wilpig wrote:
] ] Radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem, who was once
] ] tried for animal cruelty for broadcasting the castration of
]
] ] a pig, returned to controversy Tuesday when his program
] ] triggered the highest fine ever for indecent broadcasts.
] ]
] ] The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $755,000
] ] fine against Clear Channel Communications for the broadcast
] ] of "Bubba the Love Sponge" on four Florida stations in 2001.
]
]
] I actually listen to this show in the morning and this is
] going to be a very hot topic in the coming weeks. This fine
] was dropped in their lap yesterday afternoon two years after
] the supposed offensive events occured, on the eve of a panel
] on decency. The issue that is being pressed by the host of
] this show is the fact that the fcc guidelines on what is an
] isn't offensive isn't clear cut. They are standing by
] innocent and going to try to force the fcc to give them a more
] clear cut set of rules in which to abide by.

I used to listen to Bubba on 98 Rock when I lived in Tampa. Now, thanks to the miracle of XM, I can listen to his lowbrow, locker room, dick and fart joke shit all over again :-)