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rbrucecarter5

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The worst aspect of the song in the article below is that it was banned. Really, people - radio banned songs by blacks in the 50's. They banned the Beatles when John Lennon shot of his mouth. They banned songs that were too political in the late 60's. Too sexual in the early 70's. I thought radio had grown out of its censorship phase, except maybe Christian radio which censored Christian rock in favor of praise and worship in the early 90's. Pumped Up Kicks was AGAINST gun violence, but it was banned after the Sandy Hook shooting. STUPITY! In every case, listeners rebelled, and the stations that went with the listeners flourished. Those that did not - faded.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/polit...oster-pumped-up-kicks-gun-violence/index.html
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
The worst aspect of the song in the article below is that it was banned. Really, people - radio banned songs by blacks in the 50's. They banned the Beatles when John Lennon shot of his mouth. They banned songs that were too political in the late 60's. Too sexual in the early 70's. I thought radio had grown out of its censorship phase, except maybe Christian radio which censored Christian rock in favor of praise and worship in the early 90's. Pumped Up Kicks was AGAINST gun violence, but it was banned after the Sandy Hook shooting. STUPITY! In every case, listeners rebelled, and the stations that went with the listeners flourished. Those that did not - faded]
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You are misinterpreting what “banning” and “censorship” really mean.

In general, a station will censor a song if it believes it goes against listener or community standards or FCC rules and administrative law regarding profanity or indecency. That is a stated responsibility of the licensee.

A song won’t be played if the station feels it is inappropriate for listeners or in a given moment in time. After 9/11, many station groups circulated lists of songs they felt were not appropriate at the moment. There was no listener outcry, as those lists simply alerted local PDs to lyrics many might find questionable.

Stations don’t think of this as “banning” but, rather, of doing what is right.
 
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