Garrison Keillor Show Taken Off Air in Kentucky, Then Reinstated [View All]

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Radio Station Won't Cancel Keillor's Show

MINNEAPOLIS - A public radio station in Kentucky has reversed its decision to cancel Garrison Keillor's "The Writer's Almanac" over concerns about offensive content, after what station officials said was an outpouring of support.

WUKY-FM, based in Lexington, canceled the show in early August. The daily spot runs a few minutes and features Keillor noting important milestones in writing history, after which he typically reads a poem.

Recent poems had included words such as "breast" and the phrase "get high." Another included suggestive sexual content, according to WUKY General Manager Tom Goddell.

He said there were no listener complaints, but station officials had worried about recent moves by the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on language it considered obscene.

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What is this world coming to? Garrison Keillor being taken off the air because of concerns over obscenity?