Radio / Television News

Spring Break antics must air after 9:00 pm, says CBSC

OTTAWA - Alcohol- and sex-related activities at Spring Break events should not have aired before 9:00 pm, the Canadian Standards Broadcast Council (CBSC) has ruled.The CBSC received a complaint from a viewer about the broadcast of a program called E!’s Wildest Spring Break Moments in December 2008 and May 2009 on CHCH-TV, when it was still known as E! and owned by Canwest Media.  The show included numerous scenes of young men and women in various states of undress, participating in various contests and stunts, such as wet t-shirt contests, oil and pudding wrestling, and sexual position contests.  There were frequent...