His official biography said the Fresno, Calif. After short stints there and in California, El Pistolero secured the No. Pulido was out of town and could not be reached for comment. Latino activists, including members of Mexican immigrant clubs, say outrage has been building against the show, which airs daily from 5 to 10 a.
Pelayo said the last straw was during the Jan. Mireya Arias, a Bensenville housewife, said her 9-year-old son got in trouble at school for telling dirty jokes she suspects originated on the radio program. This is not the place where they should be hearing about sex. Canales dismissed the comparison to shock jocks, and a recent listen found a program more devoted to music and listener requests than lewd descriptions.
Canales said the station has no plans to change the show's format. At one point in a recent show, the talk turned to the joys of visiting Miami, and a guest used a crude term to rave about breasts "here, there and everywhere. Apart from that, much of the show focused on topics such as the weather, although the hosts made a few tamely suggestive remarks to callers or guests.
Before the FCC can take action against obscenity, the material must meet a three-part test: An average person must find that the material appeals to prurient interest, the material must offensively depict or describe sexual conduct and must lack artistic or political value.
The FCC bans obscene material at all times and says "indecent broadcasts" can only air from 10 p. Indecent programming contains sexual or excretory references that do not rise to the level of obscenity.
FCC spokesman John Winston said the agency's guidelines are the same, regardless of the language spoken on the show. Alex Nogales, president of the Los Angeles-based National Hispanic Media Coalition, said it is more difficult to hold Spanish broadcasters accountable because there are fewer Latino watchdogs policing the airwaves.
Nogales said crude shows gained popularity in the s after Stern became the "king of all media" by featuring strippers and porn stars. Nogales said the so-called radiopornografia lets stations set themselves apart in a competitive Spanish-language market. As with English shows, stations develop personalities that listeners eat up. Najera was taken off the air before the an FCC complaint was filed. Even with the market fragmentation, Pulido generates a lot of listener response; his 6-to a.
When he goes too far, El Pistolero steps in and chastises him in a fatherly way. Not everyone is applauding, however. The group claimed that Pulido and staff people were making derogatory, homophobic comments over the air.
The FCC and Univision deny it. He says that no companies have pulled ads because of the content of the morning show, which in recent weeks has showcased commercials for Jewel-Osco, Menards, Fifth Third Bank, and Fox Television. Pulido might go even further. For now, however, he intends to keep getting up with the dawn patrol and doing his job. Robert Reed is host of the Evening Business Wrap-up, heard weekdays at p. Chicago magazine newsletters have you covered.
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