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WHAT DOES THE FCC SAYS ABOUT HARSH FOUL Languages On AM Radio

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BobMSmith1959

Yesterday on my way ome from work I happen to tune in WSCR by accident and heard a handfull of awful
harsh languages over the airwaves at around 5pm or so. it was the Boers and Bernstein show the words
they used were: ---- Sucker, Mother F, ---hole, F-head, C--t, Dumb N----- and ----- up your hole.

What if some small child who has a pocket radio and tuned in to that station and listen to those words
over the airwaves, and brought that language home to his or her family at the dinner table and said all
those words?

Question!!!
1. What would you do if your child heard those words from their little pocket radio and started using them harsh foul languges?

2. Wht does the FCC have to say about harsh foul languages for little children over the airwaves on the
AM band spectrum?

3. Are there any FCC rules and regulations about this?

4. How would you handle this situation?

5. What can we or you do about this?


Think about your children!!!
(if anyone of you have any kids)
 
Bob:

Record the broadcast on a tape recorder and send the tape along with your written complaint to the "Complaints and Compliances" division at the FCC.

If no one complains, then, in the eyes of the FCC, it never happened.

The FCC rule prohibits "obscene, indecent or profane" language...not just on AM stations, but AM and FM stations alike.
 
One Who Knows said:
Bob:

Record the broadcast on a tape recorder and send the tape along with your written complaint to the "Complaints and Compliances" division at the FCC.

If no one complains, then, in the eyes of the FCC, it never happened.

The FCC rule prohibits "obscene, indecent or profane" language...not just on AM stations, but AM and FM stations alike.
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Thank you very much for your imput and information for guiding me in the right direction.

Anyone else has any imputs on this subject????....
 
Mr. Smith:

Are you sure you heard this kind of language on WSCR? I have never heard such language ever on any radio station except maybe a CB'r back in the 70's/80's.

I do remember hearing a recording of a couple of curse words on a high school station when the microphone was accidentally left on many years ago.

I know I said the "sh*t" word on an open mike (under rock music) when I was doing a combo overnight in Oklahoma City several years ago (I thought the mike was closed) and I'm sure there are a few additional isolated instances by other folks but never to the extreme you suggest.

Maybe, just maybe it was a CB'r bleeding over or something like that.
 
One Who Knows said:
Bob:

Record the broadcast on a tape recorder and send the tape along with your written complaint to the "Complaints and Compliances" division at the FCC.

If no one complains, then, in the eyes of the FCC, it never happened.

The FCC rule prohibits "obscene, indecent or profane" language...not just on AM stations, but AM and FM stations alike.
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Winner, winner; Chicken dinner.
 
Past FCC actions and the way the rules are written say you don't need to have a recording to make a complaint. Just write up what you heard and send it in with the complaint. The broadcaster has to prove it wasn't offensive or that it really didn't happen.

However! If you were listening to them on an internet stream, then the FCC has no authority there. They don't have to bleep anything there. No rules.
 
boiseengineer said:
Past FCC actions and the way the rules are written say you don't need to have a recording to make a complaint. Just write up what you heard and send it in with the complaint. The broadcaster has to prove it wasn't offensive or that it really didn't happen.

However! If you were listening to them on an internet stream, then the FCC has no authority there. They don't have to bleep anything there. No rules.
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To be taken seriously, the person making the complaint really should supply a recording.

And recording an AM or FM stations internet stream wont work.
 
When was the last time you've seen a child with a pocket radio? I highly doubt that string of foul language would get past the first word with delay and a producer with his finger on the button.
 
"To be taken seriously, the person making the complaint really should supply a recording."

