http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=65208 WQHT (Hot 97)/New York and Emmis Communications have announced the termination of morning show personality Todd Lynn and producer Rick Delgado, effective immediately. Emmis will also make a lump-sum donation of $1 million to Give2Asia to aid the organization in its Tsunami relief and recovery effort. Other members of the morning show crew -- Miss Jones, DJ Envy and Tasha Hightower -- have each been given two-week suspensions with their salaries being redirected to Give2Asia for the duration of their suspensions, which will end on Wednesday, February 9. Another member of the morning show, Miss Info, was not suspended. A statement by Emmis said: "An internal investigation by Hot 97 and Emmis determined that the singularly egregious actions of Lynn and Delgado warranted termination from their employment at the station." "The actions of the morning show crew were socially and morally indefensible and the entire Emmis family is ashamed by this," added Emmis President Rick Cummings. "Emmis and Hot 97 have investigated this matter thoroughly over the course of the last week. Our decision to terminate Mr. Delgado and Mr. Lynn while suspending the other members of the morning crew sends a message that this type of insensitivity is utterly unacceptable." Delgado was terminated for his role in writing, producing and airing "The Tsunami Song," the highly insensitive parody of the 1985 single "We Are the World." Lynn was let go for making offensive, racially insensitive comments while on the air.
I as hoping Miss Jones was gonna get axed too. She sounded like a beyotch right before they played that song. Remember when DJs were cool? I don't, because in my lifetime, I only remember the Sam Malones of the world.
http://www.blogsnow.com/dotmp3.html Files #1 and #74 still work if you want to listen. #2 is unrelated but pretty funny.
Thanks, oomp, for the link. It was crazy listening to Miss Jones backing that defiling song. Even though she's on suspension, I hope she gets fired in the near future. It's not going to look good for the radio station having her back on the air after that disaster.
why? she opted to not participate in the song and made her colleagues know her opinion on the song... edit: i apologize, i thought you were talking about Miss Info(the gossip columnist for the station)... Miss Info spoke out on the air regarding the song and her colleagues almost lynched her on the air...
Wtf, how the heck did Miss Jones not get fired. She was the one pushing the song and getting mad at Miss Info for not being a part of it. Only sad thing now is that there might be even more people listening to that time slot to see controversy which I think is bull. Words can not express my anger...... give me a f'cking gun. (Ok, maybe not that mad )
When I get made, I want to posterize someone on the basketball court!!! (Ok, who am I kidding here, I used to be barely able to touch the rim)
