today I woke up with no Howie

[twilightfadez]

is anyone out there still getting the show in their city?

[The Gaddrow]

Oh shit, did Infinity crack down on him too?

This FCC threat bullshit fucking blows.

[Nimrod]

Yeah, WTF was up with that?

[Axis of Action]

Originally posted by The Gaddrow
Oh shit, did Infinity crack down on him too?

This FCC threat bullshit fucking blows.

Clear Channel did it themselves, actually.

It's totally ridiculous. One old hag shows a tit and our TV/radio stations throw themselves back into 1950 in terms of what's acceptable.

[Nimrod]

From Mark's Friggin.com: (what the hell when did this happen!? F Clear Channel!)
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-- Thursday, February 26, 2004 --

Is Freedom Of Speech Dead? 02/26/04. 6:00am
Show opening bits and songs *******d: Ponce De LaPhone prank call to a TV talk show using Scott the Engineer tape, News reporter Paige Hopkins chokes as she's reading a story on air, Foreigner performs ''Hot Blooded'' live in the studio.
Howard said he didn't even know what to say this morning after he was taken off of six Clear Channel radio stations yesterday. He said he just found out about it last night and wasn't sure he should talk about it or not. He said he learned some stuff off the air and he won't be talking about any congresswoman today. He said that it's obvious that free speech isn't so free. He said he was going to try and be smart and try to get them back on the air on the Clear Channel stations by Monday but it's possible he'll be fired from those stations.

Howard also joked that Jay Leno has been faxing him and asking for tape of the E! show so they can go through it and use more of his material. He also said that ******* Barbara was contacted and asked to do a bit for Leno's show. He said they're under attack from every direction.

Howard said that Mel Karmazin spoke to Clear Channel and told them they're in breach of contract but they apparently don't care. He said he really doesn't know what's going on and what he can talk about on the air. Robin said it was like they woke up in a different country with all of this stuff going on. Howard said he doesn't think he'll last a month on the air with all of this stuff. He said Cabbie was ready to go on a commando mission down to Washington DC.

KC came in and said that he came in and heard Scott the Engineer giving a speech about what's going on with censorship. Scott said that he's embarrassed to live in this country after this. Howard said that he has been silenced because he talked about a congresswoman (Heather Fucking Wilson) and it's censorship.

Howard was saying that he was going to say goodbye to everyone this morning just in case something else happens. Howard said that Clear Channel admitted to him that they did this, not because of anything he said, but because they are being dragged in front of congress. He said that they're being forced to say that Howard said something racist on Tuesday and that's why he's being kicked off the air on those stations. Howard said it was a caller who used the N-word that people are talking about. Howard said that he's really tired of this stuff.

The caller Howard had on the line asked him not to leave radio but Robin told him they don't have control over it. Howard heard that they were only suspended for two days but now he's reading that they're fired. He mentioned Pittsburgh and San Diego as two of the stations that they're off of as of today. Howard wondered if it was San Diego where Robin messed her pants a few months ago. She said that was San Francisco, not San Diego.

Howard took another phone call from a guy who said that Howard might be quitting and he has a meeting with Mel on March 8th. Howard said that he won't be having that meeting, he canceled it. He also said that all of these radio stations are going to be obsolete in 20 years anyway because satellite radio is going to take over.

Wendy the Retard called in and said that she can't hear Howard this morning. He's off the air in Orlando so she can't hear him. Howard pretended that she was one of the FCC commissioners as a goof. Wendy brought up her bowling for a minute so Howard mentioned that he bowled during vacation. Howard went on to tell Wendy that he was going to say goodbye to her because the government was taking away the show that she loves. Howard said that it was sad to say goodbye to a retarded person. Wendy sounded pretty upset but she asked Howard if he'd help her get tickets to a Britney Spears concert.

Howard said he'd do what he can and then started to sing to her. He made up lyrics to a sad song about how he's going to miss her retarded voice. Howard threw in some lines about how the FCC was raping her and how he loves Wendy's retarded hair. Wendy was crying and said that she was hugging her cat Howard after he sang the song to her. She said she named the cat Howard Jr. Robin wondered if the cat or Wendy was smarter. Wendy then asked Howard about the Britney Spears tickets. Robin asked her why she doesn't realize that they're losing their jobs.

