<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I guess this means George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, etc. etc. are forever banned from KZYX?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Since when did all the listeners around here become uptight Puritans, and whatever became of freedom of speech?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Andrea Luna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aluna@mcn.org" target="_blank">aluna@mcn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks for refreshing my memory ; Johanna was a great asset, and a grew loss to have her canned.<br>
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> On Jun 15, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Doug McKenty <<a href="mailto:dougmck@gmail.com">dougmck@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Yes, but that was during safe harbor time and was not even an FCC infraction. Mary explained to me that she had told Johana to tone down the bad language in her show, then canned her when she played a song with a cuss word though it was after 10pm.<br>
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> As it was the only program targeting the young, African American audience, I thought the loss of the show was unfortunate. There was a lot of flack about the decision on Open Lines for weeks afterwards and I believe it was the cause of some of the downturn in membership the station has experienced over the last eight years.<br>
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>> On Jun 15, 2015, at 11:02 AM, M Kathryn Massey <<a href="mailto:mkathrynmassey@gmail.com">mkathrynmassey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Not sure, but why some and not all?<br>
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>>> On Jun 15, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Andrea Luna <<a href="mailto:aluna@mcn.org">aluna@mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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>>> Wasn't Johanna Shultz also terminated for playing a hip-hop song with a swear word?<br>
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>>>> On Jun 15, 2015, at 10:27 AM, M Kathryn Massey <<a href="mailto:mkathrynmassey@gmail.com">mkathrynmassey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>>>> Hi, Beth,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> It's a real question and let me be clear that I am not addressing censorship. Ideas, content and opinion matter.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> You'll note that Stuart, as President, didn't respond to the kind of profanity, but chose to say the PD isn't responsible for content she airs. I differ.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> One of the key responsibilities the PD has is exactly what DOES make the air, not what is intended.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On April 30 of this year, someone put up a pre-recorded program of W Dan's because he was needed elsewhere. This show airs at 8 p. It contained the F word.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Nothing was done about it and I don't know who was the engineer.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Included here is an email from a former Programmer who was also a board member. This exchange was included in my filing to the FCC.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Beth, there has to be some threshold as a guide. In these three instances, the P D is responsible. All of these happened before the Safe Harbor time frame.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The bigger issue here is the P D being selective on who was removed and who wasn't.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I also feel that volunteer programmers are not supported as they should be with regular training, regular evaluations on the production of programs and no thought to developing themes, and new content.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I hope this helps to clarify a bit. It's larger than three instances of profanity. mkm<br>
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>>>> p s I'm sending this note from my cell phone. if the Jan 21 email does not follow, it was in another posting. Thank you<br>
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