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Friday, March 5, 2004 at 4:44 PM i wouldnt consider adam a shock jock, but he does have his enemies. i hope loveline makes it through all this bullshit unscathed.
FCC Plans New Round of Indecency Fines Targeting Broadcasters, Stern
Fri Mar 5, 4:05 AM ET
NEW YORK -- Amid a widening and increasingly politicized campaign to clean up the nation's airwaves, regulators are proposing fines against many of the nation's major radio companies for carrying well-known "shock jocks," Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) officials told The Wall Street Journal. About a dozen cases are being finalized, these officials said, and one target is Howard Stern, one of the nation's most popular and controversial radio hosts. The FCC (news - web sites) is deciding on penalties against his employer, Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA - News)'s Infinity Broadcasting. Also facing further scrutiny are Emmis Communications Inc. and Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE:CCU - News) , the nation's largest radio owner, which last week took Mr. Stern's show off six of its radio stations and fired a controversial -- and oft-fined -- Tampa, Fla., radio host, Todd Clem, known as "Bubba the Love Sponge." Bowing to public pressure, the agency also plans to reverse its earlier finding that singer Bono's use of a vulgarity on live television during the 2003 Golden Globes broadcast wasn't indecent, possibly as soon as next week, officials said. However, it won't impose what could have been a multimillion- dollar fine against General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE - News)'s NBC network, which carried the event, or its affiliates. The flurry of new cases is the latest sign of a sweeping federal crackdown on controversial content beamed over television and radio airwaves. Congress has held a spate of hearings in the last two months to decry what some legislators call a "race to the bottom" by broadcasters. While a move to act against questionable material had been under way before, it was ignited by this year's Super Bowl broadcast, in which entertainer Janet Jackson's breast was exposed during the halftime show to the embarrassment of broadcaster CBS, a Viacom unit, its affiliates and the FCC. Feeding the push is an increasingly charged, and polarized, political atmosphere in which cultural issues such as obscenity and gay marriage have become hot topics as the general election campaign heats up. Lawmakers of both parties have been implicitly and in some cases openly threatening legislative action if regulators don't step up their enforcement of existing decency standards. Wall Street Journal Staff Reporters Anne Marie Squeo and Joe Flint contributed to this report. also see: stern's reaction http://www.marksfriggin.com/news.htm —everybody has warts |
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Friday, March 5, 2004 at 6:35 PM Loveline will be just fine because it's on after 10PM everywhere. —Jeremy |
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Friday, March 5, 2004 at 7:33 PM Wherever you squat in respect to political leanings, it's pretty obvious that a lot of recently-evolving issues are partisan politics-driven. Election year emotions, guerilla tactics .. expect it to get worse (or better as you may see it). What color is your parachute, Snowball?
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Sunday, March 7, 2004 at 7:43 AM Although Adam can be very vulgar at times, I dont think his comedy depends on vulgarity like Stern's does. Adam's comedy is just at a higher level, it is like the difference between the movies American Pie and Ghostbusters. American Pie was a good movie but it didnt require much thought or listening and tards and non-tards alike would laugh, Ghostbusters on the other hand had some no-brainer comedy but also some lines which only non-tards would laugh at. Stern is the American Pie of Radio, while Adam is the Ghostbusters. Obviously anyone that disagrees with this post is a tard. —FlyinACE |
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Sunday, March 7, 2004 at 12:30 PM Actually I disagree and am completely non-tard, thank you. Adam is just as vulgar. The only difference is Stern has more people there to help him seem more vulgar (ie naked chicks & horny dudes etc) and Stern has to fill 5 hours whereas Adam has to fil 2. Frankly after being a huge Stern fan and then getting into Loveline, I think Loveline is far dirtier than Stern. And what pisses me off is that it is on at 10pm!! If I had kids, they'd be going into their bedrooms around then. I'd assume they're asleep but who's to say they wouldnt be listening to heroin addicted 14 year old pregnant girls, and Adam telling kids that community college is useless? Instead the FCC worries about Stern being on at 6am-11am, when my kids would be in my care getting ready for school, and then actually in school!! I think that's ridiculous. A lot more dirtier things get said on Loveline than do on Stern, and that was even before the whole Janet Jackson Super Bowl thing. I think the only reason Adam isn't as dirty as Stern is because he would never get away with that crap, and he would just get fired off Loveline before the show itself went down with him. But frankly I find Loveline to be much dirtier than Stern's show. The only difference is Stern is much longer and he fills his time with naked chicks. I mean, Stern is no worse than the Man Show, the only difference is its much longer and solely based on imagination so of course its going to sound dirtier & more graphic because they can't just say something and then show you a half naked chick or a midget banging a horse or something. Although I certainly don't want Loveline to go away, I feel it's much worse & much more kid-accessible than Stern's show, and if Stern gets fined & booted I don't see why Loveline should stay. —dr ipod |
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Sunday, March 7, 2004 at 4:59 PM
Edited Sunday, March 7, 2004 at 5:00 PM You guys don't get it. Stern won't be taken off for vulgarity. He's being taken off for calling out Bush. I suggest everyone read this for the ENTIRE truth. http://www.buzzflash.com/farrell/04/03/far04006.html —OldTrafford017 |
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Monday, March 8, 2004 at 1:47 AM
Edited Monday, March 8, 2004 at 1:50 AM Christians aren't uptight about violence, it's sex that they've got their special underwear in a wedge about. Since Loveline talks up a lot of sex, I think there's something to worry about. But then when did these Christian groups boycott Budweiser and Coors (a very right wing family) for constantly pairing their product with sex in their ads. —GDG |
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