Radio / Television News

Sarcasm goes over some heads

OTTAWA – The CBSC said today it found nothing wrong with a sports talk radio broadcast where one commentator suggested NHL goalies could curl with fellow hockey players heads. At issue was the April 4, 2008 edition of Prime Time Sports, a radio show on The Fan 590 in Toronto which is also broadcast on Sportsnet Ontario, where a viewer believed one of the broadcasters, Jim Kelley, was glorifying on-ice violence. The commentators were discussion the previous night’s NHL hockey game between the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs, and, in particular, a hit by Mark Bell on Daniel Alfredsson....