Clear Channel sued by fired anti-war radio personality

[DemoTex]

Morning radio co-host sues station that fired her

A former Upstate radio personality says she was fired for opposing the U.S. invasion of Iraq, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Roxanne Cordonier, who went by the name Roxanne Walker on the air at WMYI-FM/MY 102.5 in Greenville, alleges she was belittled, reprimanded and ultimately fired on April 17 for disagreeing with her co-hosts on the "Love and Hudson" show.

WMYI, its parent company Clear Channel Communications, Bill McMartin, the company's regional vice president and general manager and Greg McKinney, station program director, are all named as defendants in the suit.

A spokeswoman for San Antonio-based Clear Channel said the company does not comment on pending lawsuits. McMartin and McKinney could not be reached for comment. (More ...)

http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2003/07/07/200307079700.htm

This is from Greenville, SC, home of the BoJos (Bob Jones University).

[Michael Daniels]

1. Even with CC's actions re the Dixie Chicks

I'd still wait to hear their side before making any judgement.

In reading the article it definitely doesn't sound good for the station, but the DJ may know that making claims that she was fired for being anti-war will automatically garner support from certain quarters so I'm not willing to automatically side with her if there are in fact other previously documented job-related factors involved in her termination.

As they say, there's one side and there's the other side and the truth is usually somewhere in between

[revcarol]

4. Clear Channel has a history, a GOP history...

Would trust almost anyone more than them.

They may only be after the big bucks, but they are getting them via the Republicans and their corporate welfare.

He will probably lose, because jobs are scarce and many will be silent or perjure themselves, even if they secretly support him. Others are just for quelling any anti-GOP dissent and they were hired for that reason and fall in with the support-the-Greedy Old Party no matter what.

[otohara]

2. Ms Cordonier - Call Me - so I can prepare you

for the CC approach to "fired employees" who dare file suit against them.

Be prepared for absolutely everyone to "lie" about you. Including those people who you thought were your "friends". Co-workers main concern, protecting their job security. They will refuse to testify on your behalf. If forced, they will choose to lie over losing job.

They will say you were always "difficult", way before Iraq invasion.

[starroute]

3. Clear Channel is tied to Bush via Tom Hicks

Tom Hicks is the Dallas billionaire who bought out Bush's $650,000 investment in the Texas Rangers for $15 million, making Bush instantly wealthy:

"The team was purchased for $86 million in 1989 and sold in 1998 for $250 million to Tom Hicks, a person with whom Bush had prior official business while governor. As reported by Tom Kruger in his July 16, 2002 article, Tom Hicks had a relationship with Mr. Bush that afforded Hicks the opportunity to use $9 billion of the University of Texas endowment fund without any accountability. The management fee to Hicks for investing the $9 billion could have exceeded the $250 million he paid for the Texas Rangers. In effect, Bush handed Hicks the money to buy the team as part of his official duties as governor."

http://www.makethemaccountable.com/tax/SaleOfBaseballTeam.htm

Tom Hicks is also the vice-president of Clear Channel, and has been since 1999, when Clear Channel acquired his radio company. In addition, Hicks' investment company (with its affiliates) is Clear Channel's largest shareholder.

Does the pattern start to become visible?