A shock jock is a slang term used to describe a type of radio broadcaster (sometimes a disc jockey) who attracts attention using humor that a significant portion of the listening audience may find offensive. The term is usually used pejoratively to describe evocative or irreverent broadcasters whose manners and on-air behavior is offensive to the listener. For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Look up Humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Reverence / Irreverence is a re-release of the Reverence album from Faithless. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ... For the Pet Shop Boys album of the same name see Behaviour Behavior or behaviour (see spelling differences) refers to the actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to the environment. ... Offensive may relate to In sports or combat, the team which is attacking, pitching or moving forwards In language or morals, terms and concepts which are unacceptable to some people, such as swearing and profanity. ...

Background

The idea of a performer or entertainer that breaks taboos or places their careers in the realm of the currently offensive is not a new one. Despite insistences of some decency activists, there are few eras of history in which there have not existed notoriously offensive performers (Benny Bell, Le Pétomane, Redd Foxx and Lenny Bruce for example). Shock jocks, as the current incarnation of this phenomenon, entered the American radio scene during the 1970s, and are still common into the 2000s. An entertainer is someone who is hired to entertain people. ... . ... Offensive may relate to In sports or combat, the team which is attacking, pitching or moving forwards In language or morals, terms and concepts which are unacceptable to some people, such as swearing and profanity. ... A dictionary definition of Indecent not conforming with accepted standards of behaviour or morality. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... Benny Bell was a Jewish singer-songwriter of the 1940s who regained popularity through the Dr. Demento radio program. ... Le Pétomane Le Pétomane was the stage name of the French professional farter and entertainer Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 - 1945). ... Redd Foxx (December 9, 1922 - October 11, 1991), born John Elroy Sanford, was an American comedian best known for his starring role on the television sitcom Sanford and Son. ... Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), born Leonard Alfred Schneider, was a controversial American stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist of the 1950s and 1960s. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The 2000s decade refers to the years from 2000 to 2009. ...

Shock jocks may be informally identified by a number of common behaviors or conditions. Many such broadcasters revel in the fact (or belief) that a good portion of their listening audience consists of people who strongly dislike them; which of course, is an ironic but welcome boost to the broadcaster's ratings. An audience is a group of people who participate in an experience or encounter a work of art, literature, theatre, music or academics in any medium. ... Rating is a means of classifying things in different categories. ...

Shock jocks also tend to push the envelope of decency in their market, and generally show a lack of regard for communications regulations (e.g. FCC rules) regarding content. It is not at all uncommon for a shock jock to find him/herself fined by regulators for "going too far"; in fact, some broadcasters consider such an incident as a badge of honor. Also, such incidents are typically followed by a media circus, which of course provides more promotion for the broadcaster and brings more attention to their antics. A dictionary definition of Indecent not conforming with accepted standards of behaviour or morality. ... The FCCs official seal. ... FINE was created in 1998 and is an informal association of the four main Fair Trade networks: F Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) I International Fair Trade Association (IFAT) N Network of European Worldshops (NEWS!) and E European Fair Trade Association (EFTA) // The aim of FINE is to enable these... INS agents recover Elián González by force from his uncles house; this photo, taken by AP photographer Alan Diaz, won him a Pulitzer Prize. ...

Popular envelope-pushing topics for shock jocks include sex, especially kinky and/or scatalogical topics (toilet humour), or just unabashed innuendo. Dialogue approaching or committing thinly veiled or excused racism, homophobia, exploitation of women, ridicule of the disabled, etc., are also tools of the shock trade. One increasingly common theme of shock jocks is to promote weekly highway "flashing" days, with names such as "Whip'em Out Wednesday (W.O.W for short)", where women are encouraged to expose themselves to other motorists. The Liz Wilde Show features "Blow It Out Yer Ass" Fridays, where nudity and sexual content dominates the broadcast. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kinky may refer to: Kinky (band), a five member band from Monterrey, Mexico Kinky (album), an album by that band Kink (sexual), unconventional sexual practices Kinky Friedman, an American singer, novelist and Texas politician Kinky may mean afro textured hair See also Kink Kinki, Japan. ... Scatology, or coprology, in medicine, biology and paleontology, is the study of feces. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up Innuendo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Manifestations Slavery · Racial profiling · Lynching Hate speech · Hate crime · Hate groups Genocide · Holocaust · Pogrom Ethnocide · Ethnic cleansing · Race war Religious persecution · Gay bashing Pedophobia · Ephebiphobia Movements Discriminatory Aryanism · Neo-Nazism · Supremacism Kahanism Anti-discriminatory Abolitionism · Civil rights · Gay rights Womens/Universal suffrage · Mens rights Childrens rights · Youth... Homophobia is the fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. ... The term disability, as it is applied to humans, refers to any condition that impedes the completion of daily tasks using traditional methods. ... Look up flashing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Liz Wilde (born Anne Whitemore on October 27, 1970) is an American radio personality and host of the Liz Wilde Show. ...

Many shock jocks have been fired as a result of such punishments as regulatory fines, loss of advertisers, or simply social and political outrage. On the other hand, it is also not uncommon for such broadcasters to be quickly re-hired by another station or network. Commercialism redirects here. ... Outrage is a Anarcho-punk album, by the band Oi Polloi. ...

