Prank phone call ends in tragedy

It seems radio presenters are the doucheiest humans, ever.

Tuco_sl said:

The prank call sucked and people shouldn't prank emergency services. That being said the nurse was out of her mind for committing suicide over such a non-event.

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Yea, I think she was mental, but some professions probably shouldn't be targeted by these jokes. I don't think an apology was appropriate. Their behavior wasn't really inappropriate. The circumstances are an outlier.

Been a while and it looked like the dust had settled, but... One of the DJs, Mel Greig, has decided to sue her employer for failing to provide a safe place of work. Not sure how that'll pan out, but pretty ridiculous in any case.

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainme...710-2ppbh.html

What a clusterfuck.

Still, I have to echo the thoughts of others here and wonder how the fuck radio is still a medium of any sort. I can have essentially infinite music anywhere and anytime of my choosing and if I prefer playlists made up by other people (not a bad thing) then I have access to literally hundreds of thousands of internet 'radio' or other streams. None of which have ads as an aside.

I'm old ffs! I'm in my goddamned mid-40s! Who the hell is listening to radio anymore and why?

i still listen to the radio. im in my 40s and when i barbecue i dust off the old ghetto blaster and for a few hours listen to the classic rock station while i cook.

I like to listen to NPR when I'm running around (except the weekends, fuck they got the worst shows on during the day). NPR doesn't have adds per se. I used to listen to music all the time, but I got tired of my station playing the same fucking 10 songs over and over, so I just stopped.

I'd listen to the radio if there were any stations that catered my needs.

Talking FM, not web based.