topless radio

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topless radio (uncountable)

  1. (radio, dated) A radio talk show format, popular in the 1970s, focusing on intimate sexual discussion with callers.
    • 2004, Christopher H. Sterling, editor, Encyclopedia of Radio, Routledge, →ISBN, page 2326:
      Similar to much of today's “adult talk” radio and TV, topless radio was a format in which audience members called in to discuss graphically sexual issues with hosts who tried to titillate the audience by teasing every explicit detail out of a caller.