Censorship for fun and profit: Boston talk show host gets bleeped for Sirius / XM mention

There's no telling where in the command chain this came from, but Boston talk show host Howie Carr got censored yesterday afternoon for uttering those nastiest of words: Sirius and XM. He was reading off yesterday's news about the DoJ's approval of the merger when his producer blanked out his mention of the two companies involved. Howie's station, WRKO, is owned by Entercom, a major competitor of Clear Channel -- who of course has its own opinions on censorship.

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[mgrochowalski Posted Mar 25th 2008 4:11PM]

Please let me know when you're driving so I can stay off the road.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2008 4:22PM]

woot! for left of the dial and bababooey

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2008 6:07PM]

Internet Multimedia Streaming Radio!

Screw Terrestrial Radio.

DogHouseFM.com!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2008 6:07PM]

Everyone from Boston should get bleeped.

[DWells55 Posted Mar 25th 2008 6:09PM]

1. Censorship
2. ????
3. Profit!

Sorry, the post title set me up.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:16PM]

Howie Carr once interrupted my conversation with William Shatner, leaving us both speechless until he apologized, so I naturally have mixed feelings about bleeping things that come out of his mouth.