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| courtesy of WWF.COM: 4/23/02 Well it looks like Scotty 2 Hotty's fans fears have come true. According to Jim Ross(on WWF.COM), he had this to say about Scotty's injury: Scotty 2 Hotty has tentatively scheduled surgery with Dr. Youngblood on Tuesday, May 7th pending further conversations with Dr. Youngblood. More info will be posted this Friday pending JR's weekly Report. On a side note, I have come up with a guestbook that was made exclusively for Scotty's benefit. I thought he may like to hear from his fans and have us cheer him on during his surgery and rehab. You can reach this guestbook either thru the main page or here |
| I found this on the Portland Maine Herald Press: 4/20/02 The morning hosts at radio station WJBQ (97.9 FM) were apparently fired on the air Friday morning, but several clues indicate the drive-time drama may have been an elaborate and early April Fools' Day prank. Listeners of the popular morning show heard Meredith Manning and Jeff Parsons being fired in the middle of their show by a station official named Ray St. Clair. St. Clair then announced that the station would conduct a nationwide search over the weekend and announce new hosts on Monday. Monday is April Fools' Day. Radio stations around the country, including some in Portland, regularly play pranks on listeners on April 1. One year, WBLM (102.9 FM), which is part of the same company as WJBQ, told listeners that a talking computer had replaced all of its deejays. Another clue to WJBQ's possible prank came an hour or so after the firing, when a message from Parsons appeared at the top of the station's Web site. Parsons wrote that he would be able to stay in touch with listeners through the Web site, even though he'd been fired. He also told listeners that they could e-mail Manning and himself at the station. Tom Taylor, who has been covering radio for 15 years as editor of a national radio publication called M Street Daily, said Friday that it would be "extremely unlikely" for station officials to fire hosts on the air, and even more unlikely that they wouldn't be able to stop fired employees from posting messages on the Web site. "It's totally a stunt," said Taylor. "Stations are starting them earlier every year. I think one station began theirs on Wednesday." Tim Moore, operations manager at WJBQ, said Friday that he could not comment on the apparent firing, and said he had no idea who would be on the air Monday morning. He said that many listeners had called the station to express support for Manning and Parsons. Friday's events had a basis in fact. Manning and Parsons had been calling a station intern "Scotty Too Hotty" on the air, and on Friday they told listeners that a lawyer for the World Wrestling Federation sent them a letter telling them to stop using the name. The name "Scotty 2 Hotty" is trademarked by the WWF and is used to refer to a WWF wrestler from Maine named Scott Taylor. Listeners were told that the firing was over the handling of the WWF situation. Gary Davis, a spokesman at the WWF in Stamford, Conn., confirmed Friday that the letter was sent to the station but he hadn't heard of any firings. He said that as long as the station stops using the name, no further action will be taken. He said he didn't know how the WWF found out that the station was using the moniker without permission. Moore said the station would comply with the WWF's request. A new ratings period started this week, a good reason for the station to want publicity. |
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