[LAU] Streaming radio and calls from listeners

[Ken Restivo]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 09:48:01PM +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 09:13:27AM -0700, Len Ovens wrote:
>  
> > With regard to content filtering of live calls, not just from a
> > legal perspective, but also from what you want your listeners to
> > hear. The standard method used here when I was in the business years
> > ago was to delay the whole studio audio about 7 seconds and provide
> > a cut button that shut off the audio after the delay.
> 
> This seven seconds 'profanity delay' seems to be a US thing,
> and probably an FCC requirement. I've never seen such things
> used on this side of the Atlantic.
> 

It's definitely an FCC thing, and a US-ism.

Background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission_v._Pacifica_Foundation

Source material, (warning NSFFCC): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyBH5oNQOS0

-ken