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sheffieldbloke
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 15
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject: Bad language during "comedy" hour |
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Does any sort of "watershed" apply to radio in the same was as it does to television? Just wondered, because recently there seems to have been loads of bad language during the 1pm-2pm slot on Saturdays - I probably shouldn't repeat the words on here but they're not the sort of thing you expect to hear at lunchtime! |
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gfloyd
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 4861 Location: Here, There, Everywhere.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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It doesnt apply to Radio 2, on the grounds that children are unlikely to be listening to the network. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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There was a discussion about this, maybe on here, with regard to some rude words on Jonathon Ross on Saturday morning, and the suggestion we had from some was that there is not the same watershed as TV, but that there was some acceptance of certain words, a couple beginning with sh for example. That seems odd but there are plenty other examples apparently, on Radios 3 and 4, of even the f word before 9pm.
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19372 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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gfloyd wrote: | It doesnt apply to Radio 2, on the grounds that children are unlikely to be listening to the network. |
What if you are listening and there are children in the house and just happen to hear it though?
I remember a discussion on the old board about something J Ross had said and the poster's children had been in the same room. I think on weekends they need to be more careful.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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quickssandra
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 158 Location: Scotland
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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Last Saturday's comedy hour shouted out that there was no Father Christmas! We were in the car at the time, it's a good job my boys are all older, I wonder how many little ones heard it!
There should be no swearing on the radio before 9pm, same as the TV. There is no need for it at all.
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gfloyd
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 4861 Location: Here, There, Everywhere.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:36 am Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: | gfloyd wrote: | It doesnt apply to Radio 2, on the grounds that children are unlikely to be listening to the network. |
What if you are listening and there are children in the house and just happen to hear it though?
I remember a discussion on the old board about something J Ross had said and the poster's children had been in the same room. I think on weekends they need to be more careful.
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I think you make a good point Helen. Although kids dont generally listen to the network they will pick up on comments and phrases in the presence of other listeners. Particularly if the adults are choking on their cornflakes! _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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H
Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 42
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:03 am Post subject: |
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I haven't forgotten the time when Jonathan Ross announced to all the children in the audience that sooner or later they will all die.
I know it's true but do comments like that really need to be made on a Saturday morning? Especially when I just opted our hospital radio station back into Radio 2 for the 11.0 news and found that he was running late as usual because he couldn't stop talking?
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sheffieldbloke
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 15
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Quite a scattering of bad language once again in yesterday's "comedy hour" - it's not that I object to the language as such, and if I were watching say a programme on channel 4 at 10pm I wouldn't bat an eyelid, it's just the fact that it's on national radio at lunchtime that still manages to take me by surprise. Interestingly on Lee Mack they bleeped out a word that had gone un-censored the previous week, so maybe there have been complaints. |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:56 am Post subject: |
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One of the Saturday comedy shows is usually a repeat of the Thursday night one that comes on before Mark Radcliffe, therefore, at least, they could (& should) bleep out the swearing on that one.
Isn't it ironic that the number 1 track 'Theme From M.A.S.H' was banned from hospital radio stations because the subtitle was 'Suicide is painless'. |
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Fred
Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 225 Location: Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: |
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gfloyd wrote: | It doesnt apply to Radio 2, on the grounds that children are unlikely to be listening to the network. |
gfloyd - this is an irresponsible thing to say.
No radio station should be swearing during the day at all, regardless of who their target audience is, as this is breaking the terms of the broadcasting licence. If you hear bad language broadcast during the day, you should report it to OFCOM.
Just because Radio is is aimed at the 25 and overs doesn't mean that childeren don't listen. There are probably a number of children listening - I have heard Sarah Kennedy read e-mails from children on a number of occasions. _________________ Fred Hart
Student & Broadcaster
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Minx
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 4088 Location: France/Spain/Peterborough/Tenerife
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:52 am Post subject: |
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gfloyd wrote: | It doesnt apply to Radio 2, on the grounds that children are unlikely to be listening to the network. |
I don't know about that..... the ginger one dedicates two hours, five days a week to children, even a special phone-in slot. |
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Red Baron
Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 119
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:37 am Post subject: |
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I once complained to R2 about the language on the 'Comedy' half hour.
My reply said that they didn't expect many children to listen and for those that were it would just go over their heads as they wouldn't really be listening.
That's alright then.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:40 am Post subject: |
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I don't listen to it for long enough to hear any bad language |
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sheffieldbloke
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:57 am Post subject: |
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Another example yesterday (14th April) when during the clips show they broadcast an un-bleeped "f**k off"
Maybe I'm missing something here but I would have thought that if a presenter or guest said "f**k off" during a live show there would be an apology - so what excuse can there be during a pre-recorded show? |
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3608 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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sheffieldbloke wrote: | Another example yesterday (14th April) when during the clips show they broadcast an un-bleeped "f**k off"
Maybe I'm missing something here but I would have thought that if a presenter or guest said "f**k off" during a live show there would be an apology - so what excuse can there be during a pre-recorded show? |
I didn't hear that, where did it come? |
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Natasha Little Miss Lovely Smile
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sheffieldbloke
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:57 am Post subject: |
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[quote="Ian Robinson]I didn't hear that, where did it come?[/quote]
I think it was Jack Dee talking about when his wife was in labour. |
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sheffieldbloke
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:48 am Post subject: |
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[quote="sheffieldbloke"]Another example yesterday (14th April) when during the clips show they broadcast an un-bleeped "f**k off"
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I see Ofcom have upheld complaints about this incident (among others) - I also noticed that R2 broadcast a warning before the last Saturday's 1.30pm repeat of Does The Team Think saying that it might prove offensive... |
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