'Baby, It's Cold Outside' Banned by More Radio Stations Causes Backlash The Christmas song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" was written by Frank Loesser in 1944. In the wake of the growing #MeToo movement, critics <br />of the song claim it promotes date rape. After many radio stations chose to take <br />the song off the air for the holiday season, listeners started to get upset. Freska Griarte, DJ at KOIT <br />in San Francisco Glenn Anderson, DJ at Star 102 <br />in Cleveland In Denver, Colorado, 95% of listeners voted <br />in favor of the song in an online poll, forcing <br />KOSI 101.1 to put the song back on the air. In San Francisco, California, KOIT 96.5 <br />has launched a similar online poll and will <br />announce the results on Dec. 10. CBC Radio in Canada has also announced that they <br />will be keeping the song off their holiday playlists.
