Chase and the F-Word
Posted on November 5, 2008
Filed Under Chase Utley Club News, Chase Utley News
Remember the stir he caused when he dropped the f-bomb at the All-Star Game in Yankee Stadium? Well, Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies did it again during the celebratory parade in Philadelphia Friday on live television on radio. The All-Star second baseman had news anchor apologizing and the f-bomb police at the FCC scrambling.
After proclaiming “World champions!” at the Phillies’ celebration at Citizens Bank Park, the smiling second baseman leaned into the microphone and inserted a familiar two-syllable profanity between “world” and “champions.”
The crowd loved it, erupting into cheers for several minutes. Local TV and radio stations covering the event live, however, were less amused.
Utley’s utterance was heard on all of them, and the Federal Communications Commission doesn’t take kindly to cursing.
Anchors from NBC10, 6ABC and Fox29 issued on-air apologies almost immediately. CBS3’s came later. Despite having used a tape delay of several seconds, the word made it onto their air.
“The technician hit the button, but missed by a hair,” a station spokeswoman said. “We apologize to our viewers that this aired despite our precautions.” Sister station KYW Newsradio also apologized to its listeners.
Comments
One Response to “Chase and the F-Word”
Leave a Reply
-
Pages
-
Categories
-
Polls
Loading ...
m1igme4zav0bui25