Dec 9, 2008 • 1 min read

Music radio complaints round up

OfCom has investigated several music radio complaints, including Heart FM's promotion of Mamma Mia! and offensive remarks on BBC 6music and 96.3 Rock Radio.

Talking of breaches of OfCom rules in radio land, here are some recent incidents investigated by OfCom...

Heart FM: Gave "undue prominence" to 'Mamma Mia! The Movie' in various broadcasts back in July. This included positioning itself as "the official radio station" of the film, albeit without any apparent support from the film's makers.

BBC 6music: On Nemone's show on 12 Sep, American comedian Doug Stanhope told the DJ that two of Sarah Palin's children were "retards" - "One's got Down's Syndrome and the other volunteered for Iraq". He added: "The woman has a baby with Down's Syndrome; how can America get behind her when even God obviously hates her".

96.3 Rock Radio: Presenter Donald Macleod introduced Soundgarden's 'Black Hole Sun' by saying: "Barack Obama's favourite song. Your Mum's got a big black hole, son".

Xfm Scotland: During an edition of 'The Live Hour', a performance by Oasis contained the word "cunt" and several instances of "fuck".

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