This is ridiculous!!!

[dissention]

Howard Stern gets booted in 6 cities

Thu Feb 26, 7:41 AM ET Add Local - New York Daily News to My Yahoo!

By RICHARD HUFF and DAVE GOLDINER, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Shock jock Howard Stern's show was yanked from several radio stations yesterday after a caller made racially charged comments - marking the latest skirmish over America's R-rated airwaves.


The nation's top-rated morning show was suspended from six big stations owned by Clear Channel Communications after a caller to the show used the Nword and asked Paris Hilton's ex-boyfriend if he ever had sex with black celebrities.


But Stern's syndicated show will apparently still be heard in New York as usual on WXRK-FM, where it draws nearly 1 million listeners, and on about 60 other stations nationwide.


"It was vulgar, offensive and insulting, not just to women and African-Americans but to anyone with a sense of common decency," Clear Channel chief John Hogan said.


"We will not air Howard Stern until we are assured that his show will conform to acceptable standards of responsible broadcasting," he added.


The latest Stern-storm blew up over his on-air interview with Rick Salomon, the man who was filmed having sex with Hilton.


Stern asked Salomon some extremely personal questions before the caller made the slur.


Neither Stern nor the producers of his New York-based show could be reached for comment.


The scandal erupted as the nation's media titans scramble to clean up their act following the Janet Jackson breast-flashing fiasco during last month's Super Bowl halftime show.


Hogan is scheduled to defend radio's less-than-sensitive record at a congressional hearing today on a proposed law totighten decency standards and jack up fines.


Critics accused Clear Channel of lashing out at Stern to burnish its image ahead of the hearing.


The giant has about 1,200 stations in the United States, though only the six involved in yesterday's announcement carried the Stern show. Those stations are heard in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Rochester, San Diego, Pittsburgh and Louisville, Ky.


Stern, who revels in raunchy banter with callers and guests, has been in hot water with federal regulators before, but has mostly toed the line in recent years.


Infinity Broadcasting, the company that syndicates the show, paid $1.7 million to settle complaints over his antics in the 1990s.


Infinity is owned by Viacom, the media giant that owns CBS, which aired Jackson's Super Bowl flash dance.


Viacom boss Mel Karmazin said the network was stunned by Jackson's stunt and vowed to crack down on raunch on the air.


Stern, the self-proclaimed King of All Media, also has a show on the E! cable network. With News Wire Services

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Sorry, but Howard hasn't been saying any **** that he and Robin haven't been saying since they first teamed up. This is pathetic. And the head of Clear Channel said he's "ashamed" of their programming. Pfft.

[dissention]

Here's another:

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.

[strandinthewind]

This is just such an example of "turn it off if you do not like it." At least it was not the gov. doing it though!

[DeeGeMe]

Clear Channel is well-known for their right-wing, conservative views. I'm more surprised that any Clear Channel station carried Howard Stern to begin with. You know, everyday it seems to me that we lose a little bit more of our freedoms under our current unelected President.

I may not always agree with what Stern says, however, I absolutely support his right to say it. Who's next--watch out under Shrub & co.--you might be next!

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
This is just such an example of "turn it off if you do not like it." At least it was not the gov. doing it though!


EXACTLY!! People never cease to amaze me...."I don't like this...." or...."That is offensive..." etc...so since "I" don't agree/like it no one else can hear/see it!! Give me a break....I agree...you don't like it then don't listen to it!!!!

[GardenStateGirlie]

You don't listen to Howard Stern and expect to not hear something that may be offensive...the show is what I like to call and equal opportunity offender....it's no holds bar...why is this such a shock and such a big deal? He hung up on the caller. End of story. Lame.

[Rob67]

It's not so much a Liberal or Conservative issue. I am Conservative but I love Stern's show. Even if I didn't, I would fight for his right to be on the air.

Much ado about nothing...

