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This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years. During its history, the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.
N.W.A.'s debut album Straight Outta Compton (which had attracted controversy for its song "Fuck tha Police") includes the song "Express Yourself", which criticizes the censorship of music by radio stations, and hip-hop musicians who write inoffensive songs to target mainstream radio airplay. "Express Yourself" is the only song on the album to ...
On February 1, 1994 the FCC acted upon a 2–1 vote to approve the deal. Commissioner James Henry Quello voted against as he believed an approval may have been misinterpreted as the FCC endorsing Stern. [44] In addition to the approval the FCC agreed to the filing of a $37,500 NAL to Americom for further indecency violations on KFBI.
The Witch Is Dead from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, rose to number two in the BBC Radio 1 UK singles chart as many people bought the song to celebrate the former PM's death. The BBC refused to air the full song however, with only a small clip being played on the hit chart show.
Unfortunately Radio 1 has had a history of musical censorship during its history. During the tenure of Matthew Banister the station refused to play British Hip Hop after the political connotations of the Rodney King beatings. In fact it took years for Radio 1 to recognise Hip Hop especially in the mid Eighties. Another sub Genre was Hi Energy.
Radio jamming in China is a form of censorship in the People's Republic of China that involves deliberate attempts by state or Communist Party organs to interfere with radio broadcasts. In most instances, radio jamming targets foreign broadcasters, including Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia , the BBC World Service , Sound of Hope (SOH ...
The U.S. was a founding member of the Freedom Online Coalition, a 39-nation group that advocates for the international adoption of an internet that’s free of censorship or political disruption.
Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin president (seen here in 2001) – one of the people affected by the restrictions enacted in 1988.. From October 1988 to September 1994 the British government banned broadcasts of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist groups on television and radio in the United Kingdom (UK).