You misjudge who the FCC works for. Congress & the people, not the broadcaster. Several recent fines were levied with only a transcript as evidence.

http://www.fcc.gov/eb/oip/Compl.html

“You can help us resolve your complaint more quickly by providing as much of the following information as possible: (1) the date and time the material was aired; (2) the call sign, channel, or frequency of the station; (3) the city and state where the program was viewed; and (4) as many details as possible about the content of the broadcast to help the FCC determine whether the material was obscene, profane, or indecent. You may support your allegations by a full or partial tape or transcript, or by providing a significant excerpt, but these are not required. The key is to provide enough information for staff to determine both the specific content of the complained-of material and the context in which it was broadcast.”

It's late and I really don't want to dig through these, so have at it: http://www.fcc.gov/eb/oip/Actions.html
 
boiseengineer said:
Past FCC actions and the way the rules are written say you don't need to have a recording to make a complaint. Just write up what you heard and send it in with the complaint. The broadcaster has to prove it wasn't offensive or that it really didn't happen.

However! If you were listening to them on an internet stream, then the FCC has no authority there. They don't have to bleep anything there. No rules.
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This was in aautomobile inside of a taxicab
 
BobMSmith1959 said:
boiseengineer said:
Past FCC actions and the way the rules are written say you don't need to have a recording to make a complaint. Just write up what you heard and send it in with the complaint. The broadcaster has to prove it wasn't offensive or that it really didn't happen.

However! If you were listening to them on an internet stream, then the FCC has no authority there. They don't have to bleep anything there. No rules.
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This was in aautomobile inside of a taxicab
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Could it have been the cab's 2 way radio your heard, rather than WSCR?
 
Douglas B. said:
BobMSmith1959 said:
boiseengineer said:
Past FCC actions and the way the rules are written say you don't need to have a recording to make a complaint. Just write up what you heard and send it in with the complaint. The broadcaster has to prove it wasn't offensive or that it really didn't happen.

However! If you were listening to them on an internet stream, then the FCC has no authority there. They don't have to bleep anything there. No rules.
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This was in aautomobile inside of a taxicab
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Could it have been the cab's 2 way radio your heard, rather than WSCR?
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NOPE!!!
It was NOT the Cab driver's wo-way radio at all! It was heard as clear as plain as day right on WSCR 670!!!
They were talking about the world series (in which I can care less about) in which involves with one of the baseball players and made a bad comment saying "That Dumb Ass Mother F---. should of made a grand slam! what a dumb F----- N----!
he should of pick up the F---g ball and throw to home base instead!"

I said to the cab driver how can you stand listening to that foul language crap on the radio?
 
I find it very hard to believe that they said those things.
Not only would they get a slew of complaints, but their bosses would not allow them to remain on the air.
 
radioman148 said:
I find it very hard to believe that they said those things.
Not only would they get a slew of complaints, but their bosses would not allow them to remain on the air.
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(1) I don't listen to WSCR and I don't even really care about sports.

(2) Why should I make a complaint against WCSR since I don't Listen to that station anyway!

(3) This was something that I don't have no control of listening to this station while I was in a taxi cab.

(4) the reason why I made this post, because I heard words that should not be broadcast over the airwaves.

(5) The cab driver had told me that the FCC don't even care about foul language over the air waves
because AM radio is more liberal than FM radio where it is with more strict rules....
 
gr8oldies said:
Somehow I doubt, in the wake of the huge fines that are possible, that a major group owner would be that reckless.
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Well, believe it or not!
In today's new genoration gap of today's society, anything goes now days. even I herad 3-year-old child uses these
bad foul language.

I wonder what this world is coming to next???
 
Mr. Smith:

You should file the complaint because you heard it.

At least, you should contact station management. The General Manager is Paul Agase. The Score phone number is 312-245-6000 and their address is:
WSCR 670 The Score
455 North Cityfront Plaza, 6th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611

It's up to you to take the next step.

Personally, I think you heard something but it wasn't from WSCR.
 
Bob,

I'm not saying you didn't hear those words. What I'm saying is that I find it hard to believe that WSCR would put their license in jeopardy like that. Maybe you heard CB bleed over or a pirate.
However, since I didn't hear it and you did if you're convinced that it came from WSCR you should complain to them and the FCC.
 
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