IconoclasT wrote:
] w1ld wrote:
] ] ]
] ] ] 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.
] ]
] ] hahaha...
] But when the VOA (Voice of America) broadcast anti Castro
] propaganda from Key West into Cuba via Radio Marti back
] between 85 and 95, apparently, that was ok. Given the ongoing
] ineffective 40+ year trade and travel embargo w/ Cuba, one
] would think tormenting Castro would be promoted via almost any
] means.
]
] UPDATE: MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) -- Two Miami radio
] hosts who duped Cuban President Fidel Castro with a prank call
] are soliciting pennies from their fans to pay a $4,000 fine
] proposed by U.S. regulators because of the on-air stunt.
]
] Talk radio host Enrique Santos said the fine made no sense, so
] he and co-host Joe Ferrero plan to pay it with 400,000 cents,
] delivered in person to the Federal Communications Commission
] in Washington.
]
] http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/04/28/castro.prank.reut/index
] .html

AWESOME!!! -LB

RE: CNN.com - $4,000 fine for station that cranked Castro - Apr 24, 2004