DePetro ’stunned’ by firing

[ckramer]

WRKO radio today fired loose-lipped talk jock John DePetro for calling Green Party gubernatorial candidate Grace Ross a “fat lesbian” on his morning show yesterday.

The station also fired DePetro’s board operator, Jimmy Kiesling.

DePetro, hired by the Entercom-owned AM station in 2004, has retained an attorney. “I was stunned and very disappointed,” DePetro told the Herald after station brass showed him the door at a meeting this morning.

“I have no doubt that terminating John’s employment was the right action to take,” WRKO program director Jason Wolfe said in a statement released today.

“In the context of what he said and the tone with which he said it, the comments were completely inappropriate, derogatory and will not be tolerated. I met with our corporate staff last night after listening to the tapes, and we decided to terminate John at that meeting. I informed him of the decision this morning,” Wolfe said.

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=165562

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Good for WRKO. DePetro had it coming. 2nd offense.

"Stunned"? TS, you bigoted fool.

[acmavm]

2. He was stunned? He must think he's Rush Limpballs.

[kenny blankenship]

3. How stunned can he really be? He was suspended this July

for calling the Mass. Turnpike chairman a "fag", and people called for his head previously this Spring in response to DePetro saying that rape and murder victim Imette St.Guillen got what she asked for.

[yellowcanine]

4. I am stunned that he is stunned. If one goes out or one's way to be an asshole

one should not be surprised when one gets fired....Of course if he has been watching the saga of Rush Limbaugh maybe he did get the idea that assholishness will be rewarded.

[ckramer]

5. I wonder why Michael Savage didn't get fired by WRKO?

The Host of the Savage Nation has been saying much more worse things.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. Two Words:

Ratings.

Advertisers.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Syndicated? Depoopo was local, a direct employee

[BlueManDude]

6. about frigging time.

[denverbill]

9. As usual, another Republican filing a nuisance lawsuit.

Call someone an incredibly derogatory name, get fired, then sue. What a fucking crybaby loser.

[pacalo]

10. We need more Jason Wolfe's around, then maybe this hate talk on the radio

will become taboo again. Decency & good judgement shouldn't go out of style but should be demanded.

[Lexingtonian]

11. hate radio is on its way out

and this is the way employers are beginning to trim the payroll.

As for DePetro, he knows perfectly well that it's an 'industry' without standards.

[Mr_Spock]

12. RW bigots aren't too bright

Now that he's unemployed, he'll have some time to think about his stupidity