Just change the channel!:p

Rob:cool:

[gldstwmn]

Originally posted by dissention
Howard Stern gets booted in 6 cities ___________________________________________________

Sorry, but Howard hasn't been saying any **** that he and Robin haven't been saying since they first teamed up. This is pathetic. And the head of Clear Channel said he's "ashamed" of their programming. Pfft.

Howard is definitely not my cup of tea but I certainly support his right to free speech.
It's very telling to me that Howard has reportedly been dissing the Bush administration for the last month or so after being a long time supporter and suddenly he's in the sights of the decency patrol of Clear Channel.

[gldstwmn]

Originally posted by DeeGeMe
Clear Channel is well-known for their right-wing, conservative views. I'm more surprised that any Clear Channel station carried Howard Stern to begin with. You know, everyday it seems to me that we lose a little bit more of our freedoms under our current unelected President.

I may not always agree with what Stern says, however, I absolutely support his right to say it. Who's next--watch out under Shrub & co.--you might be next!


:nod: :nod: :nod:

[strandinthewind]

Trust me, if it has the right rating, any station will find a way to air it. Moreover, Howard will be back soon if he wants too as this is only "temporary."

[sparky]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
Trust me, if it has the right rating, any station will find a way to air it. Moreover, Howard will be back soon if he wants too as this is only "temporary."

Totally temporary. That show makes huge money.

Pulling this show is silly. Lowest common denominator stunt.

"Punish the potty mouth !"

Oh yeah, he's destroying the country. He's the reason people don't have jobs, home prices are through the roof, and gas prices are nuts, and blah, blah, blah.

This is a case of spraying deodorant to treat cancer.

[Sarah]

I love how every time some of you see something you don't like you blame it on the President.

Blame this one on ClearChannel.

ClearChannel has audience and programming for almost every view. You know they won't keep Stern off permanently.. he makes them so much money. They do crap like this for shockvalue and getting people to talk about the company & their stations again.


Looks like it worked.

[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by Sarah
I love how every time some of you see something you don't like you blame it on the President.

Answering for myself, W's administration is, and perhaps always was, clearly governed by fundamentalist Christians who want their interpretation of "The Bible" to be the law and everyone who does not believe like "they" do to be a second class citizen or, perhaps, in a concentration camp undergoing "therapy" to be like them (the latter was a joke :cool: ). Their way is the only way. So, I think that mindset is spilling into the FCC. I mean for the last ten years Stern has not been offensive - so why now in an election year :shrug:

My $0.02

[gldstwmn]

Originally posted by Sarah
I love how every time some of you see something you don't like you blame it on the President.

Blame this one on ClearChannel.

ClearChannel has audience and programming for almost every view. You know they won't keep Stern off permanently.. he makes them so much money. They do crap like this for shockvalue and getting people to talk about the company & their stations again.


Looks like it worked.

Clear Channel is one of the largest contributors to President Bush's reelection campaign.

[strandinthewind]

Clear Channel's political donations

http://www.premradonline.com/pdollars.htm

http://media.guardian.co.uk/rupertmurdoch/story/0,11136,930074,00.html

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=C2100

[gldstwmn]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
Answering for myself, W's administration is, and perhaps always was, clearly governed by fundamentalist Christians who want their interpretation of "The Bible" to be the law and everyone who does not believe like "they" do to be a second class citizen or, perhaps, in a concentration camp undergoing "therapy" to be like them (the latter was a joke :cool: ). Their way is the only way. So, I think that mindset is spilling into the FCC. I mean for the last ten years Stern has not been offensive - so why now in an election year :shrug:

My $0.02

Not to mention Colin Powell's son, Michael now runs the FCC.

[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by gldstwmn
Not to mention Colin Powell's son, Michael now runs the FCC.

