Oh, for f---- sake!.A national radio ombudsman ruled enough is enough with vulgar lyrics in prime time music, says Blacklock's Reporter..The Canada Broadcast Standards Council on Wednesday cited a Québec City station for playing pop tunes with expletives at 8 a.m..“Society evolves and the council decisions must reflect this evolution,” wrote the panel, adding: “When the use of certain coarse or offensive words in English and French is inevitable broadcasters should acknowledge them by either apologizing or at least advising audience members in order to allow them to choose whether or not to listen to the content.”.Radio CHXX-FM in Québec City was found to breach the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code Of Ethics..The code states programming should not contain “unduly course or offensive language.”.There is no penalty for the violation. CHXX must announce its censure on-air..The finding follows a complaint from a Québec City mother who wrote she accidentally overheard expletives while driving with her preschoolers..“My 4- and 2-year old get to hear this stuff on the way to daycare,” read the complaint..“Isn’t it against the law to broadcast vulgar language like this? Is it not a law in Québec?”.Offensive lyrics cited by the Standards Council included the following expletive-laced Abcdefu by Gayle: “F—k you and your mom and your sister and your job and your broke-ass car and that s—it you call art; F—k you and your friends that I’ll never see again, everybody but your dog, you can all f—k off.”.Radio station managers said “the word f—k does not have the same connotation in French as it does in English,” a claim upheld in previous Standards Council rulings..But the panel said times had changed..“The fact an offending word may have been acceptable in 1985 or 1995 does not mean it would remain so in 2010, 2025 or 2050,” it said..“Language is evolutionary. Radio broadcasters should encourage the use of civil language whether it is French or English during peak listening hours. This is clearly the objective of the Code Of Ethics.”.“Even if a station’s music targets a younger audience there is always a choice to be made.".The panel noted versions of the pop songs were available with expletives removed..The same Council in 2016 ruled the f-word was not offensive if used sparingly and in French..“It’s all in the eye of the beholder,” John MacNab, then-executive director, said in an earlier interview..“It’s all about allowing the people freedom to choose the content they want.”.“Use of the English word ‘f—k’ in some circumstances will not breach the Code Of Ethics,” the Council wrote in the 2016 case..“First, the primary language of the program must be French since the word ‘f—k’ in French does not have the vulgar connotation it can have in English. Second, the use of the word must be infrequent. And third, the word cannot be used to insult or attack an individual or group.”
Oh, for f---- sake!.A national radio ombudsman ruled enough is enough with vulgar lyrics in prime time music, says Blacklock's Reporter..The Canada Broadcast Standards Council on Wednesday cited a Québec City station for playing pop tunes with expletives at 8 a.m..“Society evolves and the council decisions must reflect this evolution,” wrote the panel, adding: “When the use of certain coarse or offensive words in English and French is inevitable broadcasters should acknowledge them by either apologizing or at least advising audience members in order to allow them to choose whether or not to listen to the content.”.Radio CHXX-FM in Québec City was found to breach the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code Of Ethics..The code states programming should not contain “unduly course or offensive language.”.There is no penalty for the violation. CHXX must announce its censure on-air..The finding follows a complaint from a Québec City mother who wrote she accidentally overheard expletives while driving with her preschoolers..“My 4- and 2-year old get to hear this stuff on the way to daycare,” read the complaint..“Isn’t it against the law to broadcast vulgar language like this? Is it not a law in Québec?”.Offensive lyrics cited by the Standards Council included the following expletive-laced Abcdefu by Gayle: “F—k you and your mom and your sister and your job and your broke-ass car and that s—it you call art; F—k you and your friends that I’ll never see again, everybody but your dog, you can all f—k off.”.Radio station managers said “the word f—k does not have the same connotation in French as it does in English,” a claim upheld in previous Standards Council rulings..But the panel said times had changed..“The fact an offending word may have been acceptable in 1985 or 1995 does not mean it would remain so in 2010, 2025 or 2050,” it said..“Language is evolutionary. Radio broadcasters should encourage the use of civil language whether it is French or English during peak listening hours. This is clearly the objective of the Code Of Ethics.”.“Even if a station’s music targets a younger audience there is always a choice to be made.".The panel noted versions of the pop songs were available with expletives removed..The same Council in 2016 ruled the f-word was not offensive if used sparingly and in French..“It’s all in the eye of the beholder,” John MacNab, then-executive director, said in an earlier interview..“It’s all about allowing the people freedom to choose the content they want.”.“Use of the English word ‘f—k’ in some circumstances will not breach the Code Of Ethics,” the Council wrote in the 2016 case..“First, the primary language of the program must be French since the word ‘f—k’ in French does not have the vulgar connotation it can have in English. Second, the use of the word must be infrequent. And third, the word cannot be used to insult or attack an individual or group.”