Johnny Dare
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Johnny Dare is an American
radio personality. He is host of The Johnny Dare Morning Show the morning show for 98.9 The Rock
in Kansas City
, Kansas
. He is one of the station's more prominent figures, and hosts the station's annual concert festival, Rockfest
, which has grown to become the biggest one day concert event in the country,
, Tennessee
on August 27, 1968. He began hosting The Johnny Dare and Murphy in the Morning Show on KQRC with Murphy Wells. In March 2004, Wells left the show for health reasons, and was replaced by reporter Carrie Coogan. After Wells' departure, the show was renamed simply "The Johnny Dare Morning Show". Coogan left the show in September 2011 and after weeks of try outs for a new co-host was replaced by Jennifer Johnson in October 2011.
Others on the show include T-Bone, Jake The Phone Snake and Gregg Todt. Also featured on the show is station program director, Bob Edwards (referred to as "A-Hole Bob). Other regulars on the show include comedian Pat Dixon, as well as sports journalists Leif Lisec and Chris Gough of Metro Sports
(Sports in Your Shorts). Other friends of the show are Jesse James Dupree
of the band Jackyl
, Brent Smith
of the band Shinedown
, comedians Jim Florentine
and Don Jamieson
of VH1 Classic's That Metal Show
, actor/comedian David Koechner
, Dennis Hof
(owner of the World Famous Moonlite Bunny Ranch
brothel), actor/comedian T.J. Miller, and comedian Lisa Lampanelli
.
In 1996, Dare launched the Hope For The Holidays Campaign, helping individuals and families who aren't able to be helped by conventional charities. From providing groceries and Christmas trees to things as simple as donating a piano to a young musician, or a new television to a rest home, the campaign's motto "It's not a hand out...it's a Hand Up", eventually spawned the Hand Up Campaign, spreading the message year round.
Dare was voted Billboard Magazine's Radio Personality of the Year in 2000.
In 2009, Dare became the narrator for the truTV reality series Full Throttle Saloon
.
Dare is the Honorary Chair for the annual Kansas City Bikers for Babies ride to benefit The March of Dimes. The Kansas City Bikers for Babies® began in 1995 with 130 riders raising $3,000. In 2010, 6,200 participants raised more than $715,000, bringing the 16-year event total to $5.1 million. Kansas City boasts the most successful Bikers for Babies® event in the country and largest charity ride in the Midwest.
proposed fines totaling $220,000 against Entercom Communications
for alleged indecency violations during multiple broadcasts in April and May 2002 of the Morning Show on KQRC-FM in Kansas City, Kansas
, and KFH-AM in Wichita, Kansas
. The FCC claimed that the material included repeated graphic and explicit sexual descriptions that were pandering, titillating or used to shock the audience. As justification for proposing the maximum fine, the Commission noted "the egregious nature of the violations and Entercom's history of prior indecent broadcasts."
The Commission's official notice ran 28 pages, including 18 pages of transcripts for the four alleged violations. The FCC rejected Entercom's contention that, because KQRC generally enjoys high ratings, "the contemporary community standards of the Kansas City listening community are such that the material is not patently offensive." Entercom further argued that the FCC's definition of indecency was "unconstitutionally vague and overbroad" citing Reno v. ACLU and Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
. The Commission said that the notion of contemporary standards is not different in different regions of the country, but reflects "an average broadcast listener" and isn't tied to "any particular geographic area."
In addition, the FCC said that a station's popularity doesn't reflect acceptance of the broadcast material by the local community; "Whether particular material is actionably indecent does not turn on whether the station that broadcast it [or the program] happens to be popular in its particular market." Finally, the Federal Communications Commission denied Entercom's assertions of the unconstitutionality of its definition of indecency, stating in conclusion, "The constitutional validity of the Commission's indecency standard has been repeatedly affirmed by the courts" and that Ashcroft v. Free Speech Commission and Reno v. ACLU did not alter this conclusion.
