shock radio

American  

noun

1. broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.

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Etymology

Origin of shock radio

1990–95

Example Sentences

Unlike Howard Stern, Don Imus and other big names in shock radio, Mr. Limbaugh had no on-the-air sidekicks, though he had conversations with the unheard voice of someone he called “Bo Snerdly.”

From New York Times

His writings contain language that sometimes echoes Mr. Trump’s past comments about women on shock radio and on the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape.

From New York Times

As for Bubba, bless his heart, shock radio is what it is.

From Washington Post

The couple were sent to hospital suffering from shock, Radio Television Hong Kong reported.

From BBC

Donald Trump is cheering right wing zealots because they are going after the people and institutions who used to laugh at The Donald when he was the laughingstock of New York, a six-time bankrupt developer with an addiction to self-promotion, shock radio and screaming tabloid headlines about his sexual and social-climbing exploits.

From New York Times