WP/AP: Radio Station Won't Cancel Keillor's Show [View All]

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Radio Station Won't Cancel Keillor's Show
By The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 16, 2005


MINNEAPOLIS -- A public radio station in Kentucky has reversed its decision to cancel Garrison Keillor's "The Writer's Almanac" over concerns about offensive content, after what station officials said was an outpouring of support.

WUKY-FM, based in Lexington, canceled the show in early August. The daily spot runs a few minutes and features Keillor noting important milestones in writing history, after which he typically reads a poem.

Recent poems had included words such as "breast" and the phrase "get high." Another included suggestive sexual content, according to WUKY General Manager Tom Goddell.

He said there were no listener complaints, but station officials had worried about recent moves by the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on language it considered obscene.

"There's been something like $18 million in fines in the last year," Goddell told The Associated Press. "That's enough to get our attention."...


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/16/AR2005081600426.html