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− | + | There were several controversies relating to material broadcast on ''Radio [[Contact]]'' and [[Contact 89FM]] during its existence. | |
− | There were several controversies relating to material broadcast on [[ | + | |
=== '''Radio Contact's Morality, 1983''' === | === '''Radio Contact's Morality, 1983''' === | ||
− | One of the first major controversies involving ''Contacts'' broadcasts occured in 1983, when two announcers violated the [[WSU]]'s policies on racism and sexism. They told jokes that were deemed innapropriate, including statements such as "Time to get off your girlfriend and go back to sleep", and playing what was reported by [[Nexus]] as ''"deeply misogynistic 'comedies' as | + | One of the first major controversies involving ''Contacts'' broadcasts occured in 1983, when two announcers violated the [[WSU]]'s policies on racism and sexism. They told jokes that were deemed innapropriate, including statements such as "Time to get off your girlfriend and go back to sleep", and playing what was reported by [[Nexus]] as ''"deeply misogynistic 'comedies' as Monty Python 'dagger up the clitoris' sketch"''. |
=== '''Songs with offensive language, 1997''' === | === '''Songs with offensive language, 1997''' === | ||
− | By the | + | By the 1990's, [[Contact 89FM]] played music with swearing (including NWA's "Fuck Tha Police", etc.) and such music was sometimes on the regular playlist.<br> |
− | In 1997, Contact successfully defended a complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Authority about a song played on Hip Hop Impact (hosted by [[Omega B]], longstanding host and mainstay of the Hamilton hip hop scene). The song was "Gangstas Make The World Go Round" by Westside Connection. The full text of the decision is here: [ | + | In 1997, Contact successfully defended a complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Authority about a song played on Hip Hop Impact (hosted by [[Omega B]], longstanding host and mainstay of the Hamilton hip hop scene). The song was "Gangstas Make The World Go Round" by Westside Connection. The full text of the decision is here: [http://www.bsa.govt.nz/decisions/1997/1997-072.html].<br> |
In the weeks immediately after the complaint there was an informal attempt to limit songs containing offensive language. A couple of weeks later, however, "Fire Water Burn" was released by the Bloodhound Gang. The programme director, [[Scott Newth]], relayed to the station manager ([[Heidi Erceg]]) that he believed he couldn't ''not'' playlist the song, and so the song was added and duly charted at number 1 in the Top 13 in the following week. | In the weeks immediately after the complaint there was an informal attempt to limit songs containing offensive language. A couple of weeks later, however, "Fire Water Burn" was released by the Bloodhound Gang. The programme director, [[Scott Newth]], relayed to the station manager ([[Heidi Erceg]]) that he believed he couldn't ''not'' playlist the song, and so the song was added and duly charted at number 1 in the Top 13 in the following week. |