Radio station runs afoul of codes by airing song with coarse language: CBSC

OTTAWA – A profanity filled song that aired on an Edmonton radio station’s morning show breached broadcasting codes, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled.The CBSC investigated the episode of the Crash & Mars morning show on CKNO-FM (NOW! Radio, Edmonton) that aired on January 24, 2018. Just after 8:00 AM that day, the hosts were discussing “trashy wedding songs” and one mentioned an online video of a woman leaving her wedding to the song ‘Crazy Bitch’ by Buckcherry. The hosts then commented that their co-host was trying to edit out all the f-words before playing the song. When the song...