City Council Warns ‘Crack Ho’ Comments ‘Intolerable’, Calls For Diversity In Talk Radio

[Sherman A1]

3. Agreed, but

radio stations operate on the Public Air Waves regulated and licensed by the FCC, therefore they are within the realm of being monitored & told what and what is not acceptable. Granted the LA City Council has no authority over those airwaves (any more than any other citizen... the right to file a complaint), yet they have in their own way made their collective voices heard and that is important.

I do believe the best form of action is to write the station(s) letters of complaint, with a copy to the FCC for their licensing file on the station. While I certainly support everyone's first amendment rights, I also realize that some speech is less helpful (and potentially hurtful) than others and that when that type of speech is broadcast over airwaves in the public domain, I have a right (and I believe an obligation) to object to that speech.