[Kzyxtalk] 7-second stoopid censoring machine

[Mitch Clogg]

Here, from Marco McClean, is a read on the FCC's policy on vernacular 
language--or "bad" language, for you dense readers. Marco has done his 
"Memo of the Air", his unbroken string of amazing radio shows, unbroken 
for--I dunno-- fifty-two times twenty or so. Pushing 850, I think. He 
broadcasts whatever seems suitable, in whatever he's reading. He's never 
had the sleetest problem with Big Authority. The littleteenyauthority 
that has always prevailed at KZYX, natcherly, has it wrong, and the 
station's gone & spent another Grand it should spend on renting an pest 
exterminator and a white tornado to clear that funky place the. fuck. OUT!

Marco wrote, quoting:

"Regarding the safe harbor period, Congress and the courts have 
instructed the Commission only to enforce the indecency standard between 
the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., local time. - when children are more 
likely to be in the audience. As a consequence, the Commission does not 
take action on indecent material aired between 10 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. In 
this way, constitutionally-protected free speech rights of adults are 
balanced with the need to protect children from harmful content.

"Similarly, under court and agency precedent, the Commission's indecency 
enforcement is limited to complaints alleging the broadcast of material 
that describes or depicts sexual or excretory material. Complaints about 
broadcast content involving smoking or drug use, for example, do not 
come within the Commission's statutory authority over indecency. The 
Bureau encourages consumers with complaints about offensive but 
non-indecent material to express their concerns directly to their local 
broadcasters."

--From the FCC page: http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/oip/










On 3/4/2014 6:20 PM, Toni Rizzo wrote:
> King, you know the FCC prohibits certain language on the air. The delay machine allows the station to avoid a large fine or worse from the FCC. It's not censorship and you do the programmers a disservice by accusing us of censoring anything other than the words prohibited by the FCC. This nonsense of yours certainly isn't going to get you elected to the board. Why not focus on the real issues instead of ridiculous accusations?
>
> Toni
>   
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 5:52 PM, King Collins <King at greenmac.com> wrote:
>
>> The best news at the KZYX board meeting was the price of the soon to be installed 7-second censoring machine. Only $1000. Cheap. That's just 20 regular memberships.
>>
>> Think of the power this gives our volunteer programmers. Once trained they will be able to edit out bad words and bad people.
>>
>> Thanks management. You know how we members hate bad words and bad people.
>>
>> King Collins
>>