The Star & Buc Wild show, which airs 6 to 10 a.m. weekday mornings, is popular in Philly and boasts high Arbitron ratings. Many listeners find Star’s sharp tongue and characters like his sidekick Buc Wild and White Trash Helene laugh-out-loud funny. But in the complaint, dated Sept. 30,more than 300 signers say they’re “disgusted” and “offended” by the hosts’ constant use of the words “nigger,” “bitch” and “ho.”

“I believe in freedom of speech,” says Roberts, 34. “But it’s important to take a stand against the types of words that denigrate a community.” When Roberts monitored the show on Sept. 30, he says the hosts called comedian Steve Harvey a “faggot-ass nigger,” called Martha Stewart a “white bitch,” and made other comments like “you could fry an egg on that nigger’s
head.” Roberts says that morning the hosts used the word “nigger” at least 15 times.

“It may have been more,” says Roberts. “I stopped counting.” The petition claims that Star and Buc Wild use such language almost daily,and the group is calling for them to stop or get off the air, calling their language “profane, and not beneficial to the psyche of the African-American community, particularly African-American children.”

Neither Power 99 representatives nor Star and Buc Wild could be reached for comment, but in July the pair told
AllHipHop.com that “this whole Star and Buc Wild thing is about … being determined and focused,” and defined their style as objective criticism–like calling BET “Bamboozled Entertainment Television,” and questioning whether Nelly is really a good rapper. The Star & Buc Wild show is syndicated in seven cities, including Philadelphia and New York, by Premiere Radio Networks, which markets the show as “the future in compelling, youth-targeted morning radio.” Earlier this year Power 99 suspended the two after receiving an unprecedented number of protest emails over a skit involving a call
center in India. Impersonating a father calling about a product called Quick Beads
for his daughter’s hair, Star harassed the operator, asking, “What the fuck would you know about an American white girl’s hair?” He then called her a “dirty rat eater” and threatened to choke her.

Roberts says he supports free speech, but the group wants the FCC to draw a clear line when it becomes profane.
The FCC currently defines profanity as “reviling epithets naturally tending to provoke violent resentment or denoting language so grossly offensive to members of the public who actually hear it as to amount to a nuisance.” Last year the FCC ruled that using any form of “fuck” on public airwaves between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. was highly offensive. The petitioners want the FCC to broaden its definition of profanity to include such words as “nigger,” “bitch” and “ho.”

“Our success with that may not be guaranteed,” says group member Sterling Johnson, 45, “but the petition is a good rallying point to let people know we’re out here and we’re upset.” After it files the petition later this month, the group plans to meet
with station representatives. It also plans to pressure the show’s advertisers and conduct call-in protests. If the words stay, some of the petitioners would be happy if the station would change the show’s time slot. Others want Star and Buc Wild off the air altogether.