Q : How Do You Fuck A Girl With No Legs?


A: Very Carefully.

DJ Jason Cafer of KCOU, Columbia, MO, claims he played 10 Frogs songs in a row during his program last weekend. This dubious achievment was noted by his station manager, who pulled Cafer and his fellow smut-merchants off the air.

KCOU 88.1 FM changed from its usual format of student-friendly indie-rock music to classical piano ballads this weekend.

After a complaint about songs played on DJ Jason Cafer’s show was posted on the station’s Web site Friday, KCOU general manager John Boyer decided to pull the disc jockeys off the air in order to “refamiliarize” them with Federal Communications Commission standards, he said.

“With the current situation with the FCC and people being more aware, we’re just making sure we’re in compliance,” Boyer said.

The classical music now played is on a loop, Boyer said. It was the only loop the station had stored, leaving no other music options. Boyer said KCOU is not changing its format, but he is trying to determine if a problem exists.

“There were a few people who had heard some things they weren’t sure about and brought some questions, and we’re just making sure we’re in compliance,” he said.

Boyer said he is hoping to return to regular programming by noon today or Wednesday at the latest.

Elliot Ribner, a Columbia resident, posted a two-sentence complaint on the station’s online message board at 1:02 a.m. Friday.

“This is just to put on record that the last hour of radio obscenity is on tape and is going to the FCC,” Ribner stated on the Web site, www.kcou.mu.org.

Ribner said he attempted to contact someone at the station, but no one answered the telephone and he wasn’t able to speak to someone until later.

“I found it at least tasteless,” Ribner said. “I would personally say (the lyrics) ‘how do you fuck a girl with no legs’ is more than tasteless, it’s obscene.”

Although Ribner’s online message stated his tape would be sent to the FCC, he hasn’t sent it yet.

“I’m curious to see what happens,” Ribner said. “I haven’t filed a complaint (with the FCC) yet, but the option is open.”

In a reply to Ribner on the message board, Jason Cafer, the DJ who played the material, stated he wouldn’t play “those songs or similarly questionable material again.”

“It’s just not worth the trouble and risk to the station,” Cafer said. “I do encourage everyone to look into these artists. With an open mind, some will find their music incredibly edifying.”

Either way, Cafer said the selections weren’t legally obscene.

“In the FCC’s definition of obscenity,” Cafer wrote on the message board, “it states that to be considered obscene, material must lack serious, artistic, political or scientific value, according to Miller v California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973).”

Cafer claimed the material possessed artistic value.

“Everything I played had substantial artistic merit,” Cafer wrote on the message board.

Professor of journalism Sandy Davidson said although the material aired was legally indecent, the station couldn’t be fined for indecency because it was aired in the safe-harbor time between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.



(these men have killed a radio station. I hope Mercury Records are proud of themselves).

Davidson, who teaches communications law, said defining broadcast material as legally obscene is challenging. She said in this case a fine probably won’t be issued.

“There’s a very good solution,” Davidson said. “It’s called the off button.”

Posted: Thu - April 1, 2004 at 05:43 PM      

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