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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, July 13, 1990                   TAG: 9007130741
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: BIRMINGHAM, ALA.                                LENGTH: Short

RADIO HOST SUSPENDED FOR BANNING BLACKS

A radio talk-show host was suspended indefinitely for banning black callers after a colleague's car was broken into. He later apologized on the air for his "emotional, spur-of-the-moment decision."

Tim Lennox, host of a live, weekday show on WERC-AM, refused to allow black callers Wednesday and was suspended Thursday by the station's general manager, who let him back on the air briefly to apologize.

"I want to sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by my actions," Lennox told his listeners. "Anybody who has listened to my show for 14 years is aware of my liberal outlook."

Lennox, 40, who is white, said he had been upset because a black man broke into a station employee's car and stole her purse Wednesday, just before the start of his two-hour show.

- Associated Press 


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