Wendy asked Howard to play ''the Jew song'' but he didn't know what she was talking about. She mentioned The Backside Boys song ''Backside's Back'' and said that she called it the Jew song because she figured a Jew wrote it. Artie thanked her for her ''retarded logic.'' Howard went on to ask her if she wanted to replace Stuttering John. She said ''yes'' to every question he asked her after that. He broke into another song with lyrics like ''Send in the retarded clowns.'' That led to Wendy talking about bowling again and she said she bowled a 149 without bumpers. Howard aid he bowled about 74 when he played last week. He put Wendy on hold so he could play that ''Jew song'' for her. He got her back on the line a few seconds later and asked her if she knows that cat doody isn't chocolate. He also asked her if the FCC Commissioners all gang raped her. She was responding ''Yes'' to every question he asked of course. Howard had Fred play the ''Jew song'' for Wendy. It's actually the Backside Boys (Howard and the guys) performing ''Backside's Back.''




More Censorship Discussions. 02/26/04. 6:45am
Howard said he was on the phone trying to figure out what was really going on with this Clear Channel thing. He said he was going to open up the phones to let people vent. He said he knew this was going to come down to him after the Janet Jackson thing. He said that the Daily News used some ''really great'' pictures of him in the article they wrote about all of this nonsense. He said that Beth woke up this morning and said she was in pain from him banging her so hard last night.
Howard said he knows the story is big if he ever sees himself on the cover of the NY Times. He told Robin that he heard from his agent last night that he was suspended from the San Diego station last night. He didn't know it was going to be all 6 of the Clear Channel stations. He said he saw himself on the front page of a paper right next to Jesus from Mel Gibson's movie. He said that he thinks he looks better than Jesus. He said that's all he cared about when he saw the Daily News. Then he saw the awful picture that the NY Post used. He said they hate him over there and use the worst picture they can find.

Howard said he got a call from Robert Schimmel yesterday while all of this was going on. He said he did't even know he was under attack at the time. After talking to Bob he found out about the suspension. Howard heard that the head of Clear Channel has to testify in front of congress so that might be why all of this was going on. Since Clear Channel is in breach of contract they may not even have rights to the show anymore. He also heard that he should stop talking about this congresswoman who was getting upset about the things he was saying about her. Howard said she's not going to stop talking about him so he doesn't know why he has to stop talking about her.

Howard said after he found out all of that he watched ''American Idol.'' He told Robin about the people who got voted in and discussed that show for a couple of minutes. Howard went on to talk about how crazy this censorship stuff is and how they're saying that it was racist comments that got him removed from these stations. He said it was a phone caller who made a racist comment though, not him.

Howard said he really doesn't know what's going on and he's not sure why he's being taken off of these radio stations. He said he had to read the paper to get his information. He said that the papers are reporting that he was taken off because of a ''vulgar'' show he did. Howard also said they're claiming it was an ''indecent'' show he did but he doesn't understand that because he hasn't been accused of doing anything indecent.

Robin told Howard that in USA Today they said that he was yanked but the syndicator stood by him. Howard said that would be Mel (Karmazin). Howard read some of the articles that were written and the comments that the Clear Channel people were saying. Howard said that he's going to be the sacrificial lamb in all of this indecency stuff. Artie said it's pretty scary that they're not allowed to talk about a politician. He said that it's frightening.

Robin read an article and said that she didn't even want to read it on the air. She said it would be amazing if Howard was put back on the Clear Channel stations after what she read.

Another phone caller told Howard what he saw on the news this morning. He was also calling in to say goodbye to the guys just in case they do get kicked off. Howard said that the ridiculous thing is that anyone who doesn't want to hear this stuff can just throw out their radio. Howard took another call from a guy who said that Matt Drudge was bad mouthing Howard on his show yesterday. He said Drudge was calling Howard names and saying that he's a disgrace to the country. Howard wondered why Drudge did his show then.

Howard took some more phone calls and one of them was from ******* Barbara who told Howard that this could help get Bush out of office if the fans use their power to vote him out. Howard said that this whole thing has gone berserk and it all has to do with Bush and Michael Powell. He said that people are being thrown off the air without a trial. Howard also talked about how Jay Leno contacted ******* to do a segment for them about Stuttering John. Howard said that whole thing is getting ridiculous as well. ******* went on to talk about how ridiculous and scary this whole FCC thing has become. He said this is just the first step in their grand plan.

Howard said that there must be some new rule he violated and he has to be punished for it. He said he'd like to go before congress himself. He knew the day after the Super Bowl that it would mean the end of the show.

Howard spent some time talking about Mel Gibson's ''The Passion of the Christ'' and how a woman died while watching the movie out in the mid-west. Howard talked about Gibson's father and how wacky that guy is and how Mel can only please him by making a movie about Jesus. He went on to goof on Gibson and his father for a couple of minutes. He joked that Mel is working on some other movies where the Jews do all kinds of goofy stuff.

