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|date_of_action=September 2001 | |date_of_action=September 2001 | ||
|location=United States | |location=United States | ||
|description_of_content=Songs containing lyrics that a Clear Channel programming | |description_of_content=Songs containing lyrics that a Clear Channel programming director felt would be a reminder about the horrors the country had just experienced, as well as all songs by Rage Against the Machine. | ||
The list of songs: | The list of songs: | ||
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ZAGER & EVANS – In the Year 2525 | ZAGER & EVANS – In the Year 2525 | ||
ZOMBIES – She’s Not There | ZOMBIES – She’s Not There | ||
|description_of_incident=The memo was distributed to the network’s 1,200 radio stations nationwide, with the suggestion that the songs contained should not be played. | |description_of_incident=The memo was distributed to the network’s 1,200 radio stations nationwide, with the suggestion that the songs contained should not be played. | ||
|description_of_result=The choice was left up to the individual stations, to choose whether or not to play the songs in question. | |description_of_result=The choice was left up to the individual stations, to choose whether or not to play the songs in question. | ||
|source=http://www.examiner.com/article/imagine-censorship-the-songs-and-artists-banned-from-radio-after-9-11 | |source=http://www.examiner.com/article/imagine-censorship-the-songs-and-artists-banned-from-radio-after-9-11 | ||