[raccoonradio]

I’ve got a bit of a libertarian streak in me too but I do
kind of think that stations should try to confine the
cussin’ and other explicit material to when kids are probably not listening. The famed example of this is when a father
and his son were in a car listening to WBAI and George
Carlin’s routine about “seven words you can’t say on television” came up.
Is it up to the FCC, or the broadcasters, to regulate
this kind of thing? Or the viewers/listeners (tune out
when you find objectionable material). To use a familiar
talk radio term, it is “a slippery slope”...

[arderkrag]

Is it up to the FCC, or the broadcasters, to regulate this kind of thing? Or the viewers/listeners (tune out when you find objectionable material).

The viewers/listeners. Simple answer for a simple question. If no one listens to the stuff you broadcast, you lose funding.

[driftdiver]

news flash - profanity and explicit material isn’t good for adults either.

“To use a familiar
talk radio term, it is “a slippery slope”...’

Enforcing standards or decency is not a slippery slope. What is slippery is allowing anyone to do anything they want at anytime without regard for anyone else.

I find the line breaks in your post interesting. Almost as if you cut-n-pasted it from another blog somewhere.