Canadian radio show too hot for censors

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TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - Canada's broadcast censors are not amused by a Calgary morning radio show that featured two steamy songs about breaking up and a parody commercial for a "Sausage Enlarger."

 

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) said Friday that CJAY-FM's Forbes and Friends breached an industry code of ethics last February by airing sexually explicit content. As a rule, mere sexual innuendo, while not in good taste, is acceptable on Canadian airwaves, but "unduly sexually explicit material is unacceptable radio fare," the council said.

 

It agreed with an offended listener that the song "My Ex-boyfriend," sung by a man to his ex-lover, which included references to "salami hider, vaseline slider, butt cheek divider, bone smuggler" was beyond the pale.

 

The listener complained in writing about references to "gay sex, anal sex, inserting gerbils into ones sic rectum and swallowing ejaculate."

 

Tom Peackock, vp and general manager at CJAY-FM, in response to the listener, said its young audience appreciated "this type of comedy" which, he added, was similar to that found on mainstream TV shows like "Saturday Night Live" and "The Simpsons." The CBSC disagreed, and ordered CJAY-FM to air its decision in primetime.

 

The CBSC also found CJAY-FM breached the same industry code of ethics when one of its sports announcer excitedly said the Washington Redskins had "got bent over and fisted by Philly 37-7" when recounting the outcome of an NFL football game.

 

The CBSC referees voluntary industry codes of conduct governing the content broadcast by around 450 Canadian radio and TV stations.