KABC’s technicians caught the s-bomb, but weren’t quick enough to catch to f-bomb
Legendary DJ Dan Ingram, 71, inadvertently uttered an obscenity on the air during a live interview on ABC’s news/talk WABC New York, according to reports in both the New York Daily News and the New York Post. The slip of the tongue came during the station’s annual Memorial Day “Rewound” feature program, which included an interview between Ingram, WABC host Mark Simone and Allan Sniffen of the New York Radio Message Board.
According to the Post’s account, WABC’s digital-delay system worked properly, but there was a very short time lapse between two separate instances where Simone tried to bleep Ingram’s conversation: "He was talking about unsuccessfully suing some Florida DJ who stole his name," and how a "fucking court" wouldn't let him appeal, Sniffen told the newspaper.
"Mark Simone tried to bleep him," the Post’s report continued, noting that Ingram had been bleeped “seconds earlier for an S-bomb and WABC's digital-delay system didn't have time to re-buffer.”
The Daily News quoted WABC PD Phil Boyce as calling the incident "unfortunate.... We're still figuring out what to do about it, if there's anything we can."
Boyce also told the Daily News, "We've been running a talk station for a long time without any problems," and that there was no malfunction of the equipment. "I think it's just that no one was expecting it with Dan."
Uttering an obscenity over the air can be subject to FCC fines, but the Commission can only act on such an incident if it first receives a fully documented listener complaint.
Billboard Radio Monitor, May 31, 2006
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