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Howard Stern..whats up now?
kris
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turn on the radio at noon...97.1 d.j's blabbing about Howard Stern getting the boot from some markets...what did i miss?..never listen to his show...to know what i was missing...
it is good that we meet in the struggle of life or death.. .....it shall be life!
it is good that we meet in the struggle of life or death.. .....it shall be life!
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SALLY
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"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" - Ben Franklin
By the way I agree with the Jackson supporters in regards to the double standard when dishing out fault. That creep Timberlake knew exactly what he was doing and was as much at fault as Jackson. If it was just an "Act" why did he physically grab her clothing. I didn't see anyone twisting his arm to do it.
Since the big D Howards shows have been nothing more than his attemts to get laid.
Yup, it all stems from Janet. The FCC determined we needed to be better regulated. The first to go was Bubba the Love Sponge, he was fined a massive amount and was released from clearchannel (he was also on XM but no longer). Then soon after Bubba was canned, Stern was canned for being objectionable. If you dont like what they are saying just change the channel. The FCC is getting too much control, they want to regulate Satellite Radio for content. The problem is that people pay for satellite radio, why should the FCC have a say?
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" - Ben Franklin
It's that Dickhead Powell.
He also thinks it's a good idea to let one media conglomerate own and control all of what we read, see, and hear in the media.
February 26, 2004
BY ROBERT FEDER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
The biggest radio company in the world became the latest to kowtow to Congress and federal regulators on their election-year rampage against so-called indecent material on the air.
Clear Channel Radio, the San Antonio-based parent company of 1,200 radio stations (including seven in Chicago), issued a new "zero-tolerance" policy on broadcast indecency Wednesday and threatened to fire any host cited by the Federal Communications Commission.
The company also announced that it was modifying the contracts of all on-air performers "to ensure that DJs share financial responsibility if they utter indecent material on the air."
With similar "zero-tolerance" policies in effect among virtually all major broadcast groups, the result has been a wave of fear and paranoia throughout the radio industry. Popular shock jocks and talk show hosts who made millions for their companies (and themselves) suddenly are being treated like pariahs.
Clear Channel on Wednesday also suspended Howard Stern's morning show from all of its stations that air the New York-based syndicated shock jock.
Even the biggest groups are signaling they no longer will fight the FCC's seemingly arbitrary enforcement of indecency rules.
"If the FCC accuses us of wrongdoing by issuing a proposed fine, we will take immediate action," said Mark Mays, president of Clear Channel Communications. "We will suspend the DJ in question and perform a swift investigation. If we or the government ultimately determine the offending broadcast is indecent, the DJ will be terminated without delay."
The move came one day after Clear Channel fired Todd "Bubba the Love Sponge" Clem, a former Chicago radio personality whose Tampa, Fla.-based syndicated morning show drew a $755,000 fine for indecency.
Perhaps more significantly, the move came one day before John Hogan, president and chief executive officer of Clear Channel Radio, was expected to testify before the House Telecommunications Subcommittee at a hearing on the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004.
The proposed law would increase maximum fines for indecency tenfold -- to $275,000 per violation -- and could call for revocation of broadcast licenses.
In Chicago, Clear Channel owns WGCI-FM (107.5), WGCI-AM (1390), WVAZ-FM (102.7), WNUA-FM (95.5), WLIT-FM (93.9), WKSC-FM (103.5) and WRLL-AM (1690).
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Shock Jock Howard Stern Vents on Air
Thu Feb 26,10:17 AM ET
NEW YORK - A day after the nation's largest radio station chain suspended shock jock Howard Stern's show for alleged indecency, Stern vented on the air Thursday with uncharacteristic restraint.
"They are so afraid of me and what this show represents," he said.
Clear Channel Radio suspended Stern from six stations - the only outlets among its 1,200 stations that air the show - after an on-air interview Tuesday with socialite Paris Hilton's ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon during which a caller used a racial slur. Salomon is the man involved in the hotel heiress' infamous homemade sex video.
Stern's show is still being carried on stations owned by a rival radio network, Infinity Broadcasting, that distributes it to major markets nationwide. In 1995, Infinity paid the largest cumulative FCC (news - web sites) fine to date, $1.7 million, for various violations by Stern's radio show.
The six Clear Channel stations involved are in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, Fla., Rochester, N.Y., San Diego, Pittsburgh and Louisville, Ky.
"Clear Channel drew a line in the sand today with regard to protecting our listeners from indecent content, and Howard Stern's show blew right through it," Clear Channel's president and CEO, John Hogan, said in a news release Wednesday. "It was vulgar, offensive and insulting, not just to women and African-Americans but to anyone with a sense of common decency."
Stern said Thursday morning near the beginning of his show that he wasn't even sure he should talk about it.
"I could blow my stack, but ... ," Stern said, trailing off. "A caller used the N word, and I hung up on him."
Hogan was scheduled to testify along with top officials from television networks at the second congressional hearing this month on broadcast indecency in the wake of the exposure of Janet Jackson (news)'s breast during the Super Bowl halftime show Feb. 1.
"Janet Jackson is now forgotten and I'm on the front page of every newspaper," said Stern. "I can't imagine the pressure they're putting on this guy."
Clear Channel said Stern's show would not air until officials are assured it will conform to acceptable broadcasting standards.
"Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet."
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He was on this am (97.1), I usually catch a couple minuets before I switch to news, clear channel booted him off their markets only.
Most days he is to raunchy eaven for me!
I miss Dick the bruiser[:o)]
Don
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it is good that we meet in the struggle of life or death.. .....it shall be life!
it is good that we meet in the struggle of life or death.. .....it shall be life!