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The Bleap Tone

In 19 73, the radio station w b a i to test the waters and see if america was ready for uncensored contents. They aired a long clip from a comedy routine by george carlan called the seven words you can never say on television. And of course, the routine was un censored, and it had a ton of curse words. So the f c c sent a warning to the stations parent company, pacifica. The whole thing became a first amendment case at the supreme court. It just covered up the anode audio because the alternative was just a long stretch of nothing. You have to have something caus if you go off the air for seven seconds, somebody

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