Rural radio show breached ACMA codes with broadcast of ‘I’m a wanker’ song
A community radio station has been found in breach of its licence conditions for playing a catchy tune with the chorus ‘I’m a wanker’ during the day and then ineptly dealing with listener complaints.
The song which includes lyrics like “I’m a wanker and I’m always pulling my pud”, played on 2REM in Albury-Wodonga, Victoria, at 4.20pm on a Sunday afternoon prompted complaints from a grandmother who was listening to the radio with three of her grandchildren at the time.
“The eldest aged eight came and asked what a ‘wanker’ was and also asked how do you play ‘pud’, can we have a game?” she said. The complainant continued: “Upon completion of the offensive song the announcer made the comment along the lines ‘and I don’t want to hear any complaints; we are all grown up’”.
The I’m a Wanker song (warning not suitable for work)
Please… more Nanny State W..kers.
I once had a complaint form a devout catholic listener for describing something as “Bloody Good!” Who knew that Bloody is a pseudo-acronym for “By Our Lady.”
Some people have too much time on their hands, but I s’pose the song title and subject matter would be best reserved for night programming.
Slow news day?
Clearly changing the station for 3 minutes just puts far too much onus on the listener. An excellent job by ACMA too, going after volunteers rather than shockjocks.