The co-host of a BBC radio show on gardening, Frieda Morrison, apologized for her co-host spending 3 minutes on the air explaining how to grow “Northern Lights”. The co host didn’t realize that “Northern Lights” is also the name of a variety of cabbage, too – hence the confusion.
February 10
Longtime KIIS-FM, Los Angeles morning man, Rick Dees, informed his audience that he would no longer be doing that station's morning show after 22 years. Ryan Seacrest replaced him. Full Story
February 11
Bobby Mason, 23, and Clarence Day, 22, were cited for disorderly conduct and traffic violations. It seems they worked for WKST-FM, Pittsburgh and were standing in skirts with no shirts holding a sign that said, “"Honk if you can see my testicles".
February 14
Kerry Dwayne Stevens, the former employee of a Christian radio station, pled guilty to child pornography charges. He admitted photographing the genitals of his daughter and her friend while they slept.
February 23
Erik Wright was sentenced to 15 years to life for murdering San Diego radio personality Jack Merker. Merker was discovered bound and gagged in the laundry room of a home in Palm Springs, choked to death.
February 24
Clear Channel Radio fires “Bubba the Love Sponge”. This action in response to a fine of over $700,000 which Clear Channel incurred because of comments and content aired on the Love Sponge's program. Full Story
