http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...y=1110&slug=Ca
stro%20Prank

Saturday, April 24, 2004
Fla. station fined $4,000 for Castro prank
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI -- A radio station that crank-called Cuban
President Fidel Castro and broadcast the recording
should be fined $4,000, the Federal Communications
Commission said.

The Spanish-speaking hosts of "The Morning High Jinks"
used snippets of an earlier prank involving Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez to move the call from a
receptionist up the chain to Castro in a five-minute
broadcast June 17.

The hosts of the show on WXDJ-FM, Joe Ferrero and
Enrique Santos, fed pleasantries to Castro before
breaking in and calling him an assassin. The
conversation ended after Castro denounced the callers
with a stream of vulgarities.

The FCC concluded Friday that the station should be
fined for the broadcast. It rejected the station's
claim that a rule requiring people to be notified
before their voices are used does not apply to people
in Cuba.

Payment of the fine or a request for cancellation or
reduction is required within 30 days.

It was unclear whether the station had been fined for
the prank involving Chavez five months before.

There was no answer at the station's business line
Saturday, and a call to the station's Washington
attorney was not immediately returned.
--

"republiKKKans do best what they do on their knees."
(...and I'll give U a hint....it ain't prayin!)

Bilateral Pussycats wrote:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...y=1110&slug=Ca
stro%20Prank

Saturday, April 24, 2004
Fla. station fined $4,000 for Castro prank
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI -- A radio station that crank-called Cuban
President Fidel Castro and broadcast the recording
should be fined $4,000, the Federal Communications
Commission said.

The Spanish-speaking hosts of "The Morning High Jinks"
used snippets of an earlier prank involving Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez to move the call from a
receptionist up the chain to Castro in a five-minute
broadcast June 17.

The hosts of the show on WXDJ-FM, Joe Ferrero and
Enrique Santos, fed pleasantries to Castro before
breaking in and calling him an assassin. The
conversation ended after Castro denounced the callers
with a stream of vulgarities.

The FCC concluded Friday that the station should be
fined for the broadcast. It rejected the station's
claim that a rule requiring people to be notified
before their voices are used does not apply to people
in Cuba.

Payment of the fine or a request for cancellation or
reduction is required within 30 days.

It was unclear whether the station had been fined for
the prank involving Chavez five months before.

There was no answer at the station's business line
Saturday, and a call to the station's Washington
attorney was not immediately returned.
--

"republiKKKans do best what they do on their knees."
(...and I'll give U a hint....it ain't prayin!)

What would that be? Getting down to take a look at a lowly life-form such as
yourself?

LOL!

In article ,
says...
"Bilateral Pussycats" wrote:



http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...y=1110&slug=Ca
stro%20Prank

Saturday, April 24, 2004
Fla. station fined $4,000 for Castro prank
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI -- A radio station that crank-called Cuban
President Fidel Castro and broadcast the recording
should be fined $4,000, the Federal Communications
Commission said.

To many ASSHOLES running radio stations. They broke the law and now
they pay!



Why would the FCC give a rat's ass about someone calling a foreign
country and upsetting a dictator??

BDK

Radio pranks are the reason radio was invented.

"lsmyer" wrote in
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Radio pranks are the reason radio was invented.

The fact that you and your ilk believes that is exactly why radio is the
vast wasteland it is today. Go back to elementary school and tell some fart
jokes.

"Bilateral Pussycats" wrote in message
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...y=1110&slug=Ca
stro%20Prank

Saturday, April 24, 2004
Fla. station fined $4,000 for Castro prank
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS



Simply put - it is against FCC rules to broadcast a telephone call with
consent from all parties involved. Nothing political at work - just a plain
and simple rule violation.


--
Jon Scaptura
http://radio.scaptura.com

BDK wrote:


Why would the FCC give a rat's ass about someone calling a foreign
country and upsetting a dictator??

BDK

What's George W. Bush's phone number? Oh sorry, if we upset him, he'll
probably invade another country.
--
-UA

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says...
BDK wrote:


Why would the FCC give a rat's ass about someone calling a foreign
country and upsetting a dictator??

BDK

What's George W. Bush's phone number? Oh sorry, if we upset him, he'll
probably invade another country.


Any guesses on which one??

BDK

Unless I am mistaken, on Sun, 25 Apr 2004 22:06:00 GMT, "Jon"
wrote:


"Bilateral Pussycats" wrote in message
sgroups.com...



http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...y=1110&slug=Ca
stro%20Prank

Saturday, April 24, 2004
Fla. station fined $4,000 for Castro prank
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS



Simply put - it is against FCC rules to broadcast a telephone call with
consent from all parties involved. Nothing political at work - just a plain
and simple rule violation.

I think you mean "without" consent from all parties involved.


Use the usual techniques if you wish to reply via email.

Molon Labe!

BDK wrote:

What's George W. Bush's phone number? Oh sorry, if we upset him, he'll
probably invade another country.



Any guesses on which one??


Venezuela. It's close..