
BTW..just being curious I called up both stations. No answer at WRNR but when I did call WEPM to ask them about this. They hung up the phone on me without saying a word.
I stumbled upon a high school basketball game that aired live on both AM 740 WRNR and AM 1340 WEPM. The two local AM stations there.
Nothing special about the broadcasts themselves but when I heard the game on WRNR, not once but twice I heard the announcer say "...this game is rated G".
Thought that was a bit odd so just being curious I turned the dial from 740 to 1340 since WEPM often carries the same game as 740 even though the two stations are not owned by one another.
There too I heard that the game was "rated G". The announcement came after a commercial break.
A while back I asked the question about content ratings for radio. Much like what is done with TV, movies and video games. How is it really possible for such a practice.
Now I hear this. Granted it is on two really small AM stations but this is the first time I heard any radio station say that a broadcast is "rated G". If a high school game is "rated G", I guess a college game is "rated PG" and NFL is "R".
No seriously, is this a start of a new trend or is it something these two stations felt they had to do.
BTW..just being curious I called up both stations. No answer at WRNR but when I did call WEPM to ask them about this. They hung up the phone on me without saying a word.