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Q102 Greenville defends playing Rihanna song

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the golden boy

On the front page of Q102's website is a statement by our very own Larry Fuss in response to a woman who recently called the station asking them not to play the Rihanna song "S&M" because of the kids who could be affected by it. While Larry acknowledged the song and video as being tasteless, he said that he'd rather for kids to listen to it on Q rather than from another source, like the Internet or even another radio station. He further explained that he's not going to play the role of censor either.

I agree with Larry. Regardless of what you make think about a song, the fact is that children will find a way to listen to it, whether it's on the Internet or through their iPods and smart phones. From a business standpoint, if I were in charge of a station, I don't want to lose a listener to, say, another station because plays a popular song mine wouldn't play. (I know those under 12 don't count in the ratings, but 12+ do). Not saying that keeping one song off the air will make or break the ratings because it won't, but a pattern of doing so could.
 
Mr. Fuss is so right. With a CHR format you always get someone wanting
to program the station. And ratings? what ratings does Greenville have.
 
In the same place, but another time... WDDT didn't play "Brother Louie" by the Stories, even when it was #1 nationally, because management deemed the content to be too controversial. Of course, the same management wouldn't let us play "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago, because they felt it was a "drug" song.
 
I hate the song. It's crass, plus I think the fact that an alleged victim of domestic victim doing a song like this is completely inappropriate. Having said that, a lot of women 18-34 (the core demo for CHR) disagree and the song is - unfortunately - a hit. If it really upsets the lady so much, she needs to change her radio instead of trying to tell a programmer how to run their station. I dealt with this crap plenty of times when I did this full time. It's one of the things I do NOT miss.
 
I find that ridculous. I mean come on, if you don't like the song, just change the station. You're not going to get anywhere by telling a station to stop playing a particular song.
 
Yes exactly. I am sure more people listening to Q102 actually want to hear the song. That is why it is a huge hit right now. Maybe she should put on one of the AFA stations and let the Radio Gods get back to their work.
 
jo-nathan said:
plus I think the fact that an alleged victim of domestic victim doing a song like this is completely inappropriate.
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I don't get this connection. I do understand that while engaging in the act of S&M, there will be pain inflicted. But the parties involved are willing participants, while victims of domestic violence are not. That's not to say that something can't go haywire, but I digress. This isn't Love Line (is that show still on the air?) so back to more regularly scheduled programming.
 
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