Pa. DJ Fired for Repeating Imus Comments
Pennsylvania DJ Fired for Repeating Imus' Racially Charged Comments As Part of Contest
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
The Associated Press
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A radio station fired its longtime morning DJ Wednesday after he encouraged listeners to repeat talk-show host Don Imus' racially charged comments in an on-air contest.
Gary Smith told WSBG-FM listeners to call and say "I'm a nappy-headed ho" for Tuesday's "Phrase that Pays" contest, said Rick Musselman, executive vice president of station owner Nassau Broadcasting Partners L.P.
Musselman said three of the listeners who called were awarded tickets to a NASCAR promotion at a local club.
Station management reviewed a tape of the broadcast of the "Gary in the Morning" show and fired Smith, Musselman said.
Musselman said that Smith was fired and not suspended because he uttered the slur in a premeditated manner, "with full knowledge of the reaction to Don Imus' use of the exact same phrase."
Attempts by The Associated Press to reach Smith for comment were unsuccessful. But he told The Morning Call of Allentown he regretted the comment.
"What I said was stupid, and I'm sorry," Smith told the newspaper.
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It HAD to be NASCAR tickets
As a huge NASCAR fan, it pains me to see dumbshits like this playing right into the stereotypes...
You don't have to own the
You don't have to own the dumbshittery, Dean
On the other hand (and I'm giving instructions here so the truly interested can find it without contribution any sort os statistical goodness to the site) you might want to google "vdare sailer white identity politics." Mr. Sailer, who has appeared as a "race expert" on CNN, thinks NASCAR is an expression of "white guy identity politics."