GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ON RADIO BROADCASTING

GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ON RADIO BROADCASTING In 1978 a radio station owned by Pacifica Foundation broadcast out of New York City was doing a program on contemporary attitudes toward the use of language. This broadcast occurred on a mid-afternoon weekday. without delay before the broadcast the station announced a disavowal telling listeners that the program would include "sensitive language which aptitude be regarded as offensive to some."(Gunther, 1991) As a vocalization of the program the station decided to air a 12 minute monologue called "Filthy Words" by comic George Carlin.

The introduction of Carlins "routine" consisted of, according to Carlin, " oral communication you couldnt say on the public air waves."(Carlin, 1977) The introduction to Carlins monologue listed those words and reiterate them in a variety of colloquialisms: I was thinking around the curse words and the swear words, the cuss words and the words that you cant say, that...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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