Howard Stern's FCC: The Federal Chutzpah Commission?


Our jaw swung open in total dubiety at his temerity, but because we are underwater, no one noticed our icicle of fish-drool.

Yes, after their $500 million star called them every name in the book, the Federal Communications Commission actually got a call from Sirius Satellite Radio seeking anti-piracy assistance.

(To us, this would be equivalent to Flavor Flav dialing 911 and asking them to ‘Hurry it up, G.’)

The satellite company has complained to the FCC that Stern’s much-hyped FCC-free raunchcast is being illegally retransmitted on two stations in New York and New Jersey, a Sirius spokesman told

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