Several years ago, UM did a segment on a "murder confession" that was called in to a morning radio show. As it turns out, the call was a hoax and the two air personalities involved in the prank were temporarily suspended from their jobs. Does anyone remember the name of these 2 guys? I just read an article on E Online that talked about two disc jockeys in Los Angeles who are in hot water for running an apparently fake inteview between Jerry Lewis and the president of France. The morning show co-hosts are Bean Baxter and Kevin Ryder. Is this the same morning team?

That's them. Here's a link on them that mentions that incident...

http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/2825/articles/reviews/9911-25.html

dont know how somebody can actually get paid for doing that.

Originally posted by DP
That's them. Here's a link on them that mentions that incident...

http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/2825/articles/reviews/9911-25.html

Thanks for the link. :) I had seen that segment about 3 months ago and I was very surprised to find the call was a hoax.

-Makoto_4

Good grief! I can't believe they are at it again. :rolleyes:

Idiots.

I remember that case- and what infuriated me the most (after the truth was found out) was that not only did they pull this stunt on their listeners for BIG ratings, but they kept up the pretense when authorities got into the picture. .and even maintained their po-faced,pious, wannabe-helpful acts when the UM itself was interviewing them about the case (and had come to believe that the call was based on a REAL murder case)! Why the authorities and FCC didn't severely punish these three &#*@s ( the deejays and their fake 'confessor'), I'll never understand! Of course, this took place in the 80's when cheap stunts and exploiting strong emotions seemed somewhat commonplace amongst radio morning shows! :mad:

It's pretty obvious that those two simple simons STILL haven't learned anything. It's unbelieveable how low some people stoop in order to boost ratings.

Originally posted by SitcomsAreTheWay
It's pretty obvious that those two simple simons STILL haven't learned anything. It's unbelieveable how low some people stoop in order to boost ratings.

It's unbelievable to me that the FCC wouldn't have at least heavily fined them. .and that any radio station would want to hire them after that creepy fake phone call stunt they wouldn't drop until found out!:mad:

I guess some people will just never learn.

I wonder if the two men ever watched the update to their case on Unsolved Mysteries because it involved a mother whose daughter was murdered and the phony confession gave her some hope that the killer would be found. And then to see her crying later when she found out it was only a hoax was very heartbreaking.

These two men played with people's emotions and pain all in order to boost ratings. And when they were interviewed on Unsolved Mysteries, they were asked point blank if the call was designed as a publicity stunt and they replied "No, because there are certain lines you just don't cross." Idiots.

To think that these guys were hired back after only a few weeks is pretty sickening.

Well, now they are in trouble again apparently. Maybe this time, they can get a better punishment then just being suspended from the radio station for a week or two.