It is currently Fri Nov 29, 2024 9:08 pm

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 8 posts ] 
Author Message
PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 3:54 pm 
Offline
1000 CLUB

Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:02 am
Posts: 1079
ATTN: Mike North; & thank you wckg & drew hayes!

CBS/XM Shock Jocks Apologize for Sex Comment

WASHINGTON -- CBS Radio & XM Satellite Radio shock jocks Opie and Anthony apologized Friday for airing a homeless man's crude comments that he'd like to have sex with Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth.

The remarks were made on their show Wednesday by a guest the duo call Homeless Charlie. As the name of each woman came up, the guest said he would like to have sex with her -- using language not fit for print.

Opie and Anthony laughed as they imagined Rice's "horror" while describing a violent sexual encounter in which Rice is punched in the face.

Washington-based XM condemned the remarks.

"We deplore the comments made on Wednesday's 'Opie & Anthony Show,'" XM spokesman Nathaniel Brown told The Associated Press on Friday. He would not say whether XM planned to take disciplinary action.

Opie and Anthony, whose full names are Anthony Cumia and Greg "Opie" Hughes, apologized to listeners on Friday's show.

"We apologize to the public officials for comments that we made on our XM show on May 9th. We take very seriously the responsibility that comes with our creative freedom and regret any offense that this segment has caused," they said.

Because the show airs on satellite radio, there are no federal restrictions on its content. According to XM's Web site, the radio service has parental controls that allow users to block access to channels that frequently contain explicit language. Those channels are designated with an "XL" notation.

The same radio duo was dumped by CBS Radio in August 2002 for running a contest in which they said two listeners had sex in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral. They were hired by XM in 2004.

The remarks could become an issue as XM seeks approval from the Federal Communications Commission to merge with New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio, said Tom Taylor, editor of the trade magazine Inside Radio.

"XM and Sirius don't want any regulation," he said in Friday's New York Daily News. "But it's come up in four congressional hearings -- and at this point, the merger is such a close call, any issue could become important."

The FCC did not return phone calls Friday seeking comment.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:10 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:43 pm
Posts: 209
Location: Montreal, PQ
Uh, why is this in the MNMS section?


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:49 pm 
Offline
1000 CLUB

Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:02 am
Posts: 1079
Timmy - If you don't know, then we can't help you.
(...if I only had a brain...)


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:57 pm 
Offline
1000 CLUB
User avatar

Joined: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:05 pm
Posts: 12452
I know what he's getting at, but North hasn't gone anywhere near this.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:35 pm 
Offline
1000 CLUB

Joined: Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:14 pm
Posts: 1191
Wasn't this the point of satellite radio to begin with? Now they have to kiss FCC ass for the merger, lame


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:09 pm 
Offline
1000 CLUB
User avatar

Joined: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:05 pm
Posts: 12452
torch! wrote:
Wasn't this the point of satellite radio to begin with? Now they have to kiss FCC ass for the merger, lame


Sounds like it, though it's a little more complicated when that show also on CBS, though edited.

I do find it interesting that Condi Rice's name was involved in the rape talk so where's Al Sharpton ? Oh....he's only a civil rights leader when it doesn't involved Republicans.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:14 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:32 pm
Posts: 11750
pizza_Place: ***
BD wrote:
I do find it interesting that Condi Rice's name was involved in the rape talk so where's Al Sharpton ? Oh....he's only a civil rights leader when it doesn't involved Republicans.


I have to admit I had that same thought.

_________________
Fire Phil Emery


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:18 pm 
Offline
1000 CLUB
User avatar

Joined: Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:45 am
Posts: 13529
Location: People's Republic of Urbana
pizza_Place: Papa Dells
Unfortunately it's not about principles, it's about ideology. Sad, very sad indeed.

_________________
We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 8 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group