Stroudsburg station fires host for repeating Imus’ slur
Gary Smith, who had been at WSBG-FM for 17 years, apologizes for comment.
The Morning Call
Posted April 11 2007, 3:40 PM EDT
Gary Smith, a morning radio show host in Stroudsburg who was fired for using the same phrase that got Don Imus suspended, apologized today.
"What I said was stupid, and I'm sorry," Smith said this afternoon.
After reviewing an air check of the "Gary in the Morning" show, Smith has been dismissed from 93.5 WSBG-FM for his comments, Rick Musselman, COO of Nassau Mid-Atlantic, said in a prepared statement issued this morning.
Musselman said Smith took it upon himself to use "I'm a nappy-headed ho" as the "Phrase that Pays" on the air at WSBG yesterday morning.
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