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Boston GlobeWRKO cancels appearance by McGuirkBy Carolyn Johnson, Globe Staff | May 21, 2007
After several days of criticism for inviting a former Don Imus producer
to its airwaves, WRKO cancelled an appearance by Bernard McGuirk
today.
McGuirk was slated to begin a three-day stint Wednesday as an
on-air guest of former House speaker Tom Finneran -- an appearance
that station officials said last week was designed as a try-out
for the man who first said the word “ho” in the on-air conversation
in which Imus referred to the champion Rutgers University women's
basketball team as “nappy headed hos.”
George Regan, a spokesman for Entercom Communications, the parent
company of WRKO, declined to say why the invitation was rescinded.
But over the weekend, a 1997 interview on CBS' “60 Minutes”
surfaced in which Imus was quoted using a racial slur to say that
McGuirk was hired for his show to tell jokes about blacks.
"After careful deliberation, (WRKO) decided that it would not be
appropriate for Bernie to be a co-host at WRKO at this time,"
Regan said.
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