Obscenity is strictly prohibited due to the fact that it’s not protected by the 1st amendment. You may ask about cable and satellite tv and radio, but these fall under a different set of rules. This is to limit the risk of children accidentally tuning into it. and 10 p.m., if they are considered indecent and profane content. Conversely, broadcasts, both on TV and radio, are prohibited only between the hours of 6 a.m. Profane content includes “grossly offensive” language that is considered a public nuisance.Īny radio broadcast that contain obscene content is strictly prohibited at anytime.Indecent content portrays sexual or excretory organs or activities in a way that does not meet the three-prong test for obscenity.For content to be ruled obscene, it must meet a three-pronged test established by the Supreme Court: It must appeal to an average person’s prurient interest depict or describe sexual conduct in a “patently offensive” way and, taken as a whole, lack serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. Obscene content does not have protection by the First Amendment.
The FCC clearly defines each type of content as seen below: Federal law restricts obscene, indecent and profane content from being broadcast on the radio or television. They are the government body that regulates radio broadcasts within the geographical United States. When creating a song it must meet a certain criteria set by the Federal Communications Commission. Out side of the FCC restrictions, there are few major issues that turns a great song into a great song with a bad radio edit. Mind you, a lot of the music is good, some are actually really good, but it seems to me that many independent artists don’t know what are the radio restrictions nor how to edit their music to give them the best chance to get their music aired. Riddled with expletives, overt drug references, overly sexual innuendoes, and/or offensive speech, which we can’t broadcast due to the Federal Communication Commissions. In the radio industry, far too many times do we receive music that isn’t edited for radio.
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