City council protests 'offensive' song on radio, KBP vows probe

The city council yesterday approved en masse a resolution questioning the propriety of airing on an FM radio station a Cebuano song, which lyrics are allegedly malicious or have double-meaning.

Majority Floor Leader Jocelyn Pesquera, who authored the resolution, told the council that she heard the song over station 103.5 Wild FM, and found it offensive and with double-meaning.

"It's so bastos. I don't know what's the title of that Cebuano song and I heard it for the first time when my driver turned on the radio of my vehicle," said Pesquera, as she objected to the song's message that she believed was downgrading to a person.

She said the song tells of a homosexual saying in vernacular "iduot pa", then a male voice responding with the words, "ayaw na, dili na maibot."

"I am requesting all radio stations, especially 103.5 Wild FM, not to play double-meaning or offensive songs," Pesquera said in her resolution.

Kapisanan ng mga Broadcaster ng Pilipinas president Eduard Abad, when told of the matter assured that his office would conduct immediately an investigation upon receiving the formal communication from the city council.

But this early, Abad admitted the KBP could not monitor all AM and FM radio stations, and would only depend on the complaint filed by a concerned individual against a particular station.

"Mas maayo unta to nga na-tape niya ang maong tukar. But sige lang we will investigate the matter as soon as we will receive the communication from the city council," Abad said.

Abad said the matter will be raised to the KBP-Standards Authority, headed by dyMR station manager Rene Alquizola, who will lead the investigation.

This was not the first time the city council protested against a song played on air by a radio station.

It can be recalled that councilor Rodrigo Abellanosa earlier protested to the council, through a proposed resolution, over the objectionable song "Cleaning Out My Closet" of popular international rapper Eminem.

Abellanosa objected to the message of the song as it talked about Eminem's anger against his parents who abused him as a child. The message promoted disrespect to parents. - Garry B. Lao