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shock radio

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noun

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

Etymology

Origin of shock radio

1990–95

Example Sentences

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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 • Feb. 17, 2021

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