Radio show censured for Boyzone sketch

RTÉ 2FM was today rapped by the broadcasting watchdog for allowing foul and offensive language be aired on a morning chat show.

Radio show censured for Boyzone sketch
Mon, 10 Aug, 2009 - 13:49

RTÉ 2FM was today rapped by the broadcasting watchdog for allowing foul and offensive language be aired on a morning chat show.

On the 'Colm and Jim-Jim Breakfast Show' last May an actor posing as popstar Ronan Keating asked his Boyzone bandmate how he would tackle itchy nether regions after a waxing.

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