The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports that the University of Rochester's college radio station, WRUR, will be suspending all live broadcasts this summer due to the FCC's indecency crackdown (No more live-local content for WRUR):
”The primary focus is the summer, when we don’t have a lot of people here” to monitor and supervise the radio station, said Dean of the College William Scott Green. “It’s basically a response to the heightened sensitivities and the broadcast climates. This is a way to make sure … we’re careful.”
No more call-in local discussion shows, I guess. No more live coverage of political rallys. More pre-recorded DJs ... just what broadcast radio needs.
Thanks, Matt!
UPDATE The Lansing City Pulse has a similar article (Local broadcasters treading lightly during FCC crackdown:
At MSU student radio station WDBM (88.9 FM), it has always been appropriate to play music that might be controversial during “safe harbor hours” between midnight and 6.
That recently changed.
“Safe harbor hours are no longer considered safe,” student station manager Ed Glazer says when asked how The Impact, as the station is known, has been affected by a recent crackdown on broadcast indecency by the Federal Communications Commission.