Howard joked that Clear Channel is going to replace Bubba the Love Sponge with Osama bin Laden because he's easier to control. He had to take another break but took a phone call from a guy from Pittsburgh. He said he tried to listen to the show this morning and he wasn't on. Howard told him it might be a permanent goodbye. He went to break shortly after that.


Continuing Censorship Discussions Plus Howard's Girlfriend Calls In. 02/26/04. 7:30am
Howard came back from break and said they have Victoria Zdrok and Courtney Taylor on the E! show tonight. He went on to talk about how Gary told him he was contacted by a lot of reporters after all of this stuff started to happen. He said that he was looking for someone to interview for his ABC special and now he's thinking of interviewing himself. He told Robin and the guys that he'd run back and forth between chairs on the interview show asking himself questions and answering them.
Gary told Howard that Paula Zahn was looking to get an interview with Howard yesterday. They called in at like 10PM last night looking for Howard to call in. Gary wondered who would think that anyone would be there at that time of night. Howard said that if Paula Zahn has sex with him, he'll do an interview with her. He said he knows that won't happen so she has to do the entire interview in negligee. Howard was trying to talk to Gary in his office but he had a mouth full of food. Gary said he was eating an egg white sandwich. Howard wondered how he can be that fat after eating egg white sandwiches. Gary said there's a lot of other food that he eats later in the morning.

Howard and Artie talked about how hot Paula Zahn is. Artie said he realized how hot she was during the 9/11 coverage. Gary told Howard that Paula's producer refused to come on the air. Howard told him to tell her that she just lost the interview then. He went on to talk about a CBS party that he went to at one time. He said that Paula was at that party but he didn't know who she was at the time. He said she was really hot. He realized while he was talking about this stuff that Beth's brother will no longer be able to hear the show and tell on him when he does stuff. He said he lives out in the Pittsburgh area.

Howard said that he was married at the time he met Paula. He spent a couple of minutes talking about her. He said that he's not sure she'd be good in bed though. The delay hits were starting by this point so we missed out on some of the stuff Howard was saying. They were talking about women and how some of them stink down there. He said he's been with some women who you'd think would smell nice and they don't. He said you can't judge a book by it's cover.

Melrose Larry Green is kicked off the show but he's down in Washington DC so he can go to the Congressional hearings and do what he does best... annoy people. He said that he doesn't think Howard will be taken off the air. Howard told him that he's the biggest traitor around and hung up on him.

A listener called in and told Howard that he would never call into the show but when he found out that he was off the local radio station he had to call in and tell Howard how much he's going to miss them. Another caller from Rochester, New York called in and asked what's going on. Howard told the guy he doesn't even know exactly what's going on. He said that he's getting different info from all around and he doesn't know what's up. Howard and the caller said that hopefully they'll meet again in the future.

Gary came in and told Howard that Beth's brother might not be able to hear the show but her father called her and said that he could hear him in Cleveland. Howard said that there are Ostrosky's all over the place. Howard said he feels bad for Beth's father. His daughter is dating Howard Stern. That led to him talking about how Beth's mother hung up on her when she found out that she was dating him. Her father wouldn't even meet him for about 3 years.

More phone callers were telling Howard about how ridiculous this censorship stuff is. One guy said it's almost like communism. The guy wanted Howard to fight but there is no way for him to fight. He seems to think they've already lost the fight. A caller told Howard that the show was being censored down in Philly. While they were trying to figure out what it was that they said, the delay got hit again.

Howard took a call from his girlfriend Beth who said that Pittsburgh is really bummed about this whole thing. Howard asked her how she was doing after last night. He said something else about banging her that got the delay hit again... a couple of times. Beth was apparently saying that she thinks that Howard is ''too big'' down there and he was ''very aggressive'' last night. Howard said that she calls him ''Mr. Ed'' because he's so big down there but she said that wasn't true. Howard said he thought he was gentle last night but she told him that he must have been pent up and took it out during sex.

Stuttering John came in and said he's heard Howard having sex. He asked Howard and Beth some questions that got the delay hit again and again. They were talking about the time John heard Howard and Beth having sex upstairs in the same house but everything was getting censored out of the show so we all missed out on the details. Howard said that he was the one who initiated sex last night. He said that he realized that she was wearing a thong so he asked her if she was uncomfortable in them. They continued to have the discussion and the delay hits continued to add up. John asked them if they still use condoms. Howard said of course they do. Beth said she doesn't want to get pregnant. Howard said John should know what unmarried sex is like in a few months. He's going to be out in LA doing the tonight show soon.

