Why are curse words from songs not allowed on the radio?

Because the bar for what is widely considered appropriate travels only down, not up.

The young people who listen to 'cutting edge' and pay to download music and support advertisers and the entertainment industry who caters to them both aim for shock value to identify who the younger generation is. We did it. You do it.

I can probably control what channels on MY radio get played, but there are a lot of radios in the world.

It's the law. TV stations and radio can be fined if they allow certain curse words to be said on air.

🤷🏻‍♀️ radio is dying anyway, you can just plug your phone in and play music from there.

It’s not about children but what is termed ‘public decency’.

It has something to do with unencoded over-the-air broadcasts. That why they blast you with everything in the book on satellite, cable, streaming, etc.

Ikr lol that's one of the reasons I don't listen radio. If they don't hear them on the radio they'll hear them somewhere trust me but it's inappropriate though.

I don't know they see sex and hear vulgar shit on cable TV
All of these contradictions beats the shit out of me

Lip service to something which does not exist.

You got a point there

Call it what you want but it comes down to marketability.