The FCC 'Notice of Apparent Liability For Forfeiture' dated December 22, 2004, asserts that the fines were assessed for four separate on-air incidents which occurred on April 4, April 29, May 2, and May 3, 2002. The April 4 incident was in response to an on-air game of "Naked Twister" with local female contestants. The April 29th Incident stemmed from and interview with pornographic film star Dave Cummings
in which Cummings described the events of the "2002 Wildlife Productions Anal Contest" in graphic detail. The incident on May 2 similarly stemmed from an interview with pornographic film star Ron Jeremy
, particularly their discussion of Jeremy's ability to "self-fellate"
, and his graphic descriptions of sexual encounters with an obese woman. The final incident specifically named in the FCC notice occurred on May 3, 2002 when Sunset Thomas
, a pornographic actress, was "masturbated on-air to orgasm with a vibrator" with assistance from T-Bone.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
radio personality. He is host of The Johnny Dare Morning Show the morning show for 98.9 The Rock
KQRC-FM
KQRC-FM is a radio station licensed to Leavenworth, Kansas, and serves the Kansas City metropolitan area. The station's morning show, hosted by shock jock Johnny Dare, is regularly ranked atop the local Arbitron ratings...
in Kansas City
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a fifteen-county metropolitan area that is anchored by Kansas City, Missouri and is bisected by the border between the states of Missouri and Kansas. As of the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area has a population of 2,035,334. The metropolitan area is the...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
. He is one of the station's more prominent figures, and hosts the station's annual concert festival, Rockfest
Rockfest
Rockfest is an outdoor, hard rock music festival held annually by Kansas City radio station KQRC-FM 98.9 the Rock since 1992 . As of 2010, it was considered to be North America's largest one-day music festival. Major bands such as Godsmack, Staind, Seether, Stone Temple Pilots and Korn have all...
, which has grown to become the biggest one day concert event in the country,
Background
Dare was born in MemphisMemphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
on August 27, 1968. He began hosting The Johnny Dare and Murphy in the Morning Show on KQRC with Murphy Wells. In March 2004, Wells left the show for health reasons, and was replaced by reporter Carrie Coogan. After Wells' departure, the show was renamed simply "The Johnny Dare Morning Show". Coogan left the show in September 2011 and after weeks of try outs for a new co-host was replaced by Jennifer Johnson in October 2011.
Others on the show include T-Bone, Jake The Phone Snake and Gregg Todt. Also featured on the show is station program director, Bob Edwards (referred to as "A-Hole Bob). Other regulars on the show include comedian Pat Dixon, as well as sports journalists Leif Lisec and Chris Gough of Metro Sports
Metro Sports
Metro Sports is a regional sports network serving the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, Lawrence, Kansas, and the state of Nebraska. It launched on December 12, 1996, and is currently available on cable systems including Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Knology....
(Sports in Your Shorts). Other friends of the show are Jesse James Dupree
Jesse James Dupree
Jesse James Dupree is an American rock guitarist and singer.Dupree is the lead singer and guitarist of Jackyl, in addition to playing chainsaw on the song "The Lumberjack". He also started a solo project with guitarist John Hayes and bassist Roman Glick...
of the band Jackyl
Jackyl
Jackyl is an American rock band formed in 1990. Their sound has been described as hard rock, heavy metal and Southern metal.The band is probably best-known for its song "The Lumberjack", which features a chainsaw solo by lead singer Jesse James Dupree. On the recording, Dupree alternately revs the...
, Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Brent Smith is the lead vocalist and singer-songwriter of the band Shinedown. His biggest influences as a singer are Otis Redding, Billie Holiday, and Chris Cornell.-Personal life:...
of the band Shinedown
Shinedown
Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2001 and founded by members Brent Smith , Brad Stewart , Jasin Todd , and Barry Kerch . A few line-up changes followed, and the band's current line-up consists of Smith and Kerch, the band's only two remaining original...
, comedians Jim Florentine
Jim Florentine
James "Jim" Florentine is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, comedian, voice artist, and performer...
and Don Jamieson
Don Jamieson (Comedian)
Don Jamieson is a stand-up comedian and is also well-known as one of the hosts of That Metal Show on VH1 Classic.-Biography:...
of VH1 Classic's That Metal Show
That Metal Show
That Metal Show is a talk show hosted by Eddie Trunk with co-hosts Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson. It premiered on VH1 Classic on November 15, 2008. New episodes air on VH1 Classic on Saturday nights and are rebroadcast throughout the week....
, actor/comedian David Koechner
David Koechner
David Michael Koechner is an American comedian, musician, and character actor. Koechner began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest...
, Dennis Hof
Dennis Hof
Dennis Hof is an American pimp, entrepreneur, and restaurateur. He is best known as the former, owning two brothels in Nevada. His brothels are in Moundhouse, Nevada, a few minutes outside Carson City, less than an hour by car from Reno, Nevada...
(owner of the World Famous Moonlite Bunny Ranch
Moonlite Bunny Ranch
The Moonlite BunnyRanch is a legal, licensed brothel in Mound House, Nevada, United States, east of Carson City. The ranch is owned and operated by Dennis Hof...
brothel), actor/comedian T.J. Miller, and comedian Lisa Lampanelli
Lisa Lampanelli
Lisa Lampanelli is an American stand-up comedian and insult comic. She is noted for her racy and raunchy style of comedy, which frequently includes taboo subjects such as race and homosexuality....
