Wacky Radio Stunt or Dimwitted Exercise in Exploitation?
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February 20, 2008

Wacky Radio Stunt or Dimwitted Exercise in Exploitation?

Seems the morning crew at 97x thought it would be cool to re-enact the infamous deputy wheelchair dumping incident with a paraplegic listener who was willing to sacrifice his self-respect for tickets to a Radiohead contest.

I'm sure they're probably expecting somebody to bellyache about how abusive this all is. But all I can think of, is how lame radio stunts have gotten since the FCC cracked down on explicit sexual stuff on the radio. (hat tip to Reax magazine for the item)

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Eric Deggans

I hear you, Todd. Makes a lot of sense...

Todd

It's called "Bubba's down the hall and we have to keep our listeners somehow!"

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