Archive for the &;Radio&; Category

KCRW Broadcasts ObscenityAgain

October 8, 2009

At 9:17AM today, Thursday, October 8, 2009, during the &;Morning Becomes Eclectic&;, KCRW 89.9FM broadcast a rap song with the word &;Motherfucker&; proudly unbleeped.  Jason Bentley I believe identified it as Clint Eastwood by Guerrillaz The arrogance from a national public radio station holding a government license is unbelievable.  This is the second time within four months KCRW has broadcast an obscenity during daytime hours when children could be listening.  Artist Ed Moses said &;Bullshit&; on a &;Politics of Culture&; show, no doubt waking up the somnolent crowd. This time, I filed a complaint with the FCC.  I haven&;t subscribed in two years because of this, but it is time for longtime station manager Ruth Seymour to go.

Tags:FCC, FCC-complaint, NPR-arrogance, on-air-obscenity, Ruth-Seymour Posted in KCRW-FM, Obscenity, Radio | 1 Comment &;

KCRW CastratesClash

March 6, 2009

KCRW, the radio station too afraid to rock, did it again this week, putting Lily Allen&;s girly, breathy version of &;Straight to Hell&; in heavy rotation.  Not only will the revolution not be televised, but it will be sanitized.  She sounds as bored, self-hating and out of it as Bill Nighy in &;Love Actually.&; This is not a new problem at LA&;s &;alternative&; public radio station, but the political correctness of KCRW is grinding.

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KCRW Invites Anti-Semite to ObamaDiscussion

July 11, 2008

On July 11&;s &;Which Way LA?&; host Warren Olney invited Amiri Baraka as one of the talking heads to comment on Jesse Jackson&;s &;cut his nuts off&; comments about Barack Obama.  Olney identified Baraka (formerly Leroi Jones) as a &;poet and playwright.&;  He failed to identify Baraka as one of America&;s most outspoken anti-Semites who in fact lost his title as Poet Laureate of New Jersey over his poem which claimed Jews were warned about the attack on the World Trade Center. The irony of such a man being invited being invited to comment on the odious comments of Jackson, another anti-Semite boggles the mind&;and unfortunately fuels the suspicions of what many think is the &;liberal media.&;

Tags:Amiri-Baraka, anti-semitism, Barack-Obama, Jesse-Jackson, KCRW.ORG, Warren-Olney Posted in KCRW-FM, political-correctness, Radio | 6 Comments &;

Quotes toConsider

May 2, 2007

&;&;Why did you hit me? I&;m a reporter,&;&; said KPCC radio reporter Patricia Nazario, hit in the back and ribs with a baton. &;And he hit me again, harder that time, and I fell on the dirt and my phone flew like 12 feet in front of me.&; &;Quite frankly, I was disturbed at what I saw,&; LA Police Chief William Bratton told KNX-AM. &;Some of the officers&; action &; were inappropriate in terms of use of batons and possible use of nonlethal rounds fired.&; &;We&;ve got boys here who should be working in the stockyards,&; policeman to Phillip Marlowe, The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler.

Posted in Journalism, Los Angeles Riots, May-1-immigration-rally, public-relations-disaster, Radio, Television | Leave a Comment &;

Music BecomesAbysmal

May 2, 2007

If you want to hear a collection of soulless, soul-deadening covers bleached of all emotion like Pete Yorn&;s take on Never My Love or The Strangler&;s Walk On By (not what we listen to The Stranglers for) , by all means click on today&;s Music Becomes Eclectic on KCRW.  Mickey Kaus earlier pointed out the problem, but if you want to hear a cover with soul, click here&;or get off your computer and go here.

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