DePetro fired...

[Shawn Mamros]

>1.  Offensive is whatever the licensee decides it is.
>
>2.  When one has poor ratings, one has little economic viability.
>
>1 + 2 = down the stairs.

Exactly.  I'd also add a little bit to item number 1:

1.a. Offensive is also whatever the sponsors decide it is.

It wouldn't be too surprising if the firing was a direct result
of an angry phone call from one of RKO's advertisers, would it?
Particularly with the addition of item number 2 above.  (If Howie
Carr had been the one saying it, I doubt he'd be fired for it.)

-Shawn Mamros
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