Florida College Students on Family Values Radio

Mind Fodder, found in the campus newpaper amidst news of more than 2,500 people gathered to hear first-year UF football coach Urban Meyer speak at “The Rally:”

Telling people they can’t curse on the air is not something that we can or should complain about. The airwaves that radio and television stations broadcast on are public airwaves, and it’s a very scarce resource. Thus, those airwaves must be used in a way that is of the greatest use to the public. That’s why they’re called “public airwaves.”

A broadcaster telling people, “They can just change the channel if they don’t like it,” is fine, but they had better be serving the greater good of the public in some way. The problem is deciding what the greater good of the public is (read more - Alligator Online)