May 28, 2008 11:54 am US/Eastern
Radio Host Taken Off Air For Kennedy Comment
PITTSBURGH (WBZ) ―
A highly-rated, but highly controversial sports talk show host in Pittsburgh has been taken off the air - possibly for good - for a comment about Sen. Edward Kennedy's cancerous brain tumor.
The
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that Mark Madden has been permanently removed from the air from ESPN Radio in Pittsburgh. A spokesman for the network in Bristol, Connecticut, would only tell CBS TV station
KDKA that Madden has been taken off the air.
Madden told listeners last Wednesday that, "I'm very disappointed to hear that Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor. I always hoped Sen. Kennedy would live long enough to be assassinated."
ESPN said Madden's comment about Sen. Kennedy was inappropriate and uncalled for.
According to the paper, Madden apologized during his show about two hours after making the comment. He was on the air Thursday, but gone by Friday.
Madden has been in trouble with listeners and station management in the past. He was fired from a sports talk show on WTAE-TV for his language and over-the-top remarks about the Steelers.
He was also fired as a commentator for World Championship Wrestling.
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