Why are censor bleeps so loud?

1. Why is the censor beep so loud?
2. What tone is the censor bleep?
3. Where did the censor bleep come from?
4. Why do people censor curse words?

Why is the censor beep so loud?

It is louder because it is a highly compressed sound. This is the same as with commercials. How loud or intense the sound is experienced depends a lot on the listener and the audio system that is playing it.

What tone is the censor bleep?

A bleep censor is the replacement of a profanity or classified information with a beep sound (usually a 1000 Hz tone (help·info)) in television and radio.

Where did the censor bleep come from?

History of the Bleeping Bleep

It all dates back to a 1921 performance by Vaudeville actress Olga Petrova on New Jersey radio station WJZ.

Why do people censor curse words?

What's the point of censoring swear words? The idea is to limit their use in public, a traditional idea. In Britain, there are warnings if a lot of swearwords are being used in a drama.