Opie & Anthony Off The Air;
Date: Thursday, August 22 @ 07:44:49 BST
Topic: Big Brother
Shock jocks Opie and Anthony of WNEW-FM's popular afternoon drive-time program have been taken off the air. The two are accused of broadcasting live an eyewitness account of a couple having sex in New York's landmark St. Patrick's Cathedral.
The 350-thousand member group, Catholic League, is now pushing for the revocation of the Infinity owned station's license.
"Nothing would make us happier than for WNEW's license to be revoked," said William Donohue, head of the Catholic League, which has also demanded a hefty fine for WNEW's parent company.
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, saying he had received hundreds of outraged phone calls and e-mails, promised that the complaints were "on the fast track" for consideration by his agency.
If they prove true, he said, "this commission should consider the strongest enforcement action possible against this station, up to and including revocation."
The incident occurred last Thursday, when a Virginia couple was arrested after allegedly having sex in a vestibule just a few feet from worshippers in the church. The encounter was described as it happened during the "Opie and Anthony" show.
It was part of a regular feature where couples can win prizes for having sex in risky places.
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