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Most of what you hear in those Mike Nabuurs interstitials that air endlessly on Funny 820 is said in jest. But the one running repeatedly on the station in the last little while has declared war on a word that regularly turns up in comedy bits.
It’s referred to on air as the “R” word (short for “retarded”) and the station has partnered with the Special Olympics to either edit it out of all of its bits or not play those offending stand-up pieces anymore.
The problem is that Nabuurs admits they have some 20,000 cuts in the rotation and they can’t find them all. So they’re asking listeners to let them know if the forbidden word sneaks past them, so they can remove it for good.
Don’t know if this is just a promotional gimmick or a genuine forever movement, but it sounds sincere and it’s probably a good idea, overall.
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That station has a 0.7% market share in Hamilton.
first, does anyone really care if they say "retarded"? Who's listening anyway?
Second, i would have to ask, if you're a comedy outlet, does censorship.... whether self-imposed or otherwise..... really apply itself to a station featuring comedy?
It doesn't make sense to me. If you're a comedy content provider, then you need to stand by the content you broadcast. if you want to be edgy, then be edgy. otherwise, program the safe stuff and don't worry about it. Take a stand. You can't broadcast based on potentially offensive words.
Last edited by splunge (March 5, 2017 2:11 am)
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Bell wants to have their cake and eat it too.
They refuse to produce their own Canadian radio comedy network (even thought hey DO own Comedy network)
When you refuse to own your content, it's only fair to shut up and put up with the content you get.
(unless it's an actual CRTC issue...)