Hot Mess

I love music... I LOVE MUSIC!

Couldn't imagine my day with out my fix of hip hop beats, R&B grooves and a few other genre's in between. Some of the artist/songs that I listen to are derogatory, sexist, racist, and sometimes just plain rude...

But I choose to listen to it so there!

My email was flooded with messages complaining about a particular morning show that aired in NY. If you live in any metropolitan area you more than likely have a hip hop/r&b morning show. Sometimes the content is derogatory, sexist, racist, and sometimes just plain rude (sound familiar... LOL)

BUT... (There's always a but)

This recent airing of the "Miss Jones In The Morning" Show has pushed me past my tolerance level. They played this skit that made light of the Tusnami disaster that has permanately changed the lives of millions of people.

The skit was so bad that the morning show team was suspended and the station posted an apology on their web page. I suspect that it was more for their

Here it goes:

Statement from WQHT-FM, HOT 97
New York City - Miss Jones and the HOT 97 Morning team have been indefinitely suspended for the airing of a song that made light of a catastrophic event, as well as comments made at the time the song was aired.

Earlier this week, Miss Jones said on the air "I apologize to all who have been offended by my poor decision to go along with playing that insulting (to say the least) Tsunami song. I should have known better and I didn't. So I'm sorry and hopefully we can move forward from this, or I can move forward from this being a better hostess, because I am better than that, and I know better than that -- and you deserve better radio than that."

While Miss Jones has apologized on the air, in the media and on the HOT 97 website, station management felt that stronger action was necessary to demonstrate the severity of the situation.

Emmis Radio and HOT 97 will not tolerate such derogatory and racially insensitive content. This incident in no way reflects the spirit of HOT 97. The station has a long-time and well-known reputation for community involvement and support.

Emmis Radio President Rick Cummings said, "What happened is morally and socially indefensible. All involved, myself included, are ashamed and deeply sorry. I know the members of the morning show are truly contrite. They know their actions here are inexcusable."

We would like to clarify that no company advertising on our station had any connection to the Tsunami Song and no company advertising on our station endorsed or sponsored the offensive material aired on the "Miss Jones in the Morning" show. We apologize for any misunderstanding that may have caused listeners to believe that anyone, other than the morning show staff, was responsible for the material that should not have been aired.