Howard Stern Off The Air

kornstar08562 · Post by **kornstar08562** » 2004-02-26 12:42am

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtm ... ID=4440687Linkamabob

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2004-02-26 12:44am

I foresee much outrage.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-02-26 12:45am

Thank you very much, Janet Jackson. You stupid fucking whore.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-02-26 12:45am

Hey, look at that, PC censorship bullshit. It's official, this crap has gone out of hand.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-02-26 12:46am

Getting dumped by six stations is hardly "off the air". And while I think Stern stopped being funny years ago, if Clear Channel wants to fuck themselves by dumping a highly rated show to appease the decency police, that's their business.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-02-26 12:47am

Joe wrote:Thank you very much, Janet Jackson. You stupid fucking whore.

This isn't really her fault. This is the fault of screeching, overreacting morons and the media being the spineless whore.

kornstar08562 · Post by **kornstar08562** » 2004-02-26 12:49am

I m not all that familiar with radio but if clear channel isnt carrying him then what stations will he still be on

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-02-26 12:49am

Gil Hamilton wrote:
Joe wrote:Thank you very much, Janet Jackson. You stupid fucking whore.
This isn't really her fault. This is the fault of screeching, overreacting morons and the media being the spineless whore.

Clear Channel sucks, but they're just trying to cover their ass. This is all about the fucking FCC.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-02-26 12:53am

kornstar08562 wrote:I m not all that familiar with radio but if clear channel isnt carrying him then what stations will he still be on

Stations owned by Viacom, meaning the vast majority of the stations carrying him right now.

kornstar08562 · Post by **kornstar08562** » 2004-02-26 12:56am

ok good Id hate to make my commute tommorow listening to the philly guys on 93.3

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-02-26 01:10am

Who cares? Howard Stern has been running the same lame jokes for years now.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-02-26 01:26am

Bob and Tom is better.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-02-26 01:31am

kornstar08562 wrote:ok good Id hate to make my commute tommorow listening to the philly guys on 93.3

Mike Missanelli was an asshole on WIP AM. Glad to see moving to FM hasn't changed him.

And I prefer the Y-100 morning show myself. It's funnier and Preston and Steve don't go up my ass the way Missanelli does.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2004-02-26 01:48am

The hell when did Bubba the Love Sponge get fired? Well shit.. good thing I've got a CD player in my car then.

Mlenk · Post by **Mlenk** » 2004-02-26 02:06am

Stern is the only reason I even turn on the radio nowadays. Clear Channel cancelling him is a shame but luckily it won't effect the airing of his show in my city.

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2004-02-26 02:31am

RedImperator wrote:And while I think Stern stopped being funny years ago...

I've thought the same thing many times over the years. Then, like this morning, I'll tune into his show and wind up laughing non-stop for fifteen minutes. Today's incident was Stern playing a recording of Beth and him singing "Close to You" very, very drunk.

Besides, why is anyone surprised Clear Channel did this? After all, this is the same compan that banned the Dixie Chicks, no?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-02-26 02:42am

Clear Channel sucks sweaty donkey balls. All of the news lately about America has been fundies flexing their political muscles, and I'm fucking tired of it.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-02-26 02:47am

Darth Wong wrote:Clear Channel sucks sweaty donkey balls. All of the news lately about America has been fundies flexing their political muscles, and I'm fucking tired of it.

Turn off CNN for starters.

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2004-02-26 02:48am

Howard has been very funny lately. Whenever they refer to a "gay" voice, Artie Lange immediately goes into his George Takei impression. A couple weeks ago, they were edited in some cities while playing a tape of potty training for two year olds!!!

Of course, context comes into it. Lange, in his Takei voice, said something like "my pee-pee hole would like to meet your poopy-hole." I understand he was reprimanded for that by the GM after they were off the air.

Its amazing that Stern's 10-15 year old bits wouldn't be allowed on the air NOW. Incredibly amazing.....

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2004-02-26 02:52am

Phil Skayhan wrote:I've thought the same thing many times over the years. Then, like this morning, I'll tune into his show and wind up laughing non-stop for fifteen minutes. Today's incident was Stern playing a recording of Beth and him singing "Close to You" very, very drunk.

Yeah, that was good! The Mr. Skin "Anatomy Awards" was funny too.

Besides, why is anyone surprised Clear Channel did this? After all, this is the same compan that banned the Dixie Chicks, no?

These cunts are based in Texas. They've had a hair up their ass ever since Stern said the poor in Mexico would be eating Selina's corpse instead of burying it.

(Cue chicken clucking sounds)

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-02-26 02:53am

And the same groups responsible for this bullshit are currently praising "The Passion", which Roger Ebert has described as the most violent film he has ever seen, and telling everyone to run out and see it.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-02-26 02:55am

Darth Wong wrote:And the same groups responsible for this bullshit are currently praising "The Passion", which Roger Ebert has described as the most violent film he has ever seen, and telling everyone to run out and see it.

But all that violence shows you how to love and be at peace with fellow man.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-26 02:57am

I've always rather disliked Stern, mainly for the fact that I find the sound of his voice to be very annoying.

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2004-02-26 03:02am

Darth Wong wrote:And the same groups responsible for this bullshit are currently praising "The Passion", which Roger Ebert has described as the most violent film he has ever seen, and telling everyone to run out and see it.

Is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission religious based, or just an uptight Canadian version of the FCC? They kicked Stern and Tom Leykis out of Canada altogether

http://www.blowmeuptom.com/MOJO.html

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-02-26 03:09am

Lord Poe wrote:Is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission religious based, or just an uptight Canadian version of the FCC? They kicked Stern and Tom Leykis out of Canada altogether

http://www.blowmeuptom.com/MOJO.html

The CRTC is the Canadian version of the FCC, and faces some of the same political pressure. But nobody's being "kicked out". Stern was dropped in Montreal after offending the French-canadians (they're the most thin-skinned people in the fucking world), and Q107 in Toronto dropped him because they wanted to go to a music-based morning show, not three hours of talk. And Leykis is being dropped by the Vancouver station because they're tired of having to edit his show to meet broadcast standards.

Remember that hate speech is illegal in Canada, and a lot of Stern's comments skirt around the edge of what might be classified as hate speech (note: the hate speech codes do not differentiate between serious and humourous comments). It's a policy with downsides and upsides. It makes Stern's brand of humour problematic on many occasions, but then again, we have no Fred Phelps in our country.