World Tonight: Booze banter

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), Sept 5, 2008

RADIO presenters, including BBC Radio 1's Chris Moyles, widely encourage drinking, according to a government-funded study out today. Research into 1,200 hours of radio output uncovered 703 extracts containing references to alcohol. Of these, 179 involved comments made by presenters and another 45 were comments initiated by co-presenters, studio guests and members of the audience.

DJs were found to use language that celebrated excessive drinking.

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