I think the reasoning behind laxer rules after midnight is just that young, impressionable kids are probably asleep. On New Years, they’re more likely to still be up, so Sample_the_Dog may be wrong in this particular case.
Probably an UL, but supposedly the pron channel got swapped out with a basic channel on a cable system in NYC, and it stayed like that for some hours before the cable company caught their mistake. One of the “outraged citizens” interviewed about the matter is said to have stated, “It was terrible, we watched it for six hours.”
Why? It would be the station that gets fined, not him.
In light of the Teat of Terror incident, the Feds have changed the rules, so that the “artist” can be fined as well. That’s one of the reasons Stern’s leaving broadcast radio.
I guess they wanted to make sure that all of the programming was porn before they complained, lest their complaints go unfounded. :rolleyes:
Isn’t that kind of like Casablanca?: “I’m outraged! Outraged that there could be gambling here.” I’m paraphrasing, of course. I don’t know the actual line.
IIRC, it’s “I’m shocked! Shocked to discover that there’s gambling going on here!” At which point, one of Rick’s employees scurries up and says, “Your winnings, sir.”
That doesn’t work anyway… it aired Live… between 10:30-11:30pm here in Central Time Zone. And I would assume the same regs don’t apply to radio as TV, or there would be all kinds of raunchy shit on after midnight.
Ah, great. I’m glad we invented these media so somebody could censor them. :smack:
Do you have a cite by any chance? I’m ashamed of myself for missing that gem of information. Thanks in advance.
I’ll resume weeping for my country elsewhere.
Only sex is obscene. Not violence. Not bigotry. Not hate. <sigh> I love this country, but sometimes it’s got its head in the wrong place.
The last thing we need is the government deciding MORE things are obscene or trying to figure out what hate or bigotry is. It wouldn’t improve anything, trust me.