• "The 7 dirty words’ mid-life crisis"
Paul Riismandel at Radio Survivor reports that this week marks the 40th anniversary of the recording of "Class Clown," the George Carlin album that contained the "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television." (Radio Survivor)

• "Songs of War"
Tristan Chytroschek's report for Al Jazeera English talks to composer Christopher Cerf, whose work for "Sesame Street" has been used to torture prisoners by U.S. forces. (Al Jazeera)

• "House Approves FCC Reform Bill"
John Eggerton in Broadcasting & Cable reports the U.S. House of Representatives Wed., May 30 approved by voice vote the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2012 (HR 3310). "That is the broadcaster and cable-backed bill that would, among other things, require the FCC to conduct a biennial survey of the state of competition in the marketplace that it publishes online and submits to Congress," Eggerton writes. "The FCC already conducts a quadrennial (originally biennial) reg review. But unlike that process, in this review, the FCC would be required to take into account competition from the Internet. The bill, which was backed by Reps. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden (R-Ore.), would consolidate eight separate congressionally mandated reports into that single report." (Broadcasting & Cable)

• "Finding the 'English Man' numbers station while scanning for pirates"
SWLing Post reports: "While listening for pirate radio stations last night, I recorded a numbers station. I found it on 6,949 kHz at 1:30 UTC, 26 May 2012. It was broadcast in USB for almost exactly ten minutes." Full recording at link. (SWLing Post)