Posted: 5/15/2004 3:02:02 PM EDT
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I guess portland has at least 2 low class moron djs. www.theolympian.com/home/news/20040515/topstories/50441.shtml PORTLAND -- Two Portland disc jockeys were fired from a local radio station after playing an audiotape of the beheading of American Nick Berg by Iraqi militants, and then laughing over the sounds of the grisly death. The DJs, known as "Marconi" and "Tiny" were fired Thursday afternoon from their morning show perch at KNRK-FM, which is owned by Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based Entercom Communications Corp. Station employees would not release the legal names of the DJs. Their producer, known as "Nickie J" was also fired, said Clark Ryan, Entercom's vice-president for FM operations in Portland. Ryan said the station had gotten as many as 200 calls from listeners complaining about the Wednesday morning broadcast, in which Berg's blood-curdling screams were audible. The DJs followed the broadcast with musical accompaniments and jokes. One of the DJs apologized on his Web site, posting a statement that read, "I have become so numb to the horrific things that happen in this world that I sometimes forget there are still people who feel. I in no way meant to be insensitive to anyone. My comments on this were inapropriate (sic)." "It was so over-the-top that I don't know that there is any logical, appropriate way to attempt to spin it as though there was any logic involved," Ryan said Friday. "A radio station like KNRK, targeted toward young adults, sometimes does push the boundaries. But this is not anywhere on that level." Immediately after the broadcast, the DJs were suspended, and then fired a day later, Ryan said. The station's manager quickly aired an apology, saying: "The actions of the KNRK news morning show were insensitive, inappropriate and repulsive." Entercom owns seven stations in the Portland area, including KNRK, which specializes in new rock and alternative music from the 1990s. Berg's headless body was found Saturday in western Baghdad. Three days later, a videotape posted on an al-Qaida-related Web site showed him decapitated by hooded, armed men. |