Over the years as an Operations and Program Director, I've had the occasion - more than once - to ask air talent "what were you thinking?" (This has always been followed by my own self-analysis of what I didn't do as a manager to prevent the incident from occuring.)From "Inside Radio" this morning:
A really bad idea - using "nappy-headed ho" as "the phrase that pays."
17-year WSBG, Stroudsburg, PA personality Gary Smith was riffing on the Imus blowup and that's why Nassau canned him instead of issuing a suspension. At the same time - the Pocono Record newspaper notes that Smith laid down quite a record of community service in northeastern Pennsylvania.
An apparent momentary lapse in judgement that turned into an unfortunate situation for the station, its listeners - and the air talent.
