Perfume Chokes up Detroit Broadcaster

This seems like real interesting news involving a radio broadcaster.

A Detroit radio DJ was awarded 10.6 million dollars this week because she was fired for complaining about a co-worker's perfume.

Former top-ranked radio host Erin Weber said exposure to Lancome's Tresor perfume caused her to lose her voice and take lengthy absences from work, the Detroit News reported.

She also said she once "felt an electric shock quell through my entire body" and required heavy medication to combat the effects.

It's amazing why she didn't just move on to another station. That's the trouble with working in broadcasting for so long... the ego just gets larger and larger with time. It's as if the entire world should adjust themselves according to her over-sensitive nostrils.

A jury of six women deliberated for eight days before awarding Weber 1.6 million dollars Monday for past and future compensation, seven million dollars in punitive damages and two million dollars for mental anguish and emotional distress.

Eh, talk about yer "jury of peers".

"I'm thankful that the jury took so much time to come to the right conclusion," Weber, 43, told the Detroit News after the verdict. "It's a great [pay] day."

Okay... so I added in the word "pay".
What does the Broadcasting company have to say in response?

A spokeswoman for Infinity Broadcasting, which owns the station, said the company planned to appeal. "We're disappointed in the verdict and intend to make all the appropriate post-trial motions," Karen Mateo told the Detroit News.

Chicago Stations Find New Format

Have you ever heard of the new "play anything and everything" format called JACK? Apparently, a crazy idea started to combat those people who have been using iPods and Win Media Players who like a wide variety in their music styles.

I hate it. If this catches on, a lot of other broadcasters will be out of work. When stations today can just employ a powerful computer to broadcast everything 24/7, actual hosts will no longer be required. That's why my goal was always to make it in the news/talk format.

Here's an AP story that talks about the trend. Make up your minds for yourselves.

CHICAGO (AP) -- The posters hanging on the walls of the broadcasting booth at Nine FM are as eclectic as the music the radio station plays -- Pink Floyd and Aerosmith sharing space with the Marx Brothers, the Rat Pack and the Beatles.

Bob Perry, a veteran radio programmer, started the variety format on the Internet radio station JACK.FM in 2000 and later licensed the name for terrestrial stations in Canada and the U.S.

Sinclair's variety stations have done well in the Arbitron ratings, and only one -- in Honolulu -- has fizzled. Bob Sinclair notes Bob FM in Austin, Texas, has rated No. 1 in its market's 25-54 demographic.

Links of interest:


• Jack FM


• Bob FM


• Variety

[Via: Yahoo! Biz News]

Broadcaster loses job after taunts from fans

Chalk up another victory to the rebel radio personalities "Opie and Anthony". With marching orders to their fans, it seems as if the legions of people can be effective.

Chi'en was in the middle of a 6a.m. broadcast about MetroCard scammers when two men sneaked up behind him with a sign promoting radio shock jocks Opie & Anthony.
But as soon as he finished his report, he spun around and shouted at the intruders: "What the f--- is your problem, man?"

But Mr Chi'en was very remorseful for his outburst.

"I regret the entire thing and I apologize to those who were offended," he said.

If that wasn't enough, Opie and Anthony gleefully reveled on their show.

Meanwhile, fans of the Opie & Anthony show, who have mounted a campaign to annoy television reporters, were boasting about the infantile stunt on the deejays' Web site.

Their history of naughty behavior is well documented after this popular stunt that made headlines and other broadcasters irate... including me.

The potty-mouthed pair have a show on XM satellite radio, where they landed after being bounced by WNEW-FM for a contest that enticed two listeners to have sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Pittsburgh Searches for Cure of Cancer with Radio Waves

I've always felt that radio is an amazing thing, but can it cure cancer? Apparently, some doctors at the UPMC research facility will learn if high doses of heat from radio waves will kill cancer cells.

I hope this comes through for the researchers involved. It's about time that somebody came through with a new breakthrough in a cure for cancer.

John Kanzius, 61, a former partner at Jet Broadcasting Company Inc. in Erie, developed the idea and is seeking patents for his prototype device. [Dr. David] Geller said he was impressed by Kanzius' scientific approach, despite his having no medical training.

[Via: CBS NY]

In Related News.....

Syndicated Radio broadcaster Laura Ingraham is said to be resting calmly after receiving treatments for breast cancer. I have been praying for her with all the hope that she makes a full recovery. I've had family members and other people in my career affected by cancer. Please keep everyone that has suffered with this terrible disease in your thoughts.

Canadians Won't Allow for satellite Radio

What the hell is wrong with Canada? I was hoping that once I get farther in my career, that my Canadian fans would like to hear me via satellite radio. I guess they're going to have to wait!

The Globe and Mail recently reported that two Canadian car makers won't be offering satellite radio in their 2006 models because the CRTC refuses to approve the radios for sale in Canada.

The broadcast regulator has steadfastly refused to allow two American satellite radio providers, Sirius satellite radio and XM satellite radio to operate in this country and will prosecute Canadians who dare to operate or sell these products in Canada.

I guess they aren't about to reach any solutions quickly.

The primary reason why there are no Canadian satellite radio companies is because the cost of putting satellites up in the sky and offering the service is very high and the Canadian population is not big enough to support it.

It's disappointing on so many levels. I've got a lot of friends and fans in the Canadian Province of Ontario, but it pisses me off to no end how badly their own Liberal Government is f---ing them up the ass. Are they afraid of news and information that the Gov't can't control?