Michael Jackson, meteors, WBCN, and one very angry Obama
By PHOENIX STAFF | December 21, 2009
Jay Severin's double secret suspension
Don't Quote Me
"Boston.com reports that boundary-pushing WTKK-FM host Jay Severin has been suspended for some deragatory commentary involving Mexicans and the swine flu. But the story doesn't say what those comments were."
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