[Kzyxtalk] [MCN-Discussion]- Fwd: Jan. 21, 2014: 3:25 PM

[David Gurney]

I guess this means George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, etc. etc. are forever banned
from KZYX?

Since when did all the listeners around here become uptight Puritans, and
whatever became of freedom of speech?



On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Andrea Luna <aluna at mcn.org> wrote:

> Thanks for refreshing my memory ; Johanna was a great asset, and a grew
> loss to have her canned.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 15, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Doug McKenty <dougmck at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Jun 15, 2015, at 11:02 AM, M Kathryn Massey <
> mkathrynmassey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Not sure, but why some and not all?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Jun 15, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Andrea Luna <aluna at mcn.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Wasn't Johanna Shultz also terminated for playing a hip-hop song with
> a swear word?
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>>> On Jun 15, 2015, at 10:27 AM, M Kathryn Massey <
> mkathrynmassey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi, Beth,
> >>>>
> >>>> It's a real question and let me be clear that I am not addressing
> censorship. Ideas, content and opinion matter.
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> One of the key responsibilities the PD has is exactly what DOES make
> the air, not what is intended.
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> Nothing was done about it and I don't know who was the engineer.
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> The bigger issue here is the P D being selective on who was removed
> and who wasn't.
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> I hope this helps to clarify a bit. It's larger than three instances
> of profanity. mkm
> >>>>
> >>>> 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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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