why do I get the feeling that a buttload, er, boatload of those complaints came from one of those concentrated campaigns like Don Wildmon's American Family ASSociation...
Your feelings serve you well, young Padawan.
Someone (can't remember who) did a study of all the complaints received by the FCC for the Janet Jackson incident. The info was requested under the Freedom of Information Act. The conclusion: There were
THREE people who complained. That's right. Three. Those three sent about 15,000 letters, so the FCC claimed to have been "inundated" with complaints, and apparently couldn't be bothered to actually examine them closely.
If three people have the right to determine what we hear and see on broadcast radio and TV, the First Amendment is riding that slippery slope much faster than we thought.