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HELP! Talk Show Host Mark Belling (Rush Fill-in) being driven off the air in Milwaukee (FREEP CALL)
Journal Sentinal / WISN/ Clearchannel ^ | 11/8/04 | WISN Radio

Posted on 11/08/2004 2:25:59 PM PST by Snerdley

Belling taken off air over racial slur But talk show host 'will return,' says Clear Channel official Journal Sentinel staff Posted: Nov. 8, 2004

Mark Belling

From the Archives

11/1/04: Talk show host made reference to 'wetback' voters (11/1/04) 11/3/04: Latino leaders plan series of protests 11/4/04: Latino leaders urge Clear Channel to take Belling off the air 11/5/04: 300 protest at station over Belling 11/6/04: Belling issues formal apology 11/6/04: Text of Belling's statement

WISN-AM (1130) has taken talk show host Mark Belling off the air - at least temporarily - for his use of a derogatory term for illegal Mexican immigrants on his Oct. 27 program.

In a statement read at the usual 3 p.m. opening of his show, an announcer said:

"WISN is adamantly opposed to the use of racially offensive language. As a result of his comment and subsequent actions, Mark Belling is currently not on the air.

"We regret the incident occurred, and we look forward to helping educate the public about ethnic diversity. Our focus is to rebuild relations with the Milwaukee community."

In a statement, Cindy McDowell, vice president and market manager of Clear Channel's six Milwaukee stations, declined to use the term "suspended."

She said "Mark will return to the air. Right now, both Mark and the station are focusing on how we can educate the public on ethnic diversity."

More complete coverage of this story will appear online later tonight and in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday morning.


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To: Snerdley

saw on the news supporters were protesting the hispanic chamber to put him back on air.think i'll be eating spaghetti and skipping the taco stand


61 posted on 11/08/2004 5:35:46 PM PST by hercuroc
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To: Snerdley
Of course I know the difference.

As far as I've heard, he's still sticks by the original point that illegals should NOT be allowed to vote in our election.

Then he should have left it at that, then there wouldn't have been any question as to what he was talking about and who he was talking about.

62 posted on 11/08/2004 5:36:11 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

You should lose your job or source of income instead of Mark Belling. That's a as fair as what's being done to him. Mark is a great guy. I spent a summer in Wisconsin and heard him all the time.


63 posted on 11/08/2004 5:36:14 PM PST by dennisw (G_D - against Amelek for all generations.)
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To: cyborg

It's the commies and the Hispanic ethnic greivance industry out stutting their stuff. Seeing who they can cow and intimidate. They have run amuck like the zero tolerance dummies who run some schools.

It's all about bullying a great guy over a small mistake that he won't repeat.


64 posted on 11/08/2004 5:40:45 PM PST by dennisw (G_D - against Amelek for all generations.)
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To: hercuroc

I heard there was some sort of scuffle between Belling supporters and the group who wants him out, outside of WISN today. I also heard on the news that Mark is undergoing "sensitivity training".


65 posted on 11/08/2004 5:44:01 PM PST by BonneBlue
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To: dennisw

I'm sure he will return. Clear Channel has suspended hosts who have made offensive remarks before. Which group is protesting? I would rather see Mark stay on the radio and have people call into him and have at it than have people fired.


66 posted on 11/08/2004 5:47:28 PM PST by cyborg
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To: cyborg

These agitators are venting in mob fashion. They have nothing better to do with their time than emote over some guy who dissed them. Same as the gang bangers and punks you see in New York.


67 posted on 11/08/2004 5:59:27 PM PST by dennisw (G_D - against Amelek for all generations.)
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To: dennisw

Does Mark Belling have issues with speaking slurs to people? If so, then Mike Savage should be off the radio. Bob Grant should be off too. I've heard Mark Belling once, and he doesn't sound the slurring type. Besides, there are those people who have a word or two for EVERYONE and that's just how they are.


68 posted on 11/08/2004 6:04:48 PM PST by cyborg
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To: cyborg
Does Mark Belling have issues with speaking slurs to people?

He's clean cut straight arrow type. A boy scout. Bright sparkling voice. Not sloppy like Michael Savage and Bob Grant. Both of whom I like

69 posted on 11/08/2004 6:09:24 PM PST by dennisw (G_D - against Amelek for all generations.)
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To: dennisw

Much ado about nothing, but right now the liberals are depressed and upset and want ANYTHING to latch onto.


70 posted on 11/08/2004 6:18:03 PM PST by cyborg
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To: Snerdley

What was the context?


71 posted on 11/08/2004 9:51:03 PM PST by Bob J (Rightalk.com...coming soon!)
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To: antaresequity
Politcal correctness is the forefather of hate speech laws that have crippled freedom of speech in Canada and the rest of the world.

It's time to tell the WETBACKS of the southwest ...Illegal aliens...criminals all, to all go to hell and get the hell out of here.

72 posted on 11/08/2004 9:57:57 PM PST by Radioactive
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To: antaresequity

What ever happened to free speech?


73 posted on 11/08/2004 10:20:20 PM PST by duckln
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To: cyborg
I'm sure he will return. Clear Channel has suspended hosts who have made offensive remarks before. Which group is protesting?

I'm not at all certain on that. The city and county of Milwaukee have openly joined the Latino community, advertisers are fleeing left and right, and the rest of the media is gleeful in Belling's imminent demise.

74 posted on 11/09/2004 2:33:10 AM PST by steveegg (Use the nuclear option in the Senate, Frist.)
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To: Bob J

Context was a topic about vote fraud, specifically ILLEGAL alien's registering to vote via the numerous vote fraud organizations such as New Voters Project, A.C.O.R.N, or Voter Project.


75 posted on 11/09/2004 7:05:52 AM PST by Snerdley (Pacifists are the parasites of freedom.)
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To: antaresequity

He did blow it. That is a career ender. Oops. Sorry, but bro stepped on his richard and will now have endure the damage.


76 posted on 11/09/2004 7:08:23 AM PST by WestPoint90
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To: Snerdley

I meant what was the exact sentence.


77 posted on 11/09/2004 7:53:14 AM PST by Bob J (Rightalk.com...coming soon!)
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To: WestPoint90

sounds like wishfull thinking. If the State Attorney can put her car in the ditch after a drinking bindge, Belling can return after he apologizes. Didn't see all these groups protesting her.

OH that's right, she's a democrat.


78 posted on 11/09/2004 10:07:02 AM PST by Scot1458
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To: Snerdley
Mark is in trouble for the way he responded on the air following the use of the term "wetback". On the Monday (Nov 1) show he issued a halfhearted apology for the use of the term, then polled his listening audience asking if he should have apologized, and ended the discussion of the topic joking that his audience was "all wet". Our cup is half-full however. At least we wont have to listen to reruns while he fills in for Rush any longer.
79 posted on 11/09/2004 4:49:35 PM PST by coffeeboyy2k
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To: Snerdley

Isn't Clear Channel a good conservative company?


80 posted on 11/10/2004 5:35:01 AM PST by okstate (I'm John Kerry, and I approved this message... before I decided against it.)
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