CBSC raps radio host’s comments; TV broadcaster’s early airing of violent movie

OTTAWA – A radio host’s comments called a contest’s random selection process in to question, and a violent movie should have been delayed until after 9:00 PM, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled in two separate decisions.The CBSC investigated a complaint made by a listener of Rogers-owned CISS-FM (KiSS FM, Ottawa) in March 2016. The complaint concerned a contest segment called “Big Bag of Cash” where listeners had to listen for a cue-to-text and then send a text message to the station for a chance to play a game on air to win money. Each contestant was to be chosen...