The first step of Howard Stern’s call to action against the FCC crackdown on indecency is underway – the FCC today confirmed that they have received a number of complaints against the Oprah Winfrey Show for an episode that defined a number of sexual terms popular among teenage girls.
After Infinity Broadcasting was fined earlier this month for a Stern show that aired in 2001, Stern became furious when an episode of Oprah was rerun last week that contained terms comparable to the terms that led to Stern’s fine and requested that fans complain about Oprah to the FCC.
“We have received complaints, though I can’t say how many,” a spokesperson for the FCC told AVN.com
The next step is an investigation into the episode, which used terms such as “oral anal sex,” and “penis,” and other phrases that may have violated FCC regulations for broadcast programming.
“If they fine me for this, they have to fine Oprah. And if they fine Oprah all hell is going to break loose,” Stern said during his show on March 19, while attempting to play a clip of the segment in question. His producers beeped out all possibly offending phrases for fear of receiving another fine.
Stern posted a transcript of the segment and links to multimedia files of the segment on HowardStern.com, his official Website, and requested that people file complaints about the show on to the FCC.
Winfrey and guest Michelle Burford, an editor at O, The Oprah Magazine discussed the sexual behavior of teenagers on the Oprah episode “Is Your Child Living a Double Life?” The episode originally aired on October 2, 2003 and was rerun last week.
During the segment in question, Burford defined a “rainbow party,” as a group oral sex activity where women the girls put lipstick and then, “each one puts her mouth around the penis of the gentleman or gentlemen who are there to receive favors and makes a mark um in a different place on the penis.”
She also defined “tossed salad,” as “oral anal sex.”
Ironically, prior to joining the editorial staff at O, Burford worked at Focus on Family, one of the conservative Christian groups that are encouraging the current indecency crackdown by the FCC.
