RADIO BROADCASTING.
DON’TS FOR ARTISTS. LIST OF BANNED SUBJECTS. ■ In future radio artists in Britain must pay heed to a list of “dont’s ' drawn up by the 8.8. C., which will be given to them when they receive their contracts for signature. The banned subjects are: Proprietary articles and business names; Religion—including spiritualism; Public personalities; Marital infideiity; Effeminacy in men; Immorality of any kind; Physical infirmities and deformities, including blindness, dumbness, stammering, loss of limbs, crosseyes ; Painful or fatal diseases—including cancer, consumption, mental deficiency. Unnecessary emphasis on drunkenness; Reference to negroes as “niggers,” and Chinese as ‘Chinks.” The notice adds that the instructions are issued “with a view to assisting artists in the choice and composition of their material, end to prevent the inconvenience of last-minute alteration.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19663, 24 August 1935, Page 17 (Supplement)
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