IMO it could be anyone running the FCC and this would still be taking place. IMO the entertainment industry has pushed the envelope of what is acceptable for prime time non-cable stuff. A good example of that is Janet Jackson's stunt, if it was a stunt, at the Super Bowl as well as the other performers and riske commercials at the Super Bowl. I get that the Super Bowl people are also at fault because they saw ahead of time those commercials and they hired MTV and saw perhaps not the boob, but all of the other gyrating and approved it - then they act outraged at a boob when the performers were essentially fry humping on stage for 20 minutes before that :rolleyes: But, the fact remains that Janet Jackson and really all of the peformers there were just as sexually riske for shock (which sells) a la the Madonna kiss. So, poor Howard Stern get the brunt of all of that even though Clear Channel clearly know he was a outrageous womanizer and will probably have him back on the air soon.

[gldstwmn]

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/19206.htm

STERN IN BIG BLAST AT BUSH

February 28, 2004 -- Besieged shock jock Howard Stern taunted his government critics yesterday by skipping his usual congressional and FCC attacks and tearing right into the top guy - President Bush.
Stern also said he fears his "suspension" last Wednesday by radio behemoth Clear Channel has turned into a firing.

"I might be taken off all the stations very soon, and my last words to you are 'G.W.B.,' " Stern told listeners yesterday.

"Get him out of office. I'm tellin' you, man, he's in dangerous territory [with] a religious agenda and you gotta vote him out - anyone but Bush," Stern railed.

Stern, whose raunchy wake-up show was yanked from six Clear Channel stations until, according to the company, they are "assured [it] will conform to acceptable standards of responsible broadcasting," said he fears he's history.

"It doesn't sound like I'm going to be asked back," Stern said, after playing an ominous quote from Clear Channel's CEO's testimony to a congressional indecency panel Thursday:

"The Bubbas of the world and the Howard Sterns of the world are the exception rather than the rule, and they will no longer have a platform on our stations," said John Hogan, who fired Florida's even-rowdier "Bubba the Love Sponge" on the eve of the hearings.

Hogan told committee members he was "ashamed" of both shows.

[gldstwmn]

More on the Bush Clear Channel connection:

http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/04/18_clear.html
One Thing is Crystal Clear: Clear Channel is a Subsidiary of Bush, Inc

http://www.utwatch.org/utimco/hicks.html
http://www.utwatch.org/utimco/

The vice-chairman of Clear Channel is Tom Hicks. He has held that position since 1999, when Clear Channel bought out a radio chain owned by Hicks and his brother.

It was also Tom Hicks who paid a highly inflated $15 million in 1998 for George Bush's share of the Texas Rangers.

Before that, in 1996, Bush had appointed Hicks as the first chairman of the University of Texas Investment Management Corporation. Hicks had lobbyed intensively for the creation of UTIMCO, and he used his position there to invest the University's money in ways that would benefit Republicans and the Bush family (eg, The Carlyle Group.) Hicks' own investment firm has also been a major Bush contributor.

[estranged4life]

the following article to be even more ridiculous because it seems to be have truth to it (It has nothing to do with "FearChannel's" B.S. over Howard "Fart-man" Stern but I think y'all may find it an interesting read...)


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4371384/

[gldstwmn]

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=ct20040402194110544O160371&set_id=1

Censors set sights on 'world darling' Oprah

April 02 2004 at 07:41PM

By David Usborne

The crackdown on smut on America's airwaves has entered new and surprising territory after reports that less than open-minded federal regulators have turned their censorious attention to a thoroughly unexpected target - the perennially popular Oprah Winfrey Show.

On a rampage since Janet Jackson let a breast slip during the Super Bowl, the Federal Communications Commission has acknowledged it is looking into complaints that Winfrey may have crossed the decency line in at least one of her shows.

Winfrey has US radio shock jock Howard Stern, to blame. Stern has been under relentless Washington pressure to tone down his broadcasts and struck back by suggesting Winfrey was surely a worse offender.

"If they fine me, they gotta fine Oprah - the darling of the world."

