[cma-l] Attn: Urban stations.... language?

Rhys Phillips (Radio Cardiff) rhys.phillips at radiocardiff.org
Sun Feb 19 16:32:27 GMT 2017


No we don't know "the answer". My question wasn't "what is allowed by
Ofcom?". My question was "what do other urban stations do?".

We, as an urban music station want to make a decision on this (we've
allowed bad language late at night up until now) and if we are going to
change it, we want to know what other similar stations are doing to help us
benchmark where we sit.

On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 4:17 PM Neil Munday <neilm at susyradio.com> wrote:

> There you go you know the answer!
> But with the code of offensive words and sayings having just been revised
> and most teenagers ( children) being up to the small hours when is a good
> time to put this type of music in the playlist?
>
> Neil
>
> On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 at 15:58, Rhys Phillips (Radio Cardiff) <
> rhys.phillips at radiocardiff.org> wrote:
>
> That is just factually incorrect Neil. Ofcom guidance clearly states:
>
> "Ofcom recognises that music is a fundamental component of radio
> programming. In addition, we recognise that there is a tradition of certain
> genres of music including potentially offensive lyrics in songs. In line
> with the broadcaster’s right to freedom of expression and the audience’s
> right to receive information and ideas, it is important that broadcasters
> have the editorial freedom to broadcast potentially offensive content,
> provided it complies with the Code."
>
> The only thing the code says is that it shouldn't go out at times when
> children are likely to be listening.
>
> Therefore it's down to the station to decide if they want it to be part of
> their sound / is it what their audience want to hear.
>
> Hence my question to other urban stations who are likely to have a similar
> audience to us.
>
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 3:32 PM Neil Munday <neilm at susyradio.com> wrote:
>
> It's simple there's the Ofcom code for FM/AM/DAB broadcasters. There is no
> watershed on radio (at the moment) therefore the answer is No you can't
> play any. But you as a broadcaster and or a presenter should already know
> that that has been key to broadcasting in the U.K as far back as I can
> remember.
>
> Neil
>
>
> On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 at 15:21, Rhys Phillips (Radio Cardiff) <
> rhys.phillips at radiocardiff.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm interested in hearing what policies urban music stations put in place
> for bad language in songs.
>
> E.g. for hip hop music, over half the genre includes offensive language
> and if you're an urban station with specialist (late night) hip hop shows,
> do you allow this music to be played? Or do you insist on only clean stuff
> going out?
>
> Rhys
>
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