Rich Wood wrote:
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 00:00:18 -0500, Mike wrote:


formality. Mexicans stations are treated as what they are, Mexican stations
that music comply with Mexican boradcast law and all other aspects of the
Mexican legal system.


I programmed XTRA for 5 years. The US contingent was committed to
following both the Mexican as well as FCC regulations. I actually had
Norman Vincent Peale use an obscenity when I told him we couldn't air
his show that had been sold by our US sales reps. No religion allowed.
No alcohol. Far more stringent than the US.

Do they still allow cussing (at least in English, don't know about
in Spanish) on Mexican stations? (I recall XETRA-FM getting away with
a few f-bombs in the 80's....)

"Charles Hobbs" wrote in message
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Rich Wood wrote:
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 00:00:18 -0500, Mike wrote:


formality. Mexicans stations are treated as what they are, Mexican
stations that music comply with Mexican boradcast law and all other
aspects of the Mexican legal system.


I programmed XTRA for 5 years. The US contingent was committed to
following both the Mexican as well as FCC regulations. I actually had
Norman Vincent Peale use an obscenity when I told him we couldn't air
his show that had been sold by our US sales reps. No religion allowed.
No alcohol. Far more stringent than the US.

Do they still allow cussing (at least in English, don't know about
in Spanish) on Mexican stations? (I recall XETRA-FM getting away with
a few f-bombs in the 80's....)

Mexico is much stricter than the US, but English content seems not to be
monitored and only comes to the SCT's attention if someone reports it.

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:19:13 GMT, Charles Hobbs
wrote:

Do they still allow cussing (at least in English, don't know about
in Spanish) on Mexican stations? (I recall XETRA-FM getting away with
a few f-bombs in the 80's....)

Is it considered cussing if the words don't exist in the country's
official language?

Under Noble, that would have been forbidden because we followed both
country's regulations. Things happen. Wardrobes malfunction. I suspect
most stations have had various slips of the tongue the delay didn't
catch.

At WOR we had a food fair called "The Taste of New York" held at
Lincoln Center. We decided to do the Joan Rivers Show live. Various
restaurants set up booths with samples and it cost $10 to get in. Joan
began the show with a comment about how great it was to get free food.
A woman in the audience piped up and said they paid for it. Joan's
response: "You paid $10 to eat this sh*t?" It was so close to the open
of the show the delay hadn't built up and it went on both WOR and the
network.

Joan had a chat with management the next day. Fortunately there were
so many people there making so much noise, the vendors never heard it.
The food was terrific.

Rich

Rich Wood wrote:
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:19:13 GMT, Charles Hobbs
wrote:


Do they still allow cussing (at least in English, don't know about
in Spanish) on Mexican stations? (I recall XETRA-FM getting away with
a few f-bombs in the 80's....)


Is it considered cussing if the words don't exist in the country's
official language?

Under Noble, that would have been forbidden because we followed both
country's regulations. Things happen. Wardrobes malfunction. I suspect
most stations have had various slips of the tongue the delay didn't
catch.

Come to think of it, this might have not been XETRA-FM, but another
English language FM out of Tijuana....one night, they played Steely
Dan's "Show Biz Kids", uncensored.
http://www.lyricsdepot.com/steely-da...-biz-kids.html