'If they fine me, they gotta fine Oprah - the darling of the world'
The DJ directed listeners to his website for a transcript of a Oprah broadcast about teenage sex and included instructions how they could file a complaint with the FCC.

Sources at the FCC confirmed receiving about 700 complaints about Winfrey. While most of them might have been spurred by Stern, they are enough to prompt a formal investigation. The Chicago-based entertainer has so far not commented.

So far, Stern has been able to cling onto his perch, offering a mix of music and sometimes immodest chit-chat every morning on K-Rock, owned by Infinity, which has already been fined for some of what he has told his listeners. But another broadcasting chain, Clearchannel, last month dropped him from many of its stations across the US.

If Stern is trying to make a monkey of the US government, he scored points on April Fool's day.

Fans were appalled when they tuned into K-Rock only to hear a recorded statement from its management saying that it had succumbed to government pressure and removed the DJ from the air indefinitely.

For an hour, two other DJ's played middle-brow music and told disappointed listeners they were offering "fun without the filth".

The worst nightmare of Stern's devoted followers seemed to have come to pass. However, they had not checked the date on their calendars.

After the first hour of the broadcast, Stern re-emerged to tell them they had been fooled.

"We are back for anybody who was stupid enough to fall for that."

It was a stunt with a serious message, however, as the pressure from regulators on broadcasts gets more intense with every passing day.

On Wednesday, the FCC separately announced that it was also zeroing in on America's crop of daytime soap operas to determine whether they also were getting a little too steamy.

FCC officials reminded reporters at a press conference that television broadcasters are barred from showing programmes between the hours of 6am and 10pm that in any way display "sexual or excretory functions". - Independent Foreign Service

[darklinensuit]

:confused: What exactly was said on Oprah?

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
:confused: What exactly was said on Oprah?

- Jake

The show was talking about various sexual terms. They played a clip the other night on Jimmy Kimmel Live in which Oprah discussed "salad tossing." I thought it was hysterical but I can see how the show, airing at 4 in the afternoon here, might be slightly offensive to people. However, my old philosophy is if you don't like it what you're seeing/hearing, turn it off :nod:

[Rob67]

Interesting thing about Stern is that he supports Arnold, loves Guliani and was a big supporter of Bush and the war on Terror...he was a big advocate for the Iraq war.

Interesting...

Rob:cool:

[hayley]

Actually, Howard is not in favor if the Iraq war. He certainly was, as many Americans were, when we were told there was a reason to go to war. He, like others, had faith that our president was doing the right thing for our country. He loved Giuliani as a New Yorker who respected his dedication and performance post-9/11.

He's been against the president, against what happened in the war, and against our continued presence in the country since it's been discovered that the WMDs were fabrications and that Americans have been dying for something that they shouldn't be dying for.

It was very shortly after Howard became vocal in his opposition to Bush's policies that he was yanked off the air and made the subject of an FCC-mandated witchhunt.

[diamondsnake]

I'm glad. Howard Stern has made several comments about Stevie Nicks being overweight and now his rudeness may finally come to an end! :laugh:

[dissention]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
IMO it could be anyone running the FCC and this would still be taking place.

Not if I was running it! :laugh:

[dissention]

Originally posted by diamondsnake
I'm glad. Howard Stern has made several comments about Stevie Nicks being overweight and now his rudeness may finally come to an end! :laugh:

Oh my word! Who cares? He also had whole chickens lowered down on hooks right in front of Richard Simmons' face a few years ago, too. :laugh: And Stevie likes a good laugh. :nod:

[hayley]

Originally posted by diamondsnake
I'm glad. Howard Stern has made several comments about Stevie Nicks being overweight and now his rudeness may finally come to an end! :laugh:

Someday you WILL grow up.

[SaraRhiannon]

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Originally posted by diamondsnake
I'm glad. Howard Stern has made several comments about Stevie Nicks being overweight and now his rudeness may finally come to an end!
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Originally posted by hayley
Someday you WILL grow up.


OH SNAP!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: