The 'New Wild West' of Radio

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That’s how Terry O’Reilly and Tom Eymundson of Pirate Radio & Television in Toronto see the “New Wild West” of radio, brought on by the ever-expanding boundaries of good taste and the advent of satellite radio such as XM and Sirius Satellite Radio.

In a talk at the Clio Awards Festival in Miami Beach on Sunday, the radio directors noted how HBO and shows like The Sopranos widened acceptance for profanity and sexual explicitness on television.

Meanwhile,





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