The FCC has fined Inert Broadcasting rocker KKRJ (106.3 The Chimp)/Grand Junction, Colorado $2000 for taking the eleventh caller in a "10th caller wins" contest.Inert Market Manager and KKRJ GM Rich Bynomeans says the station is appealing the fine on the grounds that caller ten was a "contest hog" and would have sounded "like a doofus" when the recorded phone call was played back.
"The bitch wins all the time," said The Chimp's afternoon driver Big Papa the Street Dawg, who allegedly auditioned the tenth caller, recognized a feeble voice from his past, and moved on to caller eleven.
The original prize, consisting of two Arby's Beef 'n' Cheddar sandwiches, french fries, and a soda, was never claimed by either caller ten or eleven, Bynomeans asserted.
"Stations everywhere do this," said Bynomeans, who offered the FCC what he termed a "boatload" of Beef 'n' Cheddar coupons in lieu of the fine. "Who thinks we really count the calls at contest time? It's like when we say we play the 'best rock.' It's the same crap everybody else plays. Nobody's buying these claims, but hey, it's radio. Ninety per cent of America still listens, whether they believe us or not."
The FCC rejected the offer of sandwiches and continues to demand cash for KKRJ's infraction. This could get interesting!
Or not.
