[rfu-automation] Re: D'oh!

[Mike Lehman]

I'm completely OK with sticking only to those words that the FCC objects 
to. My comment the other day about "ass" was couched in uncertainty, 
since it has been awhile since I looked at the list. If the FCC doesn't 
mind ass, it's OK by me...
hmm, that sounds funny, but I'll stand by it.
:)
Mike Lehman

Joe Futrelle wrote:
> "ass", "bitch", and "damn" are completely fine. There are also numerous
> precedents where the FCC has found words like "dickhead" completely
> acceptable.
>
> I think we should *not* pull songs with language in them that the FCC has
> and continues to find acceptable. The only words we should consider a "big
> deal" are the seven ones that the FCC consistently considers completely
> unacceptable: fuck, shit, piss, cunt, asshole, motherfucker, and
> cocksucker (and their variants like "motherfucking"). "pissed off" is
> acceptable AFAIK but better safe than sorry on that one IMO (it's very low
> risk but I personally don't like nonzero risk).
>
> On Thu, June 22, 2006 1:47 pm, Gary Cziko said:
>   
>> Lynsee:
>>
>> I heard a song w/ass in it today at around 10am.  it's by a group
>>     
>>> called Treologic.  I think the song was called Dusty Roads, but I'm
>>> not sure.  If you get a chance can you take this song and the Acting
>>> of Faith show ad off the system.  I will try to remember it when I go
>>> in, but I might forget.
>>>       
>> I will be at the IMC this afternoon and should be able to do this.
>>
>> John said that ass, bitch, and damn were okay on the radio at any time
>>     
>>> of the day.  What do you know about this?  How can stations like WPGU
>>> 107.1 and 105.5 (the hiphop station) get away w/playing songs like
>>> this and it's such a big deal on our station???  I don't get it.
>>>       
>> I would guess that ass, bitch and damn or OK. Ass is a type of donkey (I
>> think), a bitch is a female dog and damn is what happens to you if you
>> don't
>> read the Bible (some believe).
>>
>> Oh no...does this scream for another policy...
>>
>>
>> This is what I would recommend for the automation music:
>>
>>
>>    1. Music that has been verified as "clean" will be played any time
>>    during the day or night.
>>    2. Music that has not been checked as "clean" can be played only from
>>    10 pm to 6 am (so we are safe in case it is "naughty"),
>>    3. Music that is known to be "naughty" is not put on the automation
>>    system. Music on the system found to be "naughty" is taken off. This
>> way we
>>    have some protection if the computer screws up and plays the late night
>>    playlist during the day.
>>
>> So basically this mean clean music can be heard any time. Unchecked music
>> can be heard only during safe harbor.  Known naughty music is never heard.
>>
>> This would mean we could add lot of new unchecked music to the system and
>> only pull them off when someone reports a naughty tune.
>>
>> What do people think?
>>
>> --Gary
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