Just as Congress is about to hold a hearing on indecent broadcasts, the nation's largest chain of radio stations has suspended Howard Stern's show in six cities.
Clear Channel Radio says Stern doesn't meet its newly revised programming standards. On Tuesday the company fired a disc jockey in Florida and warned its other employees to clean up their acts.
The company Wednesday said Stern aired a comment that was "vulgar, offensive and insulting, not just to women and African-Americans, but to anyone with a sense of common decency."
"We will not air Howard Stern on Clear Channel stations until we are assured that his show will conform to acceptable standards of responsible broadcasting," CEO John Hogan said.
Folks in Pittsburgh, San Diego, Miami, Orlando, Louisville, Ky., and Rochester, N.Y., will have to find alternative programming.
But the bit wasn't "vulgar, offensive and insulting" enough to keep Stern off the air in New York City and most other major markets.
Infinity Broadcasting, which like CBS and Showtime is owned by the media giant Viacom, is the main carrier of Stern's show. It is still broadcasting him.
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