DJ fired for on-air prank

AP ^ | Oct 7, 9:38 PM | AP

[Ciexyz]

A tip for the dumb DJ: the Postal Service is looking for temporary Christmas workers. Ask your mail carrier for details.

[Alberta's Child]

The stunt outraged St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and prompted an apology from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

No need to apologize . . . Have a nice time on the golf course. Word is out that some @sshole named Beau Duran is willing to caddie for $5.00 per day plus a couple of McDonalds Happy Meals.

[martin_fierro]

A tip for the dumb DJ: the Postal Service is looking for temporary Christmas workers. Ask your mail carrier for details.

Nah. He's not qualified. But McDonald's is hiring.

[kaylar]

According to the earlier articles on this incident that I read, the DJ's original punishment was a one week supension. This article words it as if the DJ was suspended pending a decision as to his punishment. That suggests to me that the firing was a reaction to the many angry calls, e mails, letters, faxes, etc, that the station has been receiving. Were it not for public anger, the DJ's punishment would have been a week's vacation.

[CARDINALRULES]

Personally I think it went from suspension to firing when A-B pulled ads from the program.
Also the national exposure over the weekend was heavy.

[Fred Mertz]

That's nothing worse than Howard Stern would do, and does do daily.

[Redbob]

Any idea what "Beau Duran's" real name is?
Maybe we could publish his phone number, and arrange a few calls to come his way...

[CARDINALRULES]

Follow up on the scumbag DJ.

[patent]

bump for that!

[537 Votes]

That's nothing worse than Howard Stern would do, and does do daily.

I'm not sure about that. I think even Howard Stern draws the line at mocking grieving widows.

[WoollyRain]

It is unfortunate that he lost his job. Hopefully some on will get a chance working his way back on air through the ranks. I would hope that KUPD has more class than Howard Stern.

[dighton]

It is unfortunate that he lost his job.

He's fortunate to have kept his teeth.

[CARDINALRULES]

I have no doubt the scumbag will move on to another DJ job somewhere --hopefully he might be a little wiser in his choice of targets for his "humor".

Or at least know better than to mess with the Cardinal Nation. ;-`)

Personally I am still mad as hell ... I'm still on the "Louisville Slugger to the kneecaps" phase. You don't want to know what phase it was on Thursday afternoon.

[Paul Atreides]

He's not qualified for McDonalds. He should try McDermott's office.

[martin_fierro]

You might even say that DJ committed a ...

... Cardinal Sin. <|:)~

[CARDINALRULES]

[L.N. Smithee]

That's nothing worse than Howard Stern would do, and does do daily.

I can't stand Stern, as longtime Freepers who are fans will attest. But although Howard the Schmuck has done some vile stuff, he is now constantly outdone by minor-league shock-jocks across America trying to outdo him and make a name for themselves.

A good example is Mike Esparza -- bka "Mikey" -- who was just canned from KSJO-FM in San Jose, a station that I once enjoyed. Although his show constantly had one foot in the toilet, he finally went over the line when commenting nonchalantly about a July 24 Philadelphia incident in which an abducted 7-year-old girl chewed through duct tape to free herself, later tearing through a screen window to escape into the street. Here, according to an FCC complaint, is what Esparza said on the air:

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"That's why I don't use duct tape; that's why I use nylon rope."

He [later] said, "For all you kidnappers out there, we have a great contest at Orchard Supply Hardware. You can get $5,000 worth of supplies -- and that's great for kidnappers, because you can get all the nylon rope, tarps, and lye to dissolve the bodies..."

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Orchard Supply Hardware canceled their contract, KSJO suspended him for those comments, and then issued a public, formal apology. But the last straw was when he played a parodic song about R&B singer and accused pedophile R. Kelly containing the lyrics "I'm feeling frisky, I know it's risky. I like the statutory rape."

KSJO announced last week that he will not be back on their station.

[lsee]

I am truly sorry for having offended Mrs. Kile and the Cardinals organization.

I'm truly sorry I got fired....

[wideawake]

I suspect that this is his real name. There is a DJ here in NYC (who is sarcastic, but not a shock-jock) named Elvis Duran. They may be related. Elvis Duran is from Texas, BTW. Don't know where this Beau guy claims to hail from.