French swear words during daytime radio violate code, CBSC finds

OTTAWA - The use of certain French swear words at times of the day when children could be listening to the radio violates the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) determined.The CBSC said that it received a number of complaints about the use of coarse language on various episodes of the radio programs Prends ça cool ..., which aired from 6:00 to 9:00 am on weekdays, and Deux gars le midi, which aired at noon on weekdays on CKRB-FM (103.5 Cool FM), St-Georges-de-Beauce, Quebec.Both programs were talk shows during which the hosts discussed...