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Indecency/Obscenity on Radio Training

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Hello. I am affiliated with a small University radio station in the general SE Pennsylvania/Lehigh Valley area. As part of our training of new DJ's, we require them to go through indecency/obscenity training. What can and can't be said on the radio. How to interpret the rules. The difference between indecency/obscenity/etc. Our speaker that we've been using for years can no longer do the workshops, and I was wondering if anyone has any leads as to experts in this field who would be interested in coming to a University and presenting a workshop on the topic to about 20 to 25 students. Is there anyone out there in the Philly/Lehigh area who professionally does this?
 
A great starting point would be the precedent setting ruling of the FCC vs. WXPN Radio (license holder University Of Pennsylvania) license revocation.

The student run station had little oversight, and thought it would be neat to air content with obscenity to stretch their legs. The government thought otherwise. To getnthe license back, the Univeristy had to agree to strick oversight. :-\Here is the agreement. Scroll down a few pages to 272, about 4 or 5, as it's a continuous document.

http://www.archives.upenn.edu/primdocs/upa/upa1_1/70s/19760117tr.pdf
 
At my college station, obviously the 7 dirty words are prohibited any time. Also, DJs cannot say "a$$" and "b1tch" but songs that have those words can be played.
The 7 dirty words are: s**t, f**k, p**s, c**t, c**ks**ker, motherf**ker, t**s.

Indecency is words or stories that might offend some people, such as a rant using the f word. Obscenity is graphic descriptions of sexual activities.
Howard Stern is indecent, porn is obscene. You might also want to talk about drug lyrics in songs. For example, a song like Anane - Lets Get High is OK to play on the air, since it doesn't directly infer drug usage, but a song like Sean Paul - We Be Burning (Legalize It mix) does directly infer drug usage.
 
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