[rfu-automation] Re: D'oh!

[Joe Futrelle]

I think what Lynsee is saying, and I agree, is that we shouldn't ban  
tracks from automation because of indecency--we can leave them on the  
safe-harbor playlist. We just need to keep our playlists straight.  
Yes, we could screw that up, but we could also screw up with  
unchecked music in the system.

--
Joe Futrelle
Person


On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:47 PM, Gary Cziko wrote:

> Lynsee:
>
> I am only referring to music that is on the automation system. DJs  
> with shows during safe-harbor hours (10pm to 6am) can play any  
> profane or indecent material they want (obscene material can never  
> be aired--
> see http://radio.about.com/od/sternindecency/a/blobscenityplus.htm).
>
> My proposal is keep all recordings that could be considered profane  
> or indecent off the automation system (as we are doing now) and  
> allow unchecked music to be played during safe-harbor hours (which  
> we are not doing now). This is contingent upon being able to set up  
> two music playlists in ZaraRadio that will automatically switch at  
> the right time so that only checked clean music will be played from  
> 6am to 10pm and this same music plus unchecked music will be played  
> during safe-harbor hours. Music discovered later to be profane or  
> indecent would be pulled from the automation system. Music of  
> suspected of being obscene should never be put on the automation  
> computer as this could get us into trouble even during safe-harbor  
> hours. So people should have a general idea about what they are  
> putting on the system (that it is not obscene), even if they  
> haven't checked all lyrics for profane language.
>
> So this is actually a "loosening up" of our policy for automation  
> music, not adding more censorship.
>
> --Gary
>
>
> On 6/22/06, Lynsee Melchi <lynseemelchi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 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.
>
> I am NOT okay w/censoring songs w/naughty words in them.  Censoring  
> in the sense that we don't play them.  I have no problem w/songs  
> being edited to the FCC's tastes, but I don't see any reason why we  
> should just not play songs w/swear words in them.  Maybe I'm  
> misinterpreting what "naughty music" is...
>
> This will mean that pretty much any hiphop song will never see the  
> light of day.  There are plenty of positive hiphop songs (and other  
> genres) that have one or two naughty words in them and I don't see  
> why they should be penalized cos they don't pass the swear word  
> test.  We have a lot of positive socially minded hiphop in our  
> library that needs to be represented on our station.
>
> Sorry if I misinterpret...
>
> Lynsee
>
>
>
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