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NEW YORK- One month after the firing of radio host Don Imus for broadcasting sexist and racist gibes, a pair of suspended New York shock jocks have been permanently pulled from the air by CBS Radio for a prank phone call rife with offensive Asian sterotypes...The cancellation of the show,nearly three weeks after the show hosts were suspended,was another indication of the increased scrutiny on radio hosts and the heightened management sensitivity to complaint in the wake of the Imus firing.

"This is a victory not only for the Asian-American community,but for all communities who find themselvesconstant targets of racist and sexist programming," said Jeanette Wang,an executive with the Organization of Chinese Americans...

...Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia return to the station's airwaves Monday after issuing their own apology for a segment on their satellite radio program where they laughed as a homeless man fantasized about raping Condoleezza Rice and Laura Bush.


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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/5/13/15436/4794
graham4anything
They were fired on regular radio for having a stunt where they had 2 people have sex in St. Patrick's cathedral a few years ago, before they went to Satellite.
Pegatha
I was wondering if anybody was going to raise Cain about these guys "sketch" about how much fun it would be to rape Ms. Rice and Ms. Bush. It was way worse than anything that Imus has said, to my knowledge.
graham4anything
They should fire David Gregory at NBC...he groped Cameron Diaz on the Today show the other day

They set up a golf course hole near Rockerfeller Center, and in old fashion molester style, Gregory went behind Cameron Diaz(actress) and put his hands around her, on her shoulders, and arms, and rear, and helped her swing.

I am surprised no one complained about that. Sexual harrassment. But what do you expect on NBC

Anthony and Opie are on Satallite, and that is a diffeence. They are not on public free airwaves.
And Imus was much, much worse.
Thank God that noise isn't heard anymore at least for a while.
Pegatha
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/05/13...fter_prank.html

'Dog' gone! CBS axes radio show after prank

BY ADAM NICHOLS
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER



The Don Imus effect took down more shock jocks yesterday after an Asian-mocking joke left CBS radio execs with another hole in their schedule.

CBS confirmed "The Dog House with JV and Elvis" show was canned permanently after an on-air prank call three weeks ago ordered "slimp flied lice" from a Chinese restaurant.

The show's on-air hosts, Jeff Vandergrift and Dan Lay, were suspended as CBS decided their future.

" 'The Dog House with JV and Elvis' will no longer be broadcast," said CBS Radio spokeswoman Karen Mateo.

"In the wake of the Imus case, it would have been maddening to the community if these idiots did not get fired," said Queens City Councilman John Liu.

The show had aired on WFNY-FM in the slot immediately after shock jocks Opie and Anthony - whose careers also hang in the balance.

The pair - whose real names are Gregg Hughes and Anthony Cumia - apologized Friday after a broadcast in which a guest mused about raping Secretary of State Rice, First Lady Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth.

They are still expected to be on the air tomorrow.

And comedian Donnell (Ashy) Rawlings also lost his job on New York's Power 105.1 FM station last week after he was suspended for making an anti-Semitic remark - reportedly saying "a cheap black guy" should be better known as "a Jewish black guy."

The spate of radio brouhahas follows the firing of high-profile shock jock Don Imus last month after he referred to the Rutgers university women's basketball team as "nappy-headed ho's."

The outrage was led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who said yesterday he wants to meet Hughes and Cumia's bosses about the rape comments.

"My personal feeling is they should have already been fired," he said.

But 100 protesters yesterday gathered in Union Square to support radio personalities under fire.

"It's not about whether you like what you heard or not," said Debbie Wolf, president of People Against Censorship. "I find censorship to be far more offensive than anything that was said."
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