A New York radio host and her boss apologized for airing a parody of "We Are the World" that used racial epithets and made fun of tsunami victims.
A number of groups called on the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on hip-hop station WQHT-FM and urged the firing of HOT 97 deejay Tarsha "Miss Jones" Jones, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.
The "We Are the World" parody, which aired four times last week, made light of the December tsunami "that washed your whole country away" and caused orphaned children to be sold into slavery.
Jones and Program Director John Dimick read apologies on the air Monday for the song that also included racial slurs, but Dimick declined to say if any action would be taken against Jones. Jones and six staff members were donating one week's pay to the tsunami victims.
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