Friday, March 25, 2005

HOT 97 Watch: Smacking Down A Smackdown

Who thought up the idea of having women smack each other upside the head?
State officials yesterday ordered Hot 97 to stop its controversial Smackfest, in which women wallop each other in the face.

The girl-on-girl contests — which sometimes draw blood — amount to an illegal boxing match that could lead WQHT-FM officials to be charged with a crime, the state Athletic Commission said.

What's more, the commission warned station general manager Barry May — as well as Jeffrey Smulyan, chairman of parent company Emmis Communications — that WQHT faces a $10,000 civil fine if it continues.
HOT 97 has been in big trouble lately. As a tenant in the building where I work, they've been in the news for having their guests shoot it out with each other (three times over the past few years). Everyone is coming down hard on them.

Adult supervision is definitely warranted in this case.

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