ROY, YOU�VE LOST YOUR GUTS, COURAGE & INTEGRITY.
IT WAS 1976. I WAS SCANNING THROUGH THE AM RADIO DIAL. I LISTENED TO THE USUAL ASSORTMENT OF MUSIC, SPORTS & THIS NEW PHENOMENON CALLED TALK RADIO, WHERE EVERYBODY WAS COURTEOUS, NON-THREATENING, NON-CONTROVERSIAL AND FILLED WITH MEDIOCRITY.
THEN I THOUGHT I WAS HEARING THINGS.
I HEARD A MAN WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT SPEAKING IN AN ENGAGING, EMOTIONAL AND SENSATIONAL MANNER.
AND I WAS STUNNED BY HIS NEXT STATEMENT.
HE CALLED DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE JIMMY CARTER A �SMILING HITLER.�
NOW FOLKS, THIS WAS 1976.
RADIO WAS POLITE, NON-CONTROVERSIAL, BOOT-LICKING AND KOWTOWING.
I CANNOT EMPHASIZE HOW SHOCKING THIS WAS AT THE TIME. I REALIZE YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY GRASP THE SHOCK VALUE OF THIS WHEN IN 2005 YOU CAN TURN ON CABLE TV TO WATCH CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN�S CARTOON SHOWS TELLING YOU TO �FUCK OFF.�
THE STATEMENT MADE IN 1976 WAS LIKE AN ATOM BOMB GOING OFF AT A RADIO STATION.
I TOLD MYSELF THAT I HEARD WRONG.
NOBODY HAD THE GUTS TO COMMENT ON AMERICAN POLITICS ON THE RADIO LIKE THIS.
THEN THE STATION WENT BLANK. DEAD AIR.
I COULDN�T IMAGINE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
ANYWHERE FROM 5-10 MINUTES LATER, THE HOST WITH THE ENGLISH ACCENT CAME BACK ON, EXPLAINED THAT HIS SHOW WAS CUT OFF MIDSTREAM, HE WAS CALLED IN BY THE MANAGEMENT AND GIVEN AN ULTIMATUM TO APOLOGIZE TO THE AUDIENCE OR HIS SHOW WAS GOING OFF THE AIR.
SO HE APOLOGIZED.
BUT I PROBABLY HEARD THE GREATEST MOMENT EVER ON LIVE RADIO. AND THE WORLD�S FIRST �SHOCK JOCK� IN ACTION.
NOW IT IS 2005. AND ROY MASTERS AND HIS FAMILY NO LONGER HAVE THE BALLS TO TAKE A STAND. MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM.
WHEN THE VULGAR AND OBSCENE HOWARD STERN LEAVES THE RADIO AIRWAVES IN JANUARY 2006 TO GO TO SATELLITE RADIO, IT WILL LEAVE MANY LOCAL STATIONS WITHOUT THEIR MORNING DOSE OF OBSCENITY AND LEWDNESS.
WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMPANY WITH SATELLITE TIME TO OFFER A REPLACEMENT.
SO THE MASTERS FAMILY SIGNS UP �MANCOW,� WHO IS NOTHING BUT �HOWARD STERN, JR.� TO FILL THAT VOID.
AND ROY MASTERS KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT. HE WAS HOPING THAT NOBODY WOULD SAY ANYTHING.
BUT WE DID. MANCOW HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF RADIO OBSCENITY A NUMBER OF TIMES AND HIS WEB SITE WAS FILLED WITH PORNOGRAPHY AND LINKS TO PORNOGRAPHY. AND WE MADE THAT CLEAR ON THIS WEBSITE.
LOOKS LIKE THE MASTERS HAVE NOW PRESSURED MANCOW TO REMOVE THOSE INDISPUTABLE PIECES OF EVIDENCE ON HIS WEB SITE.
BUT THAT�S NOT ENOUGH.
THE MERE FACT THAT THE MASTERS WOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH A MAN LIKE THIS IS INEXCUSABLE AND UNCONSCIONABLE.
BUT MONEY TALKS.
AND ROY DOESN�T HAVE ANY GUTS ANYMORE TO STAND UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AFTER ALL�EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED IN OBSCENITY, PORNO AND LEWDNESS--FROM AOL/TIME-WARNER TO CARL�S JUNIOR AND THEIR PORNOGRAPHIC PARIS HILTON HAMBURGER COMMERCIAL--SO WHY BE ANY DIFFERENT?
AND THE MAN WHO OPENED UP NEW TERRITORY BY COMMENTING ON AMERICAN POLITICS WITH HIS �SMILING HITLER� REMARK�NO LONGER HAS THE BALLS TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE MOST CORRUPT, INDECENT AND DECADENT ADMINISTRATION IN U.S. HISTORY, THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION.
ROY, YOU�VE LOST YOUR GUTS, COURAGE & INTEGRITY.