Beth said that her brother was calling in because he was actually able to hear the show driving through Cleveland. She picked up the phone and he just said ''Oh My God!'' to her. She hung up on him and got back to the sex story. John was laughing his ass off thinking about her brother hearing all of these discussions on the air.

Tom came in and said that John was going to leave. Howard told Tom that he just wants to be fired now. He said John wasn't saying anything wrong. Tom felt different and wanted John out. Howard told Tom that it's over already and he wants out. Howard wanted Tom to have the conversation with Beth instead. Tom just laughed. Howard told him that he has the Wheel of Yucko coming up soon but Tom wanted to talk to him about that as well.

Beth's brother Doug called in and said he didn't know whether to throw up or drive to New York and beat the crap out of Howard. He was just kidding and said that Howard really is making his sister very happy. He said she calls him every day and tells him how happy she is. Doug asked what he can do to get Howard back on the air. Howard said there's really nothing he can do.

Howard and Tom talked about how crazy the whole Leno thing has gotten and how they're calling to get tape of Howard's E! show. Doug hung up around this point so John asked Howard and Beth to get back to their discussion. Tom was ready to elbow him in the nose though. Beth mentioned something about the way Howard talks dirty to her during sex. John asked Beth if she'd ever bring another woman into bed with them. She said she would never do that because she wouldn't want to see him with anyone else. She said she's so into him she wouldn't want to do that.

Howard let Beth off the line a short time later. Stuttering John was annoying the crap out of Tom. He was turning up his headphones and laughing like crazy as he did it. Tom said that John is dead to him though so it wasn't annoying him. Howard had to take a break right after that.


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Various Phone Calls. 02/26/04. 8:25am
After the break Howard took more phone calls since he had so many people calling in. One guy called in and said that he was missing from the air this morning. He said the show has been a lot of dead air in Scottsdale, Arizona. Howard told the guy that it might just be technical problems out there. It's not a Clear Channel station, it's an Infinity station. Howard said that it's come down to the point where it's ''Free speech... but watch what you say.''
Another caller wanted Howard to point people in the right direction as far as the voting goes in the next election. Howard said that he may not even be on the radio that long. Another caller said she didn't know what to do when she found out Howard wasn't on in Miami. She said she might have to move to another area so she can hear the show.

Double A called in and said that it's been one bad news story after another. First he learned that John was leaving to do that ''big chinned bastard's'' show and now Howard is taken off the air in 6 markets. He asked Howard to give him Beth's number before he's taken off the air. HE also asked to hear the ''F-You'' song to go out to the FCC and all of those guys. Howard played the song but didn't give him Beth's number.

Howard took move calls and one guy asked if there was anywhere he could hear the show on the web. Howard told him there's no such thing. A woman called in and wondered what she can do to help. Howard told her there's really nothing she can do and the FCC has been after him since 1992. He said that the FCC was looking for something to get upset about and the Janet Jackson boob flash is what drove them there.

Another caller said that he didn't agree with Howard about what he was saying about George W yesterday but now he does. He said it didn't affect him at the time but now it does and he's pissed. Howard told the guy that we have to vote Bush out. He said that maybe some of the madness will stop, maybe it won't. He said we won't be any worse off than we are already.

The phone caller wanted to give out the phone number for Clear Channel so the fans could call. Howard said that will do no good and the only thing that would do good is if the fans stormed Washington DC. He said he knows that won't happen though.

[noir cat]

Oh, that's ridiculous. What is the world coming to?

[Nimrod]

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/sto...p-146939c.html

Howard Stern gets booted
in 6 cities

'Janet Jackson is now forgotten and I'm on the front page of every newspaper'

By RICHARD HUFF and DAVE GOLDINER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS


Howard Stern

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 yesterday.

But on Thursday, Stern vented on the air with uncharacteristic restraint.

“They are so afraid of me and what this show represents,” he said.

At first, Stern said 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.

“Janet Jackson is now forgotten and I’m on the front page of every newspaper,” he lamented.


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.

[twilightfadez]

Originally posted by Sean Casey
Callers have been using the "N" word on that show forever

we're still getting it on krock
hopefully we will be tomorrow, too

that's the excuse theyre using. read nimrod's post above, also a certain congresswoman (the one who wanted to get weapons accessible in less 3 days) seems to be involved in this. that and the ties between the Bush family and clear channel

bunch of fucktards

[noir cat]

We going to get Howard's show back in FL or what?

