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I think it's an opportunity for MD's and CD's to educate announcers on listening to the news and being aware if there is a big lead in a bulletin and to just to cast your eye over the first song. A tragedy can happen on a weekend without a CD or MD on site, but I also feel announcers don't have the confidence to make the call. They don't want to be seen to be "breaking the rules" by dropping a song.
Outback station that still did funeral announcements at the time.
Read a funeral announcement about a guy who sadly died of a shooting accident.
Next song scheduled was 'I Shot the Sherrif.' Played 60 seconds before I realised then cross faded to something less offensive.
After that we always played a short 90 second classical music piece after the funeral announcements to save it from ever happening again.