Shock jocks in the U.S. are under greater pressure since the introduction of a new law in March 2004 which increased the fines on radio stations for violating decency guidelines by a factor of nearly 20. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Famous incidents

Some major popularized incidents involving shock jocks:

• February 1974: Larry Lujack of WCFL Chicago responds to a fan's letter on-air by stating he'll play more Jim Croce records "when Croce goes back into the studio and makes some more." (Croce had died in a Louisiana plane crash five months earlier.) The resulting protests from Croce fans led to an on-air admission by Lujack a few days later that the statement was inappropriate.
• July 12, 1979: WLUP Chicago disc jockeys Steve Dahl and Garry Meier stage "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park between games of a scheduled Chicago White Sox-Detroit Tigers doubleheader. Fans were granted admittance to the games for 98 cents if they also donated unwanted disco records to be blown up at Comiskey's second base during the event. After the records were blown up, fans spilled onto the playing field and rioted, causing the White Sox to forfeit the scheduled second game.
• October 1993: Mancow made national headlines while working for radio station KYLD in San Francisco, California. At the time, a story had been circulated that President Clinton had tied up traffic on an LAX runway for over an hour because of a haircut on Air Force One. Mancow staged a parody of this incident on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge during rush hour. He used vans to block the westbound lanes of the bridge while his sidekick, Jesus "Chuy" Gomez, got a haircut.
• April 1995: On the Don Imus radio show, U.S. Senator Al D'Amato puts on a comical Asian accent and criticizes judge Lance Ito for personal interest in allowing television cameras in the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Imus is criticized for keeping D'Amato on air because of the shock value of the senator's comments.
• September, 2000: New Zealand radio personality Iain Stables appears in court in a Superman outfit over a stunt where Stables sucessfully had his workmates strip searched at Los Angeles International Airport. Stables called the security at Los Angeles Airport stating he was from Interpol New Zealand and he believed that certain passengers on a flight from Auckland to Los Angeles were carrying Kiwi eggs up their rear cavities, these passengers being Stables work coleagues at The Edge FM.
• February 27, 2001: Bubba the Love Sponge has a pig castrated and killed on-air. Bubba is charged with animal cruelty, but acquitted.
• August, 2002: Opie and Anthony sponsored a contest where the goal was to have sex in notable public places. After a couple had sex in a vestibule at St. Patrick's Cathedral, the resulting controversy led to Infinity Broadcasting cancelling the Opie and Anthony Show.
• December 12, 2002: Porn actress Mary Carey submits to an IQ test on the Howard Stern show. Mary flunks, and is forced to put her head in Howard's toilet bowl.
• January, 2004: Clear Channel is fined $715,000 USD for an airing of radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge, which included (among other things) a scene involving explicit sexual conversations between children's cartoon characters. Bubba is fired shortly thereafter.
• April 8, 2004: Howard Stern's show was dropped by Clear Channel Communications the few stations of theirs that had carried the show after they were fined $495,000 USD for a variety of individual statements made in a single Stern show. Stern used his remaining market share to criticize Clear Channel and the Bush Administration. He later left the public airwaves to move to satellite radio, which is not subject to the same FCC decency regulations.
• May 12, 2004: Marconi and Tiny, two Portland, Oregon disk jockeys, played the audio portion of the video of Nick Berg's murder on their morning program several times, accompanied by music, jokes, and laughter over the scenes. The pair were fired the same day.
• December 6, 2005: Mancow caused controversy when he went on a rant on the Fox News morning show Fox and Friends attacking Howard Dean as a "vile" "bloodthirsty" and "evil" and called for him to be "tried for treason" for comments he made days earlier in regards to the Iraq War.[1]
• January 12, 2007: After participating in a water-drinking contest on the weekday morning show "The Rave" on KDND of Sacramento, a contestant, Jennifer Strange, died of water intoxication. The 28-year-old apparently was trying to win a Wii system for her two children. Besides this "Hold your Wee for a Wii" contest, the shock jocks Lukas, Maney and Trish, have hosted other contests with humiliation as a central theme, like a Christmas breast-enlargement contest.
• April 4, 2007: Don Imus created controversy when he referred to the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hoes" on his morning radio show. Five days later, MSNBC and CBS Radio suspended Imus from his radio and television shows for two weeks. MSNBC later canceled its simulcast of "Imus in the Morning" on April 11, 2007. Imus was fired from CBS radio the following day.

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Noted shock jocks

Evocative or outspoken broadcasters have been branded with the "shock jock" label across all ends of the spectrum of radio (and TV) broadcasters. Most range from the sexually indecent to the politically offensive. Some broadcasters variously identified as "shock jocks" include:

United States

• Danny Bonaduce
• Chris Booker
• Bubba the Love Sponge
• Kidd Chris
• Steve Dahl
• Don and Mike
• Morton Downey, Jr.
• Greaseman
• Don Imus "The I-Man"
• Luis Jimenez (Spanish)
• Lex and Terry
• Tom Leykis
• Russ Martin
• Moonshadow (Spanish)
• Opie and Anthony
• Regular Guys Larry and Eric
• Ron and Fez
• Michael Savage
• Elliot Segal
• Star & Buc Wild
• Howard Stern
• Toucher and Rich
• Wendy Williams
• Liz Wilde

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United Kingdom

• Nick Abbot
• Mike "The Mouth" Elliott
• Chris Evans
• Ali G
• Caesar the Geezer
• Jon Gaunt
• Scottie McClue
• Chris Morris
• Chris Moyles
• Eddie Nestor
• Ken Nott
• Tim Shaw
• Little Matt Whale

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Australia

• Leon Byner
• Alan Jones
• Ray Hadley
• Kyle Sandilands
• Stan Zemanek

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Canada

• André Arthur (French)
• John Collison
• Dean Blundell
• Gerry Forbes
• Jeff Fillion (French)

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Other

• Gerry Ryan (Ireland)

• Giel Beelen (Netherlands)

• Nigel Pierce (South Africa)

• Iain Stables (New Zealand)

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See also

• Toilet humour

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External links

• Shock Jocks Fired For Sex In St. Pats Stunt
• 'Shock Jocks' Have a Problem, "Voice Of America", July 24, 2006