Philly Radio: 3 Suspended At Sports WPEN The Fanatic

Matt Nahigian, Jason Myrtetus, Pat Egan

Greater Media have suspended three WPEN 97.5 FM The Fanatic employees for their role in a fake caller scandal that has garnered national media attention, according to philly.com quoting sources with knowledge of the situation.

Sources say Pat Egan, the producer who created the “Dwayne from Swedesboro” character, and Mike Missanelli’s on-air partner Jason Myrtetus have been suspended for three days, effective Friday.

Matt Nahigian, the station’s program director, has also been suspended. All three will be able to return to the station Wednesday.

Nahigian was scheduled to meet with Black Lives Matter Pennsylvania organizer Asa Khalif at 10 a.m. Friday.

All three maintain that Missanelli had no clue that “Dwayne from Swedesboro” was a character created and voiced by Egan. On his show Tuesday, Missanelli said he was “sensitive to the racial undertones involved” and thought the character’s racial stereotypes might have pushed “racial bounds.”