Yes and it was not "Imus being Imus." I heard it. I've listened to Imus regularly at times over the years.
If it was Imus being Imus the staff would have responded with comments like "Put the scientists to sleep who made you, Iman" or at least erupted into laughter. There was silence as I recall. The news reader reported on Palin's visit to Graham and started a recording of her speaking. Imus instantly hit the scream button and erupted with those threats. The newsman immediately moved on to another item.
As a radio fan since the 1940s and a survivor of the decades of the "Fairness Doctrine" I say that "localization" is a means of expunging conservative opinion from the airwaves. Part of local talk is that it is easier to open it to all local folks' participation either regularly on air or through demands for equal time.
Imus is about the worst one on radio today. He knows nothing. Isn’t funny. Constantly makes over-the-top hateful and stupid comments about Rush, Palin, and others on the right. I can’t switch him off fast enough when his show comes on.
As I’ve pointed out to libs if Fairness Doctrine means equal time etc expect to have a lot of conservative hosts, etc...on _NPR_...”Fair is Fair”. Do we have government agencies screening the political opinions of newspapers and magazines? No, and they shouldn’t be doing the same for radio/TV.
Pro abortion groups on a Catholic station.
A KKK show on a black one.
And why stop there, why not have the fed govt step in regarding formats? I believe they do up in Canada. Of course every time a libtalk station changes to something else—for monetary reasons, they say complain to the FCC about it
and I tell them don’t bother. The FCC does not step in regarding format, so any attempt to get them to step in
to bring back prog talk to LA, San Fran, NY, etc., is futile.
If a prog talk station in Buffalo decides running ESPN is
more profitable, they do so. If Clear Channel decides to get rid of prog talk, they can do so. And hey lefties, there IS always NPR, complete with government subsidies and the likes of Soros hiring reporters...