: a radio personality noted for provocative or inflammatory commentary
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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 Odenkirk and Zulevic’s take on the history is more of a lighthearted fun teen romp and a showcase of shock jock Steve Dahl on a wild and unexpected summer night, rather than the ignominy that the night would come to represent to some.—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025 An atmosphere of opportunism and conspiracy coalesced, fed by shock jocks, TikTok psychologists, and citizen-journalist bloggers, who have become characters in the saga, and by Combs himself.—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025 Nearly every line in the film’s ferociously hilarious first hour is like Jane Austen reborn as a shock jock, until Song runs out of material and starts repeating herself.—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for shock jock
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