Philly station WYSP fires DJ over racist song

The host of a rock radio morning show in Philadelphia has been fired for airing a song that referred to African-Americans in slang terms that station management determined to be highly offensive, according to a statement released by station owner CBS Radio.
WYSP's “Kidd Chris” was terminated, along with his program director, as a result of complaints about the song called “Schwoogies,” which aired on the morning show on March 21st originally, and several times after that.
“What we fail to realize, particularly African Americans in the media, is that the fight for civil rights did not end in the ’60s,” said Denise Clay a vice-co chair of the Media Watch Committee for The Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. “It just began there and if you’re going to make sure that people understand, no this isn’t cool and that there are certain things we’re not going to tolerate.”
On March 21 Lady Gosh sang her own version to the 1980 Blondie song “Call Me” on WYSP-FM, which is a local affiliate of CBS radio. Chris and others in the studio were heard in the background loudly encouraging her to belt out the following words.
It aired again on the public traded company’s affiliate between noon and 5 p.m. The following is an approximation of those lyrics.
“Coloreds steal your wallets,” the words said. “And coloreds have pink feet. Coloreds are loud and obnoxious when they watch movies. Sticky fingers what they are. Always try to jack my car. Schwoogies. Or shines, you can call them anything you like. Schwoogies. Watch out, jigs will rob you day or night. Schwoogies. Mookie doesn't like to work. Just rolls blunts all day long. But there's one job he can do: Hold a lantern on my lawn. If someone else has your watch on, you can bet it’s a mulignon. Shwoogies all around. The sambos, monkeys, knuckle draggers, so much brown, mandinko, Mr. Bojangles. I have no problem singing about the negros.”
CBS Radio also owns KYW Newsradio.
WYSP-FM issued the following statement:
"We found the song to be highly offensive and completely inappropriate for broadcast on our airwaves. When senior management of the station learned that it had been played, they took immediate steps to prevent it from ever appearing on the station again.
"At the same time, we launched an extensive internal investigation into the situation including a thorough review of the editorial controls and systems we have in place to prevent this type of content from airing. We instituted additional educational training for the station, and have taken appropriate disciplinary action, including termination of the individuals involved."
There was no immediate word on what programming would replace the Kidd Chris morning show on WYSP.