Propaganda authorities have made another move to sanitise the airwaves and imbue socialist values ahead of a key party congress next month, banning four more sexoriented talk shows and setting up a hotline to encourage the public to report vulgar broadcasts.
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television said on its website on Wednesday the decision was made because the programmes were of 'low quality and vulgar taste' and 'too pornographic'.
The four talk shows ordered off the air were run by three provincial radio stations in Ningxia, Jiangxi and Shanxi, Xinhua reported yesterday.
'These three radio stations refused to mend their ways despite repeated warnings. Their problems are serious and those responsible should be severely dealt with,' the administration said.
The staff responsible for producing the radio shows, including directors, producers and anchors, were punished accordingly, it said.
The campaign against 'vulgarity' shut down seven radio programmes earlier this month because they were devoted to 'talk about sex lives, sexual experiences, sexual organs and the efficiency of certain drugs for sex'.