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Unedited music on Hot 95.7

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sdh483

Last night's broadcast of a club mix contained hip hop music that was unedited. Heard lots of n**ga, motherf**ker, ect. on a live mix show. I'm not quite sure what would happen what actions would occur had someone of higher authority would stumble onto this station to hear a bombardment of cuss words. Perhaps live mix shows are an exception? I'm sure the easiest solution would be for the DJ to use edited songs to avoid losing his job or the club losing their rights to broadcast on a commercial radio station.
 
Lets keep in mind that 10p-6a falls into the FCC's "safe harbor", where it is legal to air words of profanity, but not obscenity. So technically, because of time, "n**ga & motherf**ker" are not offenses according to FCC rule. However, if it had been "F**k (someone)", then it would be "obscene."
 
In the good old days, stations could play the album version of Steve Miller Band's Jet Airliner, and Radiohead's Creep. Too bad the bad word police have that stick up their behind.
 
heard whoopie goldberg early one sunday morning on kpft (replay of a speech she gave, i think). she couldn't get thru a sentence without mf'ing at least once. let a right-winger do the same thing and the speech cops would be all over it.
 
Its sad really that if FM does play something like that someone will get all over the FCC. For instance Sammy in Austin on KVET got fired because he said a curse word to someone. Its funny Satellite radio can get a way with a lot worse stuff than that ever thought about.
 
jras20 said:
Its funny Satellite radio can get a way with a lot worse stuff than that ever thought about.
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Satellite radio is not broadcasting. It is a private commercial communication between the programmer and the subscriber. Think of it as HBO. The subscriber is paying for the service and knows what he's getting.

On the other hand... since the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction... I thought CBS adopted had a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for such things. Are you listening New York?
 
Willis1000 said:
jras20 said:
Its funny Satellite radio can get a way with a lot worse stuff than that ever thought about.
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Satellite radio is not broadcasting. It is a private commercial communication between the programmer and the subscriber. Think of it as HBO. The subscriber is paying for the service and knows what he's getting.

On the other hand... since the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction... I thought CBS adopted had a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for such things. Are you listening New York?
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Technically sir, satellite radio does have radio transmission, and "broadcasts" from satellite down to earth. HBO does not, and never "hits air". Sure, it's encrypted and that's what saves them.

"Are you listening New York?"... Are you really that big of a KRBE fan? lame. A nipple during a superbowl is "obscene." Swearing during safe harbor with usage that isn't directed toward an individual is NOT.
 
ilistentotheradio said:
HBO does not, and never "hits air". Sure, it's encrypted and that's what saves them.
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Actually HBO is satellite delivered and so are cross-country telephone calls. All of this and wireless Internet ''hits air'' and are not considered broadcasting.

BTW-- I'm no fan of KRBE, but as a former employee of CBS I've seen people fired for accidental f-bombs. And what KKHH did was not accidental.
 
Willis1000 said:
ilistentotheradio said:
HBO does not, and never "hits air". Sure, it's encrypted and that's what saves them.
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Actually HBO is satellite delivered and so are cross-country telephone calls. All of this and wireless Internet ''hits air'' and are not considered broadcasting.

BTW-- I'm no fan of KRBE, but as a former employee of CBS I've seen people fired for accidental f-bombs. And what KKHH did was not accidental.
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And was it during safe harbor?
 
If 10p to 6a is the "safe harbor" for radio, how come network TV doesn't broadcast unedited movies or shows? THe only one I know that shows unedited movies would be Comedy Central but not until midnight on the weekends.
 
sdh483 said:
If 10p to 6a is the "safe harbor" for radio, how come network TV doesn't broadcast unedited movies or shows? THe only one I know that shows unedited movies would be Comedy Central but not until midnight on the weekends.
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Just because it's legal... doesn't necessarily mean they're going to do it. Also for alot of them, the sources in which they get these movies are pre-edited and provided to TV stations for air to cut down on time, and they don't know when the client station is going to broadcast it. Other reasons is that networks cross time zones.

http://www.fcc.gov/eb/oip/FAQ.html <--- Scroll down about halfway down the page, subtitle "The Law."
 
Well it's not the first time it's happened and it certainly not going to be the last. Get over it... :p ;D I was at Bikini Beach Clear Lake this passed Saturday and didn't hear anything unusual. I noticed something similar on KRBE's Drink Houston broadcast, as I was on my way down to clear lake, where they didn't dump out of certain parts of Digital Underground's Freaks of the Industry.
 
I'm not trying to taddle or trying to get Hot's broadcasting liscence revoked, I just thought it was wierd that there was profanityon a commercial station. I thought the FCC would be breathing down on the broadcasting necks. I don't care if I hear "motherf**ker" but I can do without ni*ga. I'm sure we can all agree on that one. In other words, there's nothing to "get over."
 
sdh483 said:
I'm not trying to taddle or trying to get Hot's broadcasting liscence revoked, I just thought it was wierd that there was profanityon a commercial station. I thought the FCC would be breathing down on the broadcasting necks. I don't care if I hear "motherf**ker" but I can do without ni*ga. I'm sure we can all agree on that one. In other words, there's nothing to "get over."
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I feel you there. I was shocked today to hear "n*gga" today during Rush Limbaugh on 740 KTRH.
 
I don't care what their target demo is, so don't even bother going there. Hot is a kiddie station if there ever was one. Check the Arb. Kids are the only people they attract.

Broadcasting f-bombs to the kids is shameful.

If we were talking about a different station with an obviously adult audience, like a classic rocker or AOR I would probably feel differently. I'm not at all for censorship, but to let f-bombs fly on that station, no matter what time it is displays a real lack of judgement on somebody's part.
 
At that time of the night, The "kiddies" are already in bed or doing other things than getting ready to get their "drink on". Personally I don't mind the music during that time. But if I hear Prince's P****y Control one more time I'm going to personally kill the DJ :)
 
Given the explicit lyrics of most hip-hop songs I hear and out-to-lunch morals and arrogant greed of most of the hip-hop artists - there is very little difference between the edited and unedited versions of the songs.
 
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