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The national media trumpets Tomlin’s non-losing seasons, while the local radio shock jocks blast him for postseason failures.
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Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The startling revelation came in a wide-ranging surprise interview with Stern, the one-time shock jock who now hosts a show on Sirius XM radio.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2024
Showing up a full hour into the shock jock’s self-aggrandizing autobiographical comedy, Giamatti brings a brash southern smarminess to his foil character, who devolves into a stewing, screaming mess as he’s ruthlessly mocked on the air by the man he’s sworn to rein in.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
On the Line stars Gibson as Elvis Cooney, a veteran overnight radio shock jock whose being urged by management to change his ways since his career is on the downslide.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2024
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Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The startling revelation came in a wide-ranging surprise interview with Stern, the one-time shock jock who now hosts a show on Sirius XM radio.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2024
Showing up a full hour into the shock jock’s self-aggrandizing autobiographical comedy, Giamatti brings a brash southern smarminess to his foil character, who devolves into a stewing, screaming mess as he’s ruthlessly mocked on the air by the man he’s sworn to rein in.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
On the Line stars Gibson as Elvis Cooney, a veteran overnight radio shock jock whose being urged by management to change his ways since his career is on the downslide.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shock jock
disc jockey
Noun
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Jed Gould was an influential Los Angeles disc jockey, known as Jed the Fish, who used his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical knowledge to shine a light on artists like the Cure at the groundbreaking New Wave and alternative rock station KROQ-FM in the 1980s and ’90s.—
Zachary Small,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Johnson County mother of two and beloved disc jockey, was killed, friends told The Star after talking with family.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Shock jock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shock%20jock. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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