Kids Break Into Community Radio Station To Start Cussing On-Air

Listeners of Kimberley-region community radio station Wangki Yupurnanupurru Radio received a surprise spot of entertainment last week when a group of children broke into the Fitzroy Crossing broadcaster's studios to host their own makeshift, swear word-heavy late-night show.

Police were alerted to the transgression when a concerned listener called to report the abundance of foul language seeping on to the airwaves, according to the ABC. The children, who were aged between eight and 14, had previously been given lessons by station manager Angie Stahl, who said they used their prior knowledge to make themselves go live.

"They were able to turn on all the microphones, turn on the panel and switch everything on in the right way, and decided to do a bit of a show themselves," she told the national broadcaster.

"But unfortunately their show mainly involved swearing, which was a bit punk, a bit avant-garde, but also breaches the broadcasting laws, and our codes of practice.

"So the cops got a call from an outlaying station ringing up to say, 'I think you've got some kids on the radio, they're busy swearing, you'd better go bust them'."

The cuss-filled presentation was an act of opportunity, Stahl says, after the kids apparently entered her house via an open window. Having filled up on chicken nuggets and replenished their fab factor with some of her red hair dye, they appear to have found the keys to the adjacent studio and let themselves in to play Kyle and Jackie O for the night.

Knowing the potential severity of consequences should the station have chosen to pursue charges against the mischief-makers, Stahl says they instead settled on letting them make it up through completing a series of apology tasks, organised in collaboration with the children's parents and elders.

"I was quite angry at the time," she said.

"But I'm more relaxed about it now and can see the funny side."