Radio Station Fined for Crank Call to Castro
From Times Wire Reports
A Miami radio station should be fined $4,000 for broadcasting a crank call by two of its disc jockeys to Cuban President Fidel Castro, the Federal Communications Commission said.
The Spanish-speaking hosts of “The Morning High Jinks” used snippets of an earlier prank involving Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
They were able to move the call from a receptionist up the chain to Castro in a five-minute broadcast June 17.
The conversation ended after Castro denounced the callers with a stream of vulgarities.
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