“We made the decision to terminate Kimberly and Beck yesterday
as soon as we learned of their comments and informed them early this
morning," Robert J. Morgan, the president of the Upstate New York
iHeartMedia Markets Group, said in a statement early Wednesday morning.
"We will not tolerate this kind of behavior, which is antithetical to our
core values and beliefs and to our commitment to our community and everyone in
it.”
During a live broadcast on 95.1 Tuesday, the pair were
talking about the violence in Rochester over the weekend and referenced a video
of a group of men beating a couple with a 2 x 4 on Monroe Avenue.
Kimberly Ray can be heard asking if the men were acting
"N-wordly." Barry Beck followed up by saying, "If you look like
a thug, act like a thug and you have three people beating a white woman with a
2 x 4, by god, you're a thug."
A show producer could be heard saying,"You can't say
that." More HERE.