[twilightfadez]

http://catalinavillegas.com/images/howie.gif

[I_was_aborted]

I thought his movie Private Parts was funny....but his radio show has gotten rather lame the last several years.

[guz]

i listened to him this morning on the way to work.

+1 for LA.

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Originally posted by guz
i listened to him this morning on the way to work.

+1 for LA.

IM SO JEALOUS

+ 1

[Nimrod]

Originally posted by Sean Casey
Callers have been using the "N" word on that show forever

we're still getting it on krock
hopefully we will be tomorrow, too

K-Rock won't be cancelling it.. it's their flagship show.

[Nimrod]

Originally posted by guz
i listened to him this morning on the way to work.

+1 for LA.

Is that a Clear Channel station? I don't think it is..

[Nimrod]

Originally posted by Sean Casey

Yeah well

infinity or clear channel (whichever runs krock) has the final say, don't they?

Infinity does. And only Clear Channel is doing this "coincidently" when they are supposed to testify in front of Congress on radio censorship.

[guz]

Originally posted by Nimrod
Is that a Clear Channel station? I don't think it is..

ya, Infinity. 97.1 KLSX (http://www.fmtalki.com/index.html)

[twilightfadez]

i wrote this to our local station (they posted an address so we could all vent and stuff)

"It's sad to see that the man that has strived and fought for freedom and
honesty has become the scapegoat for these politicians to get their way.
It's completely clear that what happened on Tuesday regarding the N word
simply became the excuse for him beeing booted off of Clear Channel. If you
don't like Stern, don't listen to him. If your kids are your concern, then
you as a responsible parent have the ability to guide and control them.
It's in the morning for friggin-sakes! If your kids are not at school or at
home from 6 - 10 AM then it's the PARENT'S problem, not ours. We shouldn't
have to pay for this and neither should Howard and his crew. The government
and the jackasses after him should start spending our tax money to solve
the real issues that concern our country, not a radio show."

[I_was_aborted]

Originally posted by Nimrod
Infinity does. And only Clear Channel is doing this "coincidently" when they are supposed to testify in front of Congress on radio censorship.

Lol I did not know that but it does make plenty of sense.

[noir cat]

So I was watching the news, because, lol, it's all about the entertainment and NOT THE NEWS.
Anyway, and they said that they're replacing the Howard Stern show with Paul and Ron from Zeta and I was metaphorically rolling on the floor clutching my balls in pain because... talk about downhill.

:\

[Fattening Ass]

We need to oust mr. bush

[obscured01]

We don't even get Howard Stern here. It's too 'racy' for Lubbock. We do, however, get the Bob and Tom show, which I can't stand.

[meow]

Originally posted by Fattening Ass
We need to oust mr. bush

this isn't good for the campaign

[Elvis The Fat Years]

he was on here in chicago this morning. his show is the only thing that actually makes me laugh.

When he was talking to Wendy the retard this morning i was laughing my ass off.

howard: wendy, did the chairman of the fcc rape you?
wendy: yeah!
howard: this is outrageous. did he call in all his friends and gang rape you?
wendy: yeah

(it was something like that)

hahaha

[Elvis The Fat Years]

here's a torrent for yesterdays show if anyone wants it.

http://213.158.115.211/suprnova//tor...040226.torrent

[Nimrod]

Originally posted by guz
ya, Infinity. 97.1 KLSX (http://www.fmtalki.com/index.html)

Ah, I heard last night Clear Channel only did it in 6 markets so they could make the news and a symbolic gesture without giving up all of their advertising dollars. What a crock of shit.

[Nimrod]

Originally posted by meow


this isn't good for the campaign

I think it's really unfair to blame Bush for any of this. I mean, it's the typical Netphoria way, but that's a real stretch.

[guz]

Originally posted by Nimrod
Ah, I heard last night Clear Channel only did it in 6 markets so they could make the news and a symbolic gesture without giving up all of their advertising dollars. What a crock of shit.

Clear Channel has always sucked ass. The whole 'prowar' thing that went on was B.S., their censorship, just a simple google search brings up so much. InternalMemo's had a few good ones on them, like this one: http://www.internalmemos.com/memos/m...p?memo_id=1329

The Bush/Clear Channel thing has been on for years, http://www.takebackthemedia.com/radiogaga.html , http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/04/18_clear.html.

[Nimrod]

Originally posted by guz
The Bush/Clear Channel thing has been on for years, http://www.takebackthemedia.com/radiogaga.html , http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/04/18_clear.html.

I just fail to see the connection in this circumstance. People are acting like Bush said "CANCEL STERN!!!!1!"