How does radio in 2011 deal with this?

[Dave Doherty]

I don't know about these specific songs, but a lot of labels and bands still 
provide sanitized versions for airplay.  Green Day's version of John 
Lennon's "Working Class hero" is a classic example of this.

-d


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From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:35 PM
To: "bri" <bri@bostonradio.org>
Subject: How does radio in 2011 deal with this?

>
> The NY Times points out this morning that 3 of the Top 10 songs on 
> Billboard
> - radio stations can not play without having the FCC screaming.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/arts/music/from-cee-lo-green-to-pink-speaking-the-unspeakable.html
>
> We certainly have come a long way from George Carlins' seven magic words 
> but
> as the younger generation continues to ignore radio in bigger numbers, 
> what
> is the industry supposed to do?
>
> The consumers have spoken...and pirate stations exploit this.
>
> Will we see a day the FCC finally waves the white flag?
>
>