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More Los Angeles-area radio stations are saying they will accept condom ads. FM rockers KROQ and KLOS (the latter ABC’s FM station) decided to run condom advertisements if the spots emphasize the AIDS-prevention as opposed to contraception. “Our audience here is sophisticated enough not to be offended by these ads. We consider them a public service,” said KROQ program director Rick Carroll. KLOS Manager Bill Sommers said KLOS will also begin taking such ads “very soon.”
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