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F Bomb on Cowhead Show

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TampaRadioFan

Did you all hear the F Bomb from a caller this morning on 102.5's The Cowhead Show? I have to expect that someone is going to be very upset. Aren't their dump buttons to protect against idiot callers reaching the airwaves?
 
Rob Parker said:
Big deal!! It's just a word!! [EDIT].
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Rob Parker, FCC. FCC, Rob Parker.[EDIT]

While I agree that the airwaves are over-regulated, that doesn't change the fact that there's no way Cox can NOT can him over this... continuing to employ someone who has a pattern of airing un-airable content is just begging to be fined.

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Rob Parker said:
Gee, I hope that my first amendment right to "free speech" doesn't get taken away.
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Listen this is not a free speech issue, this is an issue of following simple rules. The companies are the ones firing these people for breaking the rules. The rules are very simple. If you can't follow the rules so be it.

When are people going to lighten up on seven stupid little words, [EDIT]
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When will air talent remember that those "seven stupid little words" will cost you your job. This is a business, cost your employer money and you are gone.
 
Thank you for those thought provoking replies.

Believe me, I do understand the rules. I also make it a point to follow those rules on the job. Every industry has rules that must be followed. The language that I used in my previous post isn't anything like I would use on the job, nor in my own personal conversations. When certain words are interjected into conversation too much, it causes the speaker to sound rather unintelligent.

Yes, I am acquainted with the FCC. Thanks for the introduction. Since I do my best to follow the rules, I don't think that we will have many more meetings. I recognise the rules, and I follow the rules, but that doesn't mean that I have to agree with the rules. I have a lot of respect for the FCC. Not only is my career in their hands, but they have a very difficult task ahead of them. The line has to be drawn somewhere, and not many people will agree on where that should be.

What bothers me is that one innocent slip-up can have reprocussions that can ruin a broadcasters career. Pointing out the mistakes of another broadcaster doesn't help things very much. It makes all of us look bad, and does nothing productive whatsoever.

On the internet, I didn't think that those rules applied, and I thought that I could make my point by going over the top with a demonstration. Yes, I know that it sounds stupid to use that kind of language, but in the grand scheme of things, does a single word really do that much harm?

Evidently, I was wrong. I was censored, and sarcasm went right over the heads of some people. The last word in my previous post was automatically cut out by the web server's software. Also, when I was quoted by BobbyBooey, part of a word was replaced by "**". I was misquoted because somebody might find the word offensive.

I am actually sorry if I have offended anybody by using that language. That isn't my intent.

There's my 3 1/2 cents after taxes.
 
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