Montclair State Shock Jocks Taken Off Air at WMSC 90.3 FM

[TimeIsTight]

A couple of self described "shock jocks" at Montclair State University's WMSC 90.3 FM have had their show taken off the air.

According to Saturday's Bergen Record , the university has started an investigation into a February student radio broadcast that apparently included naked women, lap dancing and other sex acts.

However, in a later story on the newspaper's website the two shock jocks deny there were any sex acts or nudity on the show they called "The Kinky Olympics." They claim the woman involved was a co-host and that she is an exotic dancer who is of legal age.

The show is being moved to a web podcast.

The university says it will review past shows to see if the station is in violation of any FCC regulations.
The FCC says the station could face fines if something said on-air was found to be "indecent."

http://www.northjersey.com/news/College_shock_jocks_in_hot_water.html Original Newspaper Article.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/Student_DJ_pledges_new_show_.html -Followup Article Dj Comments

 

[amfmsw]

And where was the faculty? Where was the guidence? Where was student oversight? Here's a case where the faculty seems to not listen to their own signal, their own image being broadcast to the community. Then you have the other extreme where WXPN students do not even know Penn HAS a radio station! (see Phila board) WXPN also lost it's license for student "expression & activity" some 30 years ago, now run by faculty in NPR fashion. I wonder if WLFR has oversight sometimes, although it's been much better recently.

Then you have students being trained for the real world, that's WGLS. Frank Hogan (former WFIL CE) has that station serving the Glassboro area with community affairs, features, local news, ABC Network news, and various music avenues, but with formatic discipline, like in OUR world. It's run like a REAL radio station. The RTF students get out of there, ready to work. The station is constantly receiving national awards for news and features. I only wish they were on some of the Cape-Atlantic-Ocean translators.

Some schools blessed with a signal treat it as an outlet for student activity, like intramural basketball. Some ignore it.

And at least in one case, WGLS, some excel. Are you listening Mainland Regional High School? Don't just be a jukebox (although a really good one), teach with WMRS. The industry is DYING for competence.

 

[Dancerev889]

This is an ongoing problem with college radio stations. Most colleges do not understand or really care what happens at their radio stations, until something major happens. Ive seen both sides of the coin. I ran WDBK at Camden County College which was a student run station and now at WBZC at Burlington County College which is a department at the school. It costs a ton of money to run a radio station these days. Engineers are not cheap. The equipment is getting more expensive and I bet a lot of the student run stations Public files are not up to date. A radio station needs a full time manager. WBZC we run the station like a commercial station but still serve the community. Over the past year 75 students have gone through our training program with 10 going on to intern or work at stations in the area.

I hate the words college radio because of the negative image that has been portrayed over the years. I explain to our students and others that I program a radio station that is owned by a college.

 

[calstymes]

amfmsw observed:

The industry is DYING for competence.

Even though this is about college and non-commercial radio, the fact is, as long as bean counters remain in control of an industry that they don't understand, this will continue to be the case EVERYWHERE in the broadcast industry.

 

[JoeFromTomsRiver]

A couple of self described "shock jocks"

My only issue with this story is the fact that the DJ's are "self-described shock jocks". Thats beyond lame. Shock Jock is a term that should be GIVEN to you, not self-appointed. That just reaks of phoniness and trying too hard. In fact, most radio hosts who are called "shock jocks" despise that term. Actual succesful radio hosts don't refer to themselves as "shock jocks" unless its in a mocking way when discussing how they were described in a newspaper or something. These guys are just your classic wannabes.

 

[instigator]

WHEN I WAS ON WDBK CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE 90S THERE WAS EVERYTHING FROM VANILLA CRAZINESS...TO INUENDOS TO BLANTANT SEX TALK......OUR FOLLOWING WAS HUGE.YES IT WAS PARTLY DUE TO THE DANCE MUSIC WE PLAYED AND IT WAS PARTLY DUE TO THE PERSONALITIES OF THE JOCKS.Clear Channel has straight up ruined personality radio...now college djs are getting censored and arent even allowed to pick their own music due to formats and automation...I think its a terrible trend. If these students had a following and werent breaking FCC rules why were they thrown off the air...let them be creative...its probably will be the last oppotunity in radio for them to be.....