But everything on the medium is readily available to anyone with an opposable thumb, teens or younger. And they get an earful. It doesn't leave much to the imagination, particularly given its prevalence.
Violence plays less of a role in radio than in other mass media.
Even so,, news dealing with tragedies are treated with humor by Howard Stern and others, diminishing their reality and consequences. Stern takes a call from a woman who claims to be bisexual and wants to know if she can be included if her boyfriend wins. This is followed by a tape of the featured porn star having sex. Reaction to a news about Paul McCartney and girlfriend Heather Mills spawns discussion on whether one would want to have sex with a woman with an artificial leg. Even if it's Pamela Anderson.