[IDSFparents] Re: Q92 Radio Apology/ Now Igor Fired!

October 10, 2006

Passing this on from another listserv;-)

kathyR

" I was the No. 1-rated night show. It doesn't make sense that

they would let someone go who generates No. 1 numbers. "

Dan DePrims

LEXINGTON TWP.- Q92 radio personality " Igor, " who stirred controversy

with a recurring comedy bit titled " Name That Tune with Mongoloid

Mike, " has

been fired.

Thursday was his last broadcast with the Alliance-area radio station.

" They told me they wanted an active show, they told me to follow FCC

guidelines, and that's what I did, " Igor, whose real name is Dan

DePrims,

said Monday. " The general manager (Don III) thought it

wasn't his

cup of tea. It was a little too out there, too crazy for his liking,

and he

decided I wasn't a good fit for the station. "

DePrims was given a five-day suspension in early September after

advocates for the mentally retarded objected to his Mongoloid Mike

bit.

Callers were invited to sing as if they had Down syndrome, then

listeners

would attempt to guess the song for prizes.

Asked what led to his dismissal, following his suspension and an

apology, DePrims said, " After I came back, there were some topics,

some

games, they didn't agree with.

" I was the No. 1-rated night show, " DePrims said. " It doesn't

make

sense that they would let someone go who generates No. 1 numbers. "

A phone message left at Q92 for comment Monday afternoon was not

returned.

Reach Repository Entertainment Editor Dan Kane at (330) 580-8306 or

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