“When I made the decision to cancel ‘The Loh Life,’ I was not in possession of all the facts regarding this unfortunate incident, specifically that it had been Sandra’s practice to leave instructions for her engineer to bleep out certain words, and that this practice had never before gone awry,” said [KCRW GM Ruth] Seymour. “I regret having jumped to conclusions about what happened and for erroneously accusing Sandra of an ‘intentional’ breach of our broadcast standards.”
If you read the whole statement, you learn that this was a taped piece, not a live broadcast. So I’m not sure why the engineer who failed to follow the instructions (as had been done on prior occasions) wasn’t canned, instead of the commentator.
And of course, we can thank the FCC for this, for cracking down on free thinkers like Sandra Tsing Loh, Howard Stern, and Bono, whether you agree with them or not, while the broadcasting companies who license the airwaves from us — has the FCC ever revoked a license for irresponsible behavior? — can continue to create thirty-third rate programs and pay for them with stupid, inappropriate advertising.