In 1978 a radio station owned by Pacifica Foundation Broadcasting out of New

York City was doing a program on contemporary attitudes toward the use of

language. This broadcast occurred on a mid-afternoon weekday. Immediately

before the broadcast the station announced a disclaimer telling listeners

that the program would include "sensitive language which might be regarded as

offensive to some."(Gunther, 1991) As a part of the program the station

decided to air a 12 minute monologue called "Filthy Words" by comedian George

Carlin. The introduction of Carlin's "routine" consisted of, according to

Carlin, "words you couldn't say on the public air waves."(Carlin, 1977) The

introduction to Carlin's monologue listed those words and repeated them in a

variety of colloquialisms:



I was thinking about the curse words and the swear words, the cuss words and

the words that you can't say, that you're not supposed to say all the time.

I was thinking one night about the words......

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Title: Government Regulations On Radio Broadcasting
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