.
In 1996, Dare launched the Hope For The Holidays Campaign, helping individuals and families who aren't able to be helped by conventional charities. From providing groceries and Christmas trees to things as simple as donating a piano to a young musician, or a new television to a rest home, the campaign's motto "It's not a hand out...it's a Hand Up", eventually spawned the Hand Up Campaign, spreading the message year round.
Dare was voted Billboard Magazine's Radio Personality of the Year in 2000.
In 2009, Dare became the narrator for the truTV reality series Full Throttle Saloon
Full Throttle Saloon
Full Throttle Saloon is an American reality television series airing on the truTV network. The series provides an inside look at the world's largest biker bar located in Sturgis, South Dakota...
.
Dare is the Honorary Chair for the annual Kansas City Bikers for Babies ride to benefit The March of Dimes. The Kansas City Bikers for Babies® began in 1995 with 130 riders raising $3,000. In 2010, 6,200 participants raised more than $715,000, bringing the 16-year event total to $5.1 million. Kansas City boasts the most successful Bikers for Babies® event in the country and largest charity ride in the Midwest.
Controversy
In December 2004, the Federal Communications CommissionFederal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
proposed fines totaling $220,000 against Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
for alleged indecency violations during multiple broadcasts in April and May 2002 of the Morning Show on KQRC-FM in Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
, and KFH-AM in Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
. The FCC claimed that the material included repeated graphic and explicit sexual descriptions that were pandering, titillating or used to shock the audience. As justification for proposing the maximum fine, the Commission noted "the egregious nature of the violations and Entercom's history of prior indecent broadcasts."
The Commission's official notice ran 28 pages, including 18 pages of transcripts for the four alleged violations. The FCC rejected Entercom's contention that, because KQRC generally enjoys high ratings, "the contemporary community standards of the Kansas City listening community are such that the material is not patently offensive." Entercom further argued that the FCC's definition of indecency was "unconstitutionally vague and overbroad" citing Reno v. ACLU and Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, , struck down two overbroad provisions of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 because they abridged "the freedom to engage in a substantial amount of lawful speech." The case was brought against the Government by the Free Speech Coalition, a "California...
. The Commission said that the notion of contemporary standards is not different in different regions of the country, but reflects "an average broadcast listener" and isn't tied to "any particular geographic area."
In addition, the FCC said that a station's popularity doesn't reflect acceptance of the broadcast material by the local community; "Whether particular material is actionably indecent does not turn on whether the station that broadcast it [or the program] happens to be popular in its particular market." Finally, the Federal Communications Commission denied Entercom's assertions of the unconstitutionality of its definition of indecency, stating in conclusion, "The constitutional validity of the Commission's indecency standard has been repeatedly affirmed by the courts" and that Ashcroft v. Free Speech Commission and Reno v. ACLU did not alter this conclusion.
The FCC 'Notice of Apparent Liability For Forfeiture' dated December 22, 2004, asserts that the fines were assessed for four separate on-air incidents which occurred on April 4, April 29, May 2, and May 3, 2002. The April 4 incident was in response to an on-air game of "Naked Twister" with local female contestants. The April 29th Incident stemmed from and interview with pornographic film star Dave Cummings
Dave Cummings
Dave Cummings is considered the oldest American still-performing professional porn star....
in which Cummings described the events of the "2002 Wildlife Productions Anal Contest" in graphic detail. The incident on May 2 similarly stemmed from an interview with pornographic film star Ron Jeremy
Ron Jeremy
Ronald Jeremy Hyatt , usually called Ron Jeremy, is an American pornographic actor. Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", he was ranked by AVN at number one in their "The 50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list...
, particularly their discussion of Jeremy's ability to "self-fellate"
Autofellatio
Autofellatio is the act of oral stimulation of one's own penis as a form of masturbation. It is physically possible for men who have sufficient flexibility, penis size or a combination of the two to perform autofellatio...
, and his graphic descriptions of sexual encounters with an obese woman. The final incident specifically named in the FCC notice occurred on May 3, 2002 when Sunset Thomas
Sunset Thomas
Sunset Thomas is the stage name of an American pornographic actress; her real first name is Diane. She was runner-up for Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1998 and is a member of the Adult Video News Hall of Fame.- Personal life :...
, a pornographic actress, was "masturbated on-air to orgasm with a vibrator" with assistance from T-Bone.