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22 economist sunsuntribune diversions saturday march 6 2004 canada more lax in defining censorship line from page 21 there has to be some give and take the careful selection of modern music and monitoring of content that makes it to air is the responsi bility of the broadcaster in this case the student radio station said neil press communications tech nology teacher at vaughan secondary the setting from which rav fm broadcasts a public high school j raises those standards that much higher than those adhered to by mainstream stations he said from our point of view we have to be careful about what we air and how we do it he said we have parents listening to our station we have people around the world listening to our station we remember we are a school we have an image to portray its a struggle thats as old as pop music itself from its earliest days pop has challenged societal standards preaching rebellion and resistance its irreverent its loud its sex drugs and rock n roll and it is a source of consterna tion typically among the older gen eration whose time in the pop cul ture spotlight has come and gone the issue oyer the decades has been this wheres the line back in 1951 when dean martins wham bam thank you maam was banned by radio sta tions in the united states it was for sexually suggestive material a brief look at musical censorship 1951 radio stations ban dottie obriens four or five times and dean martins wham bamthankyou maam too suggestive 1965 in june radio stations across the country ban the rolling stones hit fl cant get no satisfaction lyrics too sexually sugges tive fiftysome years and a couple of cultural revolutions later coarse language is most often the issue although music is not subject to bans in canada the way it often has been in the united states this country has specific guidelines relating to the acceptability of song lyrics being broadcast according to ron cohen national chairperson of the canadian broadcast standards council cbsc there must be at least a half- dozen songs on which weve ruled mr cohen said the council which makes deci sions on complaints against radio and television broadcasters takes into account a number of factors when judging the acceptability of material among the elements that make material unacceptable for broad cast in canada are discriminatory or hateful comments messages in 1977 the reverend jesse jackson calls for bans against disco music insisting the music promotes promiscuity and drug use 1985 the parents of john mccullom sue ozzy osbourne claiming his song suicide solution aided or advised or encour aged their son to commit suicide the judge in the case decides overt lyrics are protected speech and evidence is insuffi cient to connect the song to the suicide contravention of the law and of course obscenity granted the definition of whats obscene has changed over the years and continues to be a moving target for mr cohen theres a dis tinct point of no return draw line on fword one of the things that gives us some difficulty is use of the fword and its derivatives and there are a few he said i would say weve been fairly flexible about some other kinds of language but we draw the line at that word what separates the fword from other oaths is its continuing ability to offend a large segment of the population mr cohen said of course the nature of com plaints to the cbsc vary listeners and viewers decry obscenity sexual content violence perceived racial 1993 walmart and kmart refuse to stock nirvanas second major label album in utero because they object to the cover and one song title shortly after the record is the number one selling album in the country the mass merchandisers strike a deal to carry the album the albums back cover art is subdued and the title of the offending song is changed from rape me to waif me slights and other material they find offensive when a radio or television sta tion is found to have transgressed broadcast standards it is required to air a report of the cbscs ruling and apologize thats a far cry from whats hap pening right now in the united states particularly in radio last week the clear channel network responded to a whopping fine in excess of 700000 levied after hosts on its stations were found to have breached decency laws clear channel fired florida dee jay bubba the love sponge and dropped new york shock jock howard stern from several stations mr cohen has watched the lat est american drama with interest remembering how montreal and toronto stations besieged with complaints voluntarily jettisoned the stern program the daily grab- bag of sexism racism and potty- mouth gibberish i would say were not quite as rigid in canada as they are in the united states mr cohen said which is somewhat ironic given they are the home of the first amendment mr cohen looks with pride on canadas broadcasting system which for the most part voluntarily adheres to standards that were cre ated by the industry itself i think theyve set up an admirable system one that works very well he said the private broadcasters create the codes the private broadcasters created the cbsg they fund the cbsc here we dont impose fines that system contrasts greatly with broadcasting in america where the federal communications commission has the power to lam baste stations that cross the line a government hand is in prin ciple a heavy hand mr cohen said mr basile the manager oversee ing student operation of rav fm said he has been impressed by the discretion he sees exercised by the young people who take each day to the airwaves i could not believe 17 and 18- yearolds could look beyond what the media was giving them and reject it he said i feel good a student at 18 years old can discern between reality and a scene thats being dictated in a rap song york region oar r your community career choice serving york region through the erabanner the liberal the vaughan citizen the economist sun the stouffvilie suntribune the advocate monday friday 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