Yesterday KINK finally broke its silence about Les Sarnoff's extended absence. After approximately 3 weeks of saying Les was on vacation or saying nothing at all, Dave Scott and Sheila Hamilton did quite the little on-air dance around the subject. They talked about Les taking some time off to address a personal matter, mentioning that it was not health related, and that he had been at the beach with his wife last week trying to figure out some things related to the direction of his life. (All of this is highly paraphrased because I was barely awake.)
It was obvious that poor Dave & Sheila were not very comfortable talking about the situation and they wrapped it up by saying they were excited to hear what direction Les was going to take in life when he returned to the station. So now I guess we just wait to see what's to come and whether Les will actually ever return to the airwaves at KINK.
For anyone who doesn't already know the particulars of the situation, here are a couple of news stories that spell out the details (the KPTV story mentions the defense's position which the Big O doesn't bother to cover).
Trial of KINK radio host ends in hung jury
Jury Hung In Disc Jockey DUII Case
[edited for copyright issues--L]
KINK has much larger issues that no one seems to care about. why worry about this?
http://www.randalee.com/bbs1/index.cgi?noframes;read=7055
For example, after KINK added a song by Fiona Apple on Jan. 17, Sony's 550
label paid Clark $1,000, the bank says. Vivendi Universal's Mercury label paid Clark
$1,000 on Feb. 14 after KINK added a song by Kim Richey. Bertelsmann's Windham Hill
label, EMI Group's Capitol label and AOL Time Warner's Giant label each paid about
the same fee for songs by Janis Ian, Shivaree and Steely Dan, according to the bank.
Another document, titled "non-money stuff," shows a list of songs played by KINK and
a corresponding list of products or services, including concert tickets and a promise
that certain acts might appear later at a station benefit.
'We Don't Do Anything Illegal or Unethical'
Clark and the station management deny that the paperwork is an accounting of songs
aired in exchange for payment of products or services.
"The document you have in your hand is typical of the kind of paperwork most
independents use for their private bookkeeping," KINK Program Director Dennis
Constantine said in an interview. "I don't know how it got out."