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First, there's the film's claustrophobic setting: The story takes place over one snowy morning in the small Ontario town of Pontypool, where washed-up radio shock jock Grant Mazzy (Stephen McHattie) is narrating a zombie apocalypse in real time from his recording booth.
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Powell’s regulatory activism, done mostly to curb the outrageous antics of radio shock jocks, resulted in some of the most significant and long-lasting restrictions on broadcast freedom in U.S. history.
—Michael J. Socolow, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
How Charlamagne shed his 'shock jock' past While Harris has been cast as an innately cautious public figure who rose to power in the insidery political circles of California's Bay Area, Charlamagne's boisterousness is rooted in South Carolina, where he was born and raised.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
The radio shock jock had been slated to return to his SiriusXM show Tuesday morning, after weeks of promos promised a big reveal following swirling speculation that his show would be canceled.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Powell’s regulatory activism, done mostly to curb the outrageous antics of radio shock jocks, resulted in some of the most significant and long-lasting restrictions on broadcast freedom in U.S. history.
—Michael J. Socolow, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
How Charlamagne shed his 'shock jock' past While Harris has been cast as an innately cautious public figure who rose to power in the insidery political circles of California's Bay Area, Charlamagne's boisterousness is rooted in South Carolina, where he was born and raised.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
The radio shock jock had been slated to return to his SiriusXM show Tuesday morning, after weeks of promos promised a big reveal following swirling speculation that his show would be canceled.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Shock jock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shock%20jock. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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