CBS Radio Suspends Two Hosts Accused of Making Prank Call

In the wake of the Don Imus controversy talk radio hosts are under heightened scrutiny. The most recent incident involves two talk radio hosts out of New York. The two allegedly made a prank call on the air to a Chinese restaurant that contained racial and sexual comments.

CBS Radio suspended the two after receiving complaints from an Asian-American advocacy organization. The incident occurred just one day after Don Imus insulted the Rutgers women's basketball team. "The Doghouse with JV and Elvis" played the call one week after the Imus incident.

The two can be heard hurling insults toward the person who answered the phone. One told the woman who answered the phone that the wanted to "come on your restaurant" to see her naked and referred to her body as "hot Asian spice" They order "flied lice" and brag that they know Kung Fu the hosts use profanity throughout the call.

The Organization of Chinese Americans has demanded an apology from the hosts and from CBS radio. President of the New York chapter, Shu Smolin, was quoted as saying, "I just see plain ignorance in the CBS management - of the community, of who we are, of what we're all about," She is calling for the hosts to be fired.

Jeff Vandergrift (JV) and Dan Lay (Elvis), the two accused hosts, have been suspended without pay until further notice. Vandergrift has issued an apology on air. This did not appease Smolin, threatening to boycott advertisers and protesting CBS radio, Smolin has told reporters that she wants the two to be fired.

There is no reference to the incident on the blog site belonging to the show. A visit to the site only results in blog entries and air time information. The is a cartoonish picture on the site showing a man who seems to be censored. Comments by listeners can be read by visiting the site.