<div dir="ltr">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?".<div><br></div><div>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. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 4:17 PM Neil Munday <<a href="mailto:neilm@susyradio.com">neilm@susyradio.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_msg">There you go you know the answer! </div><div class="gmail_msg">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?</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Neil</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 at 15:58, Rhys Phillips (Radio Cardiff) <<a href="mailto:rhys.phillips@radiocardiff.org" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">rhys.phillips@radiocardiff.org</a>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_msg">That is just factually incorrect Neil. Ofcom guidance clearly states:<div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">"<span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.08px;background-color:rgb(246,247,249)" class="gmail_msg">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."</span><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">The only thing the code says is that it shouldn't go out at times when children are likely to be listening.</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">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.</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Hence my question to other urban stations who are likely to have a similar audience to us.</div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 3:32 PM Neil Munday <<a href="mailto:neilm@susyradio.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">neilm@susyradio.com</a>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_msg">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. </div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Neil </div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 at 15:21, Rhys Phillips (Radio Cardiff) <<a href="mailto:rhys.phillips@radiocardiff.org" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">rhys.phillips@radiocardiff.org</a>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_msg">Hello,<div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">I'm interested in hearing what policies urban music stations put in place for bad language in songs.</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">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?</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Rhys</div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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