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Adult Content on Radio and TV (from Seattle Board)

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CTListener said:
You must be slipping, You're very late with your trademark Good Lord. This thread's been begging for it since the first post. or at least since the mind-boggling revelation that teenagers were actually calling a radio station for masturbation advice was made.
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And this is why this has been, by far, one of my favourite threads of all time. What a ridiculous show. Yet if it were still on, I’d probably check it out just for the heck of it.
 
I seem to remember a loveline-type show a few years ago on Howard 101 on SiriusXM. It was similar to the show back in the day with Adam Corolla and Dr. Drew. A few times I was laughing so hard I had to remind myself to concentrate on driving. Some of their queries and the things they were already experimenting with but wanted advice on, or wanted to try but were asking how to do them safely shocked even the doctors..They sometimes had to ask the comedians co-hosting with them if what they were hearing was real, or if certain acts were really a "thing". They usually were.
 
Hey, the KSEX calls are available, but of course KINK is taken.

As mentioned before, the Porn Information Network (PIN) isn't a bad name. It certainly would have better ratings than BIN.
 
As Mikey Radio mentioned, the pr0n "industry" -- like much other media -- is presently fragmented and democratized to the extent that if there were any pr0n radio format or show, there wouldn't be many pr0n stars to interview, not even to the extent that Howard Stern did in the 2000s before he left OTA radio for satellite. In 2005, there was still a pr0n industry, with maybe several hundred major production companies, both Stateside and European. Now it's literally several hundreds of thousands of individual content providers on the same number of channels on numerous websites.
 
boombox4 said:
As Mikey Radio mentioned, the pr0n "industry" -- like much other media -- is presently fragmented and democratized to the extent that if there were any pr0n radio format or show, there wouldn't be many pr0n stars to interview, not even to the extent that Howard Stern did in the 2000s before he left OTA radio for satellite. In 2005, there was still a pr0n industry, with maybe several hundred major production companies, both Stateside and European. Now it's literally several hundreds of thousands of individual content providers on the same number of channels on numerous websites.
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Wow, interesting analysis. Sounds like you're quite the aficionado.
 
Are we sure this is legal on the radio (that isn’t satellite). Also porn is really bad anyways. I think having bikini baristas and promoting porn movies may be legal but I don’t think all-porn talk is.
 
JackindaBox said:
Are we sure this is legal on the radio (that isn’t satellite). Also porn is really bad anyways. I think having bikini baristas and promoting porn movies may be legal but I don’t think all-porn talk is.
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Broadcast radio stations have to follow the rules when it comes to profane language and objectionable content. Whereas it's true that the Commission doesn't regulate programming, enough complaints who find the content inappropriate for children who might hear it, would easily cause unwanted scrutiny by the feds. Also, just because some horn-dog old radio nerds would think this sort of content would be enjoyed by them, it would be a really tough format when it comes to finding any ad-support. Back in the day; syndicated night shows like Dr. Ruth and Loveline knew where the guardrails were so they didn't risk getting kicked off stations. Even back then, it became tough to find enough national sponsors to support these shows over the long haul. That's why neither are around today.
 
Kelly A said:
Broadcast radio stations have to follow the rules when it comes to profane language and objectionable content. Whereas it's true that the Commission doesn't regulate programming, enough complaints who find the content inappropriate for children who might hear it, would easily cause unwanted scrutiny by the feds. Also, just because some horn-dog old radio nerds would think this sort of content would be enjoyed by them, it would be a really tough format when it comes to finding any ad-support. Back in the day; syndicated night shows like Dr. Ruth and Loveline knew where the guardrails were so they didn't risk getting kicked off stations. Even back then, it became tough to find enough national sponsors to support these shows over the long haul. That's why neither are around today.
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And in Loveline’s case, Dr. Drew was doing the show for free for the last few years it existed.
 
bobdavcav said:
A couple things here:
1. Scott, do you have an aircheck of the Pole format from WLYK? I didn't get to hear it.
2. While my thoughts are well known about 93.3, I would think 98.9 would be a better frequency for this type of format. First off bigger signal, second off currently running a format that does not have as good of a track record of long term success as that on 93.3.
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Just because someone has to be the realist: Remember that broadcast radio is licensed by the federal government, and they have rules that cover this kind of thing:

Indecent and profane content are prohibited on broadcast TV and radio between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., when there is a reasonable risk that children may be in the audience.
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Back in the day, you had Dr. Ruth and later Lovelines, all after 10PM. Any time Howard Stern tried to stretch the rules by describing private parts, he got fined by the FCC.
 
This thread has legs.

Someday when a porn station is launched, you can all thank yourselves for the encouragement. And also the random person stopped at a green light who won’t go for some reason.
 
Kelly A said:
Wow, interesting analysis. Sounds like you're quite the aficionado.
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No.

I did some research when OnlyFans threatened to cut off all adult content, because I was curious as to how such a company could seem to be pulling in so much money -- and in doing that research I saw just how much they were making off your neighbors, the guys you may be working with, and men you see on the highway or walking around in your local box store.

It's a multibillion dollar business, with some individual content creators' channels having the same number of viewers as a medium sized sports arena. Many of the content creators may make more than you do. Some of the channels may have more cume than most radio stations.

All of this is publicly available information, found via search engines, without even looking at one of the sites.

As for any of this being on radio, even if it were legal to run on the airwaves I don't see it ever happening. What Stern was able to get away with was probably as far as it could ever go, and as BigA mentioned, Stern got fined. Pr0n content may be cutting in on other streaming media's screentime, but entertainment media like NetFlix, Amazon video, online video gaming, and OF are off-hour activities. Radio seems to aim for the 6 a.m.-6 p.m. audience (sports events being one exception) instead.
 
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