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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Armstrong & Getty "Vacation", Suspension Or Ratings Stunt?

UPDATE 9/27/12 2p: A&G Returned to the KSTE air this morning at 6 am (local time) with a Muslim class to prayer.  Listen to their first hour back!


Armstrong & Getty (heard on 650-AM KSTE, Sacramento, CA.) recently went on vacation after they told their listeners to make anti-Mohammad videos and post them on Al-Jazeera's website. The next day, the duo went on vacation and a "best of" show aired Tuesday and Wednesday, according to a story by Joseph Ulibas, at examiner.com.

No doubt this latest incident involving the morning talk show host has brought a lot of local and some national media attention. The anti-Mohammad videos are obviously a reference to the You Tube trailer of the film "Innocence of Muslims" aka "The Innocence of Bin-Laden". The public outcry over the "film's" depiction of the prophet Muhammad and the Islamic religion in general has caused several violent incidents around the Arab region (including an attack on the U.S. embassy in Libya and a suicide bombing in Afghanistan).

Even though Armstrong & Getty went on vacation for a few days, the whole thing seems like a bad taste publicity stunt to boost Clear Channel's ratings. It's an election year and Clear Channel's flagship KFBK and KSTE ratings are down big time. 

Radio stunts like these are all too common.

A&G were due back on-air today at KSTE.

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