daemon
02 Jul 2003, 09:20 AM
so I'm sitting here in a back room setting up some servers with someone who has their radio tuned into WEBN. fortunately, there is some intersection between the bands they play and ones played on 97x. unfortunately, that intersection includes all the bands I can't stand.
anyway, "longview" by green day comes on. I'm barely listening but I'm aware that something is different about it. I soon realize that what's different is the version that 97x plays has the "sh*t" clipped out while EBN's didn't. so now I'm really listening knowing that there's a "f*cking" on the horizon, and sure enough it slips right out.
now, I used to work at a radio station in the early 90's (albiet, a small college, station). the FCC rules at the time (or so I was told) were that you couldn't play the infamous "7 dirty words" at any time except between 12am and 6am during the so-called "safe harbor" period. even during that time, a song could only contain something like 6 obscenities and none of them could describe a sex act (i.e. "f*ck you" but not "I want to f*ck you").
so my question is, do these rules not exist? does 97x regulate themselves (maybe you should put up some "family friendly" billboards ala WARM98)? or does EBN just not give a crap because they're owned by the company that probably has the FCC in their back pocket?
-brian
anyway, "longview" by green day comes on. I'm barely listening but I'm aware that something is different about it. I soon realize that what's different is the version that 97x plays has the "sh*t" clipped out while EBN's didn't. so now I'm really listening knowing that there's a "f*cking" on the horizon, and sure enough it slips right out.
now, I used to work at a radio station in the early 90's (albiet, a small college, station). the FCC rules at the time (or so I was told) were that you couldn't play the infamous "7 dirty words" at any time except between 12am and 6am during the so-called "safe harbor" period. even during that time, a song could only contain something like 6 obscenities and none of them could describe a sex act (i.e. "f*ck you" but not "I want to f*ck you").
so my question is, do these rules not exist? does 97x regulate themselves (maybe you should put up some "family friendly" billboards ala WARM98)? or does EBN just not give a crap because they're owned by the company that probably has the FCC in their back pocket?
-brian