Re: Complaint Filed With FCC Over Opie & Anthony's Latest Stunt

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>]

  Mark Watson wrote:
>  The Catholic League for Religious and Civil
>Rights has filed a formal letter of complaint with the FCC asking them to
>revoke the license of WNEW-FM (102.7 New York) after a stunt that aired on
>the "Opie and Anthony Show" on Thursday. A man and woman from Virginia took
>part in a contest to see who would have sex in the riskiest place. This
>particular couple chose to have their tryst inside Saint Patrick's Cathedral
>in Manhattan, apparently with worshipers inside the Cathedral observing the
>Catholic Holy Day The Feast of The Assumption, with a comedian providing
>live reports on the air describing the couples' activities. The couple was
>arrested and appeared in court yesterday, released on bail. Opie & Anthony
>could not comment on the air yesterday about what happened on Thursday's
>show, saying that "the lawyers have told us not to discuss our little event
>yesterday". WNEW's GM issued an apology and said that the station has taken
>measures to ensure this doesn't happen again.
>
>    I wonder if the FCC will take any action against Infinity, the owners of
>WNEW, and will Opie & Anthony face any punishment in the wake of their
>latest stunt. They certainly have ticked off many Catholics with this one.


This is certainly as tasteless, and probably more so than the remarks that 
got Greaseman sent off into exile, but Catholics are not an officially 
sanctioned "oppressed minority", and O&A and Infinity will probably get off 
